động tĩnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 動靜, composed of (moving) and (still)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ tïŋ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ tɨn˧˨]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˨ tɨn˨˩˦]

Noun

động tĩnh

  1. (chiefly in the negative or the interrogative) activity (state or quality of being active)
    Chẳng thấy có động tĩnh gì cả.
    I'm not seeing any activity.

See also

  • động vật (animal, literally moving thing)
  • động mạch (artery, literally moving blood vessel)
  • tĩnh vật (still life subject, literally still thing)
  • tĩnh mạch (vein, literally still blood vessel)
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