thâm nhiễm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 深 (“deep”) and 染 (“to contaminate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲiəm˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲiəm˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲim˨˩˦]

Verb

thâm nhiễm

  1. (medicine) to infiltrate
  2. (literary, rare) to permeate; to pervade; to penetrate deeply

Noun

thâm nhiễm

  1. (medicine) infiltrate (an undesirable invading substance)
    thâm nhiễm phổi ― lung infiltrate

Adjective

thâm nhiễm

  1. (medicine) infiltrated
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