Chiêm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Short for Chiêm Thành (“Champa”); Sino-Vietnamese word from 占.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cim˧˧]

Adjective

Chiêm

  1. (of rice harvest) fifth lunar month; summer
  2. (of fruit) out of season

Noun

Chiêm

  1. short for lúa Chiêm (“fifth-month rice; summer crop”)
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