khiếm thị

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 欠 (“deficient”) and 視 (“to see”)

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xiəm˧˦ tʰi˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰiəm˦˧˥ tʰɪj˨˩ʔ] ~ [xiəm˦˧˥ tʰɪj˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰim˦˥ tʰɪj˨˩˨] ~ [xim˦˥ tʰɪj˨˩˨]

Adjective

khiếm thị

  1. (formal, euphemistic) synonym of mù (“blind”); visually impaired

See also

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