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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 深.
Adjective
thâm
- (literary) deep; profound
- (of a bodily area) discolored due to lack of sleep, injury, sickness, etc.
- mắt thâm ― black eyes; bruised eyes
- cunning; insidious
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Likely from Sino-Tibetan. Compare Chinese 三 (MC sam), Drung vseum, Burmese သုံး (sum:).
Numeral
thâm
- (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) three
See also
(numerals in pig traders' cant) số đếm trong tiếng lóng lái lợn; chách (“one”), lái/nái (“two”), thâm (“three”), chớ (“four”), kẹo (“five”), mục (“six”), khắp/hấp (“seven”), bét (“eight”), khươm/khơm (“nine”), nạp/lạp (“ten”), (Category: vi:Numerals in pig traders' cant)