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thiêng

thiêng

Vietnamese

Adjective

thiêng

  1. sacred; holy
  2. precious
  3. (informal) if you speak of someone "thiêng", they would appear right after that, like you speak of the devil

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 聖 (“sacred; holy; precious; accurate”; SV: thánh)

Pronunciation

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