kinh
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Prayer; sacred text; scripture: A set of words recited or chanted as part of religious worship, or a canonical book containing such texts (e.g., the Bible, the Quran, Buddhist sutras).
- Classic text; canonical book: One of the fundamental philosophical or literary texts of ancient China (e.g., the Confucian classics).
- Capital city (abbreviation of "kinh đô"): The city serving as the seat of government, especially in a historical, monarchical context.
- Menstruation (abbreviation of "kinh nguyệt"): The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus.
Adjective:
- Frightening; terrifying: Causing a sudden feeling of fear or alarm.
- Epileptic (abbreviation of "động kinh"): Relating to or suffering from epilepsy.
- Kinh (ethnic designation): Used by ethnic minorities in Vietnam to refer to the majority Kinh ethnic group or things pertaining to them.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Bà ấy đọc kinh mỗi tối. (She reads prayers every evening.)
- "Kinh Dịch" là một bộ kinh cổ của Trung Quốc. (The "I Ching" is an ancient Chinese classic.)
- Nhà vua sống ở kinh. (The king lived in the capital.)
- Chị ấy bị đau bụng kinh. (She has menstrual cramps.)
Adjective:
- Cảnh tượng đó trông thật kinh. (That scene looks truly frightening.)
- Đứa bé bị kinh. (The child is epileptic.)
- Tiếng Kinh (tiếng Việt) là ngôn ngữ phổ biến. (The Kinh language (Vietnamese) is common.)
Advanced Usage
"tắt kinh": to experience menopause; to stop menstruating.
- Phụ nữ ở độ tuổi 50 thường tắt kinh. (Women around age 50 often experience menopause.)
"lên kinh": to have an epileptic seizure.
- Nó đột nhiên lên kinh. (He suddenly had an epileptic seizure.)
Variants and Related Words
Kinh đô (n): capital city.
- Huế từng là kinh đô của triều Nguyễn. (Hue was once the capital of the Nguyen dynasty.)
Kinh nguyệt (n): menstruation, period.
- Chu kỳ kinh nguyệt thường là 28 ngày. (The menstrual cycle is usually 28 days.)
Kinh sợ (adj): terrified, horrified.
- Tôi kinh sợ khi nghe tin đó. (I was horrified to hear that news.)
Động kinh (n/adj): epilepsy; epileptic.
- Bệnh động kinh cần được điều trị. (Epilepsy needs to be treated.)
Synonyms
- Prayer/Scripture: liturgy, sutra, canon.
- Classic: canon, classic text.
- Capital: metropolis, seat of government.
- Frightening: scary, horrifying, dreadful.
Related Idioms
Kinh hồn bạt vía: to be scared out of one's wits; utterly terrified.
- Câu chuyện ma làm nó kinh hồn bạt vía. (The ghost story scared him out of his wits.)
Kinh thành: a literary term for the capital city.
- Người ta đổ về kinh thành để thi. (People flocked to the capital to take exams.)
noun
- prayer; prayer-book; the bible canal