thiên
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiən˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰiəŋ˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 天 (“sky; heaven”).
Derived terms
- ba hoa thiên địa (“to jabber; to talk a lot of nonsense”)
- chim thiên đường (“bird of paradise”)
- hoa thiên lý (“Telosma cordata”)
- Mẫu Thượng Thiên (母上天, “one of four heavenly mothers in Đạo Mẫu worship”)
- Thiên Chúa (天主, “God”)
- thiên đường (天堂, “heaven; paradise”)
- thiên hạ (天下, “the outside world”)
- thiên nhiên (天然, “nature; natural”)
- Thiên Sơn (天山, “Tian Shan”)
- thiên sứ (天使, “angel”)
- thiên thần (天神, “angel”)
- thiên văn học (天文學, “astronomy”)
- Thuận Thiên (順天, “mythical sword of Vietnamese King Lê Lợi, literally Heaven's will”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 千 (“thousand”).
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