Vietnamese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəm˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəm˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəm˨˩]
Adverb
thầm • (忱, , 𱓓, 𱟃, 啿, 愖, 諶)
- (literal) in a whispery, breathy, or hushed voice
- nói thầm ― to whisper
- (by extension, of one's thinking) in secret; secretly
- thầm nghĩ/nghĩ thầm ― to think only in your head
- thầm mong ― to secretly wish
- thầm/trộm nhớ ― to secretly miss
(Can we date this quote?), “Vẫn tin mình có nhau [Still Think We've Got Each Other]”:Ngại ngùng người không nói ra, em chẳng thể nào hay biết.
Lập lờ như giấc mơ, chỉ thầm vui lúc anh bên em.- You're so shy, you haven't said it, I don't know how you really feel,
Everything's cloudy like a dream, the only time I'm happy for real is when you're with me.
See also
References
- Nguyễn Quang Hồng (2012) “[1] [thầm]”, in Tự Điển Chữ Nôm Dẫn Giải [Nôm Characters with Quotations and Annotations] (in Vietnamese)