lâm bệnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 臨 (“to face/to be confronted by”) and 病 (“illness”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

Verb

lâm bệnh

  1. (literary) to fall ill; to become sick; to be afflicted by disease
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