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dặm

Level ≈B1 (approx.) noun Top 3,000 most common
Hanoi [zam˧˨ʔ]Huế [jam˨˩ʔ]Saigon [jam˨˩˨] browser voice
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dặmheavynặng

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dặm means mile; league.

Meanings of dặm in English

Noun

  1. mile (measure of length)
  2. league (distance)
    • Hai vạn dặm dưới đáy biểnTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Example sentences with dặm

  • Anh ta có thể bơi được 1 dặm. He can swim a mile.
  • Anh ấy đi bộ 25 dặm mỗi ngày. He walked 25 miles every day.
  • Một ngày cô ấy đi được 20 dặm. She covered twenty miles a day.
  • Bưu điện cách trường trung học khoảng ba dặm. The post office is about three miles past the high school.
  • Từ đây đến trung tâm thành phố cách khoảng ba dặm. It's about three miles from here to the city centre.
  • Xe lửa sẽ di chuyển ở vận tốc 50 dặm một giờ. The train is traveling at the rate of 50 miles an hour.
  • Một con báo cheetah có thể chạy nhanh 20 dặm một giờ. A cheetah can run as fast as 70 miles per hour.
  • Chúng tôi sống cách khoảng ba dặm phía trên cây cầu này. We live about three miles above this bridge.

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, dặm could be written as 琰, 𨤮, 𨤵. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Frequently asked questions

What does dặm mean in English?

dặm (noun) means "mile; league".

How do you pronounce dặm?

IPA: Hanoi [zam˧˨ʔ]; Saigon [jam˨˩˨]. Tones: dặm — heavy tone (nặng).

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.