Tây
Sino-Vietnamese word from 西 (“west”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Y
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Thái
Sino-Vietnamese word from 泰, 彩 and 太.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
Thắng
Sino-Vietnamese word from 勝.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Thanh
Sino-Vietnamese word from 清. Sino-Vietnamese word from 青.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Thành
Sino-Vietnamese word from 成 or 誠.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Thể
Sino-Vietnamese word from 體.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ể
Thi
Sino-Vietnamese word from 詩.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
Thị
Sino-Vietnamese word from 氏 (“clan; née”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ị
Thiên
Sino-Vietnamese word from 天.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Thiện
Sino-Vietnamese word from 善.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Thiệu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 紹.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
Thìn
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 辰 (“fifth earthly branch”, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is…
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Thơ
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詩 (“poem”, SV: thi).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ơ
Thọ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 壽.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ọ
Thông
Sino-Vietnamese word from 通 (“to pass through, to understand”) and 聰 (“clever, bright”), and non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 松 (“pine”, SV: tùng).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Thu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 秋.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
Thư
Sino-Vietnamese word from 舒 or 書.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ư
Thuận
Sino-Vietnamese word from 順.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Thục
Sino-Vietnamese word from 淑.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends C
Thương
Sino-Vietnamese word from 商.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Thường
Sino-Vietnamese word from 常.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Thuý
Sino-Vietnamese word from 翠.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ý
Thuỳ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 垂.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ỳ
Thuỵ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 瑞.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ỵ
Tị
Sino-Vietnamese word from 巳. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦉᧉ (ṡay²), Isan ใส้, Lao ໃສ້ (sai).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ị
Tiên
Sino-Vietnamese word from 仙.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Tiến
Sino-Vietnamese word from 進.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Tĩnh
Sino-Vietnamese word from 靜.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Trà
Sino-Vietnamese word from 茶.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends À
Trang
Borrowed from Vietnamese Trang. Doublet of Zhuang. Sino-Vietnamese word from 妝.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Trí
Sino-Vietnamese word from 智.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Í
Triết
Sino-Vietnamese word from 哲.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Triệu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 兆 or 肇.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
Trúc
Sino-Vietnamese word from 竹 (“bamboo”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends C
Trung
Sino-Vietnamese word from 中. Sino-Vietnamese word from 忠.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Trường
Sino-Vietnamese word from 長.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Tú
Sino-Vietnamese word from 秀.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ú
Tuấn
Sino-Vietnamese word from 俊.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Tuất
Sino-Vietnamese word from 戌. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩮ᩠ᨯ or ᩈᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ, Lü ᦵᦉᧆ (ṡed), Isan เส็ด, Lao ເສັດ (set).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Tuệ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 慧.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ệ
Tuyết
Sino-Vietnamese word from 雪.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Uyên
Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴛.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Vân
Sino-Vietnamese word from 雲 (“cloud”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Vĩ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 偉.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ĩ
Việt
Sino-Vietnamese word from 越 (“Yue; Viet”). Doublet of vượt.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Vinh
Sino-Vietnamese word from 榮.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Vinh Sơn
Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius (literally “conqueror, winner”). Cognate with English Vincent.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Vượng
Sino-Vietnamese word from 旺.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
Vy
Sino-Vietnamese word from 薇 (“Osmunda regalis”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Y
Xuân
Sino-Vietnamese word from 春.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Xuyên
Sino-Vietnamese word from 川.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Ý
Sino-Vietnamese word from 意. As for the country name, contracted from Mandarin 意大利 (Yìdàlì, Ý Đại Lợi), from a transcription from a European language.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ý
Yến
Sino-Vietnamese word from 燕.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N