chĩnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “possibly non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 埕 (“pear-shaped earthenware jar”, SV: trình).”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕïŋ˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨn˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɨn˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) chĩnh • (埕, 𫄺, 𡓟)

a jar of terracotta or porcelain with a small mouth, a wide center, and a tapered base

Derived terms

chuột sa chĩnh gạo (“like a mouse fallen into a rice jar”)

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