điểm sấm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 點心 (dim sum, SV: điểm tâm). Doublet of điểm tâm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəm˧˩ səm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗiəm˧˨ ʂəm˦˧˥] ~ [ʔɗiəm˧˨ səm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗim˨˩˦ ʂəm˦˥] ~ [ʔɗim˨˩˦ səm˦˥]

Noun

điểm sấm

  1. dim sum (a kind of Cantonese food; typically steamed)

See also