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trung tâm

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Hanoi [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧ təm˧˧]Huế [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ təm˧˧]Saigon [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ təm˧˧] browser voice
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trung tâm means center; centre.

Chinese characters: 中心

Meanings of trung tâm in English

Noun

  1. center, centre
  2. colloquial private school of a foreign language
    • trung tâm tiếng Anhprivate school of English

Words with trung tâm

Example sentences with trung tâm

  • Sami đang đi đến trung tâm mua sắm. Sami is going to the mall.
  • Bạn anh ấy đi cùng mình vào khu trung tâm. His friends traveled to the town with me.
  • Anh ấy làm việc cho một trung tâm Hồi giáo. He works for the Islamic center.
  • Ông ấy đang làm việc cho một trung tâm Hồi giáo. He works for the Islamic center.
  • Chúng tôi đã lái xe băng qua trung tâm Luân Đôn. We drove through the centre of London.
  • Sao bỗng dưng họ cần nhiều trung tâm dữ liệu vậy? Why do they suddenly need so many data centers?
  • Từ đây đến trung tâm thành phố cách khoảng ba dặm. It's about three miles from here to the city centre.
  • Trái Đất đã từng được cho là trung tâm của vũ trụ. It was once believed that the earth was the center of the universe.

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

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 中心 (“center”).

Frequently asked questions

What does trung tâm mean in English?

trung tâm (noun) means "center; centre".

How do you pronounce trung tâm?

IPA: Hanoi [t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧ təm˧˧]; Saigon [ʈʊwŋ͡m˧˧ təm˧˧]. Tones: trung — level tone (ngang), tâm — level tone (ngang).

Is trung tâm a Sino-Vietnamese word?

Yes. trung tâm is a Sino-Vietnamese word from the Chinese characters 中心.

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.