thâm

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Adjective

thâm

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  1. (literary) deep; profound
  2. (of a bodily area) discolored due to lack of sleep, injury, sickness, etc.
    mắt thâmblack eyes; bruised eyes
  3. cunning; insidious
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Likely from Sino-Tibetan. Compare Chinese (MC sam), Drung vseum, Burmese သုံး (sum:).

Numeral

thâm

  1. (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)