How do you say “murmur” in Vietnamese?

“Murmur” in Vietnamese is lẩm bẩm (to mumble), rì rầm (to whisper).

Vietnamese words for “murmur”

• lẩm bẩmListenverb
  Hanoi [ləm˧˩ ʔɓəm˧˩] · Saigon [ləm˨˩˦ ʔɓəm˨˩˦]lẩm dipping bẩm dipping

  to mumble; to mutter; especially angrily or indignantly

  for “murmur” meaning: To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.

  • Em học sinh nhút nhát lẩm bẩm ra câu trả lời.The shy pupil murmured his answer.
• rì rầmListenverb
  Hanoi [zi˨˩ zəm˨˩] · Saigon [ɹɪj˨˩ ɹəm˨˩]rì falling rầm falling

  to whisper; to murmur; to babble

Related Vietnamese words

• rì ràoListenadjective

  rustling; rattling; soughing

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.