chìm đắm

Vietnamese

Etymology

chìm (“to be submerged”) +‎ đắm (“to sink; to be keen on”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕim˨˩ ʔɗam˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕim˦˩ ʔɗam˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cim˨˩ ʔɗam˦˥]

Verb

chìm đắm • (沉𣿇)

  1. to be completely sunk; to be fully immersed
  2. (figurative) to be engrossed; to be enraptured; to be spellbound
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