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thanh

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thanh means Indicates long; thin; inflexible objects.

Chinese characters: 聲

Meanings of thanh in English

Classifier

  1. formal, literary Indicates long, thin, inflexible objects, such as swords, planks, metal strips, etc.

Noun

  1. in compounds sound; tone; noise

Adjective

  1. in compounds grue (green or blue)

Adjective

  1. in compounds, literary, as a free morpheme clear; pure; fine

Words with thanh

âm thanhđồng thanhhình thanhhữu thanhnghe phong thanhphát thanhphô trương thanh thếsúng liên thanhthanh âmthanh điệuthanh hỏithanh huyềnthanh minhthanh mônthanh nặngthanh ngãthanh ngangthanh quảnthanh sắcthanh thếthất thanhtruyền thanhtượng thanhvô thanhthanh longthanh mai trúc mãthanh-niênthanh thiên bạch nhậtthanh thiếu niênhuyết thanh

Example sentences with thanh

  • John là một thanh niên người Mỹ. John is an American boy.
  • Chúng ta cần một thanh sắt. We need an iron bar.
  • Một thanh niên muốn gặp bạn. A young person wants to see you.
  • Gã thanh niên trẻ đã đánh gục cha mình. The young man struck his father.
  • Thanh xuân đi qua rồi thì sẽ không trở lại. Youth doesn't return once it is gone.
  • Có 1 nhà trọ thanh niên nào ở gần đây không ? Is there a youth hostel near here?
  • Hắn ta đã giết một thanh niên trong một cuộc ẩu đả. He killed a young man in a brawl.
  • Hàng năm có một số lượng lớn thanh niên nhập học đại học trên khắp nước Mỹ. Throughout the United State large numbers of young people enter college every year.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 聲.

Frequently asked questions

What does thanh mean in English?

thanh (classifier) means "Indicates long; thin; inflexible objects".

How do you pronounce thanh?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰajŋ̟˧˧]; Saigon [tʰan˧˧]. Tones: thanh — level tone (ngang).

Is thanh a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. thanh is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 聲.

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.