thèm
Hanoi [tʰɛm˨˩]Huế [tʰɛm˦˩]Saigon [tʰɛm˨˩] browser voice
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
thèm means to want to eat; to want; to crave.
Meanings of thèm in English
Verb
- to want to eat
- colloquial to want, to crave
- Không/Hổng thèm!I don't care for that! / I don't want that anyways!
Words with thèm
Example sentences with thèm
- Tôi đéo thèm quan tâm. I don't give a fuck.
- Tôi đếch thèm quan tâm. I don't give a fuck.
- Nhờ có bạn mà tôi đã hết thèm ăn. Thanks to you I've lost my appetite.
- Nhờ ơn của bạn tôi hết còn thèm ăn. Thanks to you I've lost my appetite.
- Tôi bỗng dưng thèm ăn da gà nướng giòn. I suddenly got a craving to eat some crisp roast chicken skin.
- Chẳng ai thèm đoái hoài đến chúng ta cả. Nobody gives a crap about us.
- Không ai thèm quan tâm đến chúng ta hết. Nobody gives a crap about us.
- Tom không thèm giấu chuyện anh ta yêu Mary. Tom made no attempt to hide the fact that he was in love with Mary.
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, thèm could be written as 噞, 噡, 饞, 𡅩. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 饞 (SV: sàm).
Frequently asked questions
What does thèm mean in English?
thèm (verb) means "to want to eat; to want; to crave".
How do you pronounce thèm?
IPA: Hanoi [tʰɛm˨˩]; Saigon [tʰɛm˨˩]. Tones: thèm — falling tone (huyền).