chiêm nghiệm
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 占 (“to observe”) and 驗 (“to inspect”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧ ŋiəm˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧ ŋiəm˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cim˧˧ ŋim˨˩˨]
Verb
chiêm nghiệm
- to contemplate; to inspect reflectively; to observe something and reflect on the results