Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Absolutely / Completely / Wholly: Used to emphasize the totality or completeness of a negation or a state, often meaning "not at all" or "entirely without."
   • Utterly / Purely: Indicates something is in a pure, unmixed, or absolute state.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Tôi tịnh không biết gì cả về việc ấy. (I absolutely know nothing about that matter.)
  • Căn phòng tịnh không một bóng người. (The room was completely devoid of people.)
  • Anh ấy tịnh không quan tâm. (He is utterly unconcerned.)

Advanced Usage

• "tịnh không": A common collocation meaning "absolutely not" or "not at all," used to strengthen a negative statement.

  • Cô ấy tịnh không hay biết. (She is completely unaware.)

• "tịnh tiến": In mathematics and physics, this is a compound term meaning "translation" or "translational motion." (Note: This is a compound word listed separately as per instruction).

  • Sự chuyển động tịnh tiến của vật thể. (The translational motion of an object.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tịnh tâm (v): to purify the heart/mind; to achieve mental peace (often in a spiritual context).

  • Thiền giúp tịnh tâm. (Meditation helps to purify the mind.)

• Tịnh thổ (n): Pure Land (a Buddhist term referring to a celestial realm of a Buddha).

  • Giáo lý về Tịnh thổ. (The teachings about the Pure Land.)

Synonyms

• Absolutely: with no qualification, restriction, or limitation.
• Completely: totally; entirely.
• Utterly: completely and without qualification.

Notes on Usage

• The word "tịnh" is formal and literary. In modern spoken Vietnamese, words like "hoàn toàn" (completely) or "chẳng" (not at all) are more common for similar emphatic negation.
• It is almost exclusively used to modify verbs or adjectives to express an absolute degree, particularly in negative constructions.