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Pronunciation: [tˈa͡ɪn] (IPA)

Tien is a Vietnamese currency, but it also has different meanings in other languages. In Chinese, Tien means 'heaven' or 'sky', and it also refers to the highest position in the imperial examination system. Additionally, 'Tien' can mean 'money' or 'wealth' in Indonesian, and 'day' or 'time' in Burmese. In Hindi, the word 'Tien' means 'loyalty' or 'faithfulness,' and in Thai, it is used to describe 'value' or 'price.' Furthermore, in Turkish, the word 'Tien' is related to 'justice'. Overall, the diverse meanings of 'Tien' in different languages demonstrate the inherent ambiguity of language and the importance of cultural context in understanding vocabulary.
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After various operations in Tonkin the Treaty of Tien-tsin was signed with China in May, 1884, by which China made the concessions called for by the French.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
Lately there have been slicings and other forms of vigorous justice no farther distant than Loo-chow, and now the Mandarin Shan Tien comes to Yu-ping to flatten any signs of discontent.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
Yet, as one who has set his face towards Yu-ping, is it not possible for an ordinary person of simple life and unassuming aims to escape persecution under this same Shan Tien?"
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc

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  • It had been a long journey. Tien Pao had lost count of all the days and nights. But all those nights when the horns of the new moon had stood dimly in the sky, Tien Pao and his father and mother had pushed the sampan on and on against the currents of the endless rivers. Day and night. There was no stopping even at night. "We won't stop until we drop," Tien Pao's father had kept saying over and over. "And we won't drop until we are far inside this great land of China. Far from the sea-for where the sea is, there the Japanese invaders are."
    Meindert DeJong
  • On the floor Tien Pao had held Beauty-of-the-Republic tightly against him, while with his other hand he'd twisted his cap into a prop to shove into the bullethole through which the river water came welling. He had lain on the prop to keep the water from pushing it out again, and he'd lain half over the baby sister to shield her if the airplanes and the bullets should come again.
    Meindert DeJong

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