xin

See also: Xin, xīn, xín, xǐn, and xìn

Afar

Etymology

From xiiné (“to sleep”). Akin to Saho dhin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɖin/ [ˈɖɪn]
• Hyphenation: xin

Noun

xín m 

1. sleep

Declension

Declension of xín
absolutive	xín
predicative	xíini
subjective	xintí
genitive	xín
Postpositioned forms l-case xíinil k-case xíinik t-case xíinit h-case xíinih

Verb

xín

1. imperative singular of xiiné

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “xin”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Mandarin

Romanization

xin

1. Nonstandard spelling of xīn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of xín.
3. Nonstandard spelling of xǐn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of xìn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Contrary to some proposals (such as Ishihara (2014)^[1]), this term is unrelated to 請 (MC tshjengX), which contains both an unmatching rime and an unmatching tone.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sin˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [sin˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [sɨn˧˧]

Verb

xin • (嗔, 吀)

1. to ask for; to beg for; to request

   xin tiền ― to ask for an allowance; to beg for money; to request a budget

   (honorific) Xin anh vui lòng cởi giày trước khi vào nhà ạ.

   Please take off your shoes before coming in.

   (literally, “I beg you to take off your shoes before entering my house.”)

2. (honorific, humble) to humbly ask to do something

   Xin chân thành cảm ơn mọi người đã tụ họp đông đủ tại đây.

   I'd like to thank everyone for attending this meeting, with no one being absent.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ăn xin
• cầu xin
• cưới xin
• nài xin
• van xin
• xin âm dương
• xin chào
• xin đểu
• xin đi đằng đầu
• xin đủ
• xin lỗi
• xin quẻ
• xin xỏ

 

See also

• làm ơn

References

1. Ishihara, Yoshihito 石原, 嘉人 (2014), ベトナム語話者に対する漢字語彙の指導について (Native Speakers of Vietnamese and the Acquisition of Japanese KANJI Compounds)