chăm

Level ≈B2 (approx.) verbadjectivenoun Top 5,000 most common

Hanoi [t͡ɕam˧˧]Huế [t͡ɕam˧˧]Saigon [cam˧˧] browser voice

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chămlevelngang

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chăm means to diligently look after.

Meanings of chăm in English

Verb

to diligently look after

Adjective

diligent; hard-working

Noun

collective the Cham ethnic group
- dân tộc Chămthe Cham ethnic group

Words with chăm

chăm bẵm chăm bón chăm chỉ chăm chú chăm chút chăm lo chăm nom chăm sóc

Example sentences with chăm

Cậu có muốn chăm nó không? Do you want to take care of that?
Bạn phải chăm chó đấy. You must take care of the dog.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, chăm could be written as 針, 箴, 占, 𢤝. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cam ~ *caam (“to wait, watch”) (Shorto 2006, #1325). Cognate with Ngeq cam ("to watch; look after; to wait for"), Khmer ចាំ (cam).

Frequently asked questions

What does chăm mean in English?

chăm (verb) means "to diligently look after".

How do you pronounce chăm?

IPA: Hanoi [t͡ɕam˧˧]; Saigon [cam˧˧]. Tones: chăm — level tone (ngang).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.