chém

See also: chêm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 斬 (SV: trảm).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɛm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cɛm˦˥]

Verb

chém • (𪟂, 斬, 占, 鉆, 𠛤, 㓠)

  1. to slash; to chop; to cut; to behead
  2. (figurative, colloquial) to rip off; to sell too dear
    bị chém ― to be ripped off
  3. short for chém gió (“to brag, to boast”)

Derived terms

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