thê thảm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 淒慘.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰe˧˧ tʰaːm˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰej˧˧ tʰaːm˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰej˧˧ tʰaːm˨˩˦]

Adjective

thê thảm

  1. sorrowful, utterly tragic