khoẻ như vâm

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

khoẻ (“strong”) +‎ như (“like”) +‎ vâm (“elephant (obsolete, honorific)”), literally “as strong as an elephant”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xwɛ˧˩ ɲɨ˧˧ vəm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰwɛ˧˨ ɲɨ˧˧ vəm˧˧] ~ [xwɛ˧˨ ɲɨ˧˧ vəm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰwɛ˨˩˦ ɲɨ˧˧ vəm˧˧] ~ [xwɛ˨˩˦ ɲɨ˧˧ jəm˧˧]

Adjective

khoẻ như vâm

  1. (idiomatic) as fit as a fiddle

References

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