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thăm

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thăm means to visit; to call on.

Meanings of thăm in English

Verb

  1. to visit; to call on
  2. Southern Vietnam to (clinically) examine

Noun

  1. lot (drawn to tell fortune)
  2. Southern Vietnam vote; ballot

Words with thăm

hỏi thămthăm dòthăm hỏithăm viếngviếng thămbốc thămthăm quanthăm thẳm

Example sentences with thăm

  • Bây giờ tôi đang đi thăm bạn. I'm visiting a friend right now.
  • Tại sao bạn không đi thăm mộ? Why didn't you come visit the grave?
  • Sao bạn không tới thăm tụi tôi? Why don't you come visit us?
  • Bạn thăm Kyoto lần cuối khi nào? When did you visit Kyoto last?
  • Tôi đã thăm nuwows Mỹ rồi. I have already visited the United States.
  • Chúng ta có khách đến thăm. We have a visitor.
  • Cô ta có đôi lúc tới thăm tôi. She comes to see me from time to time.
  • Tại sao bạn không đến thăm chúng tôi? Why don't you come visit us?

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, thăm could be written as 𠶀, 探, 深, 𠽄. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 探 (SV: tham, thám).

Frequently asked questions

What does thăm mean in English?

thăm (verb) means "to visit; to call on".

How do you pronounce thăm?

IPA: Hanoi [tʰam˧˧]; Saigon [tʰam˧˧]. Tones: thăm — 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.