tham vọng

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 貪 (“greedy”) and 望 (“to observe; to hope”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ vawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [tʰaːm˧˧ vɔŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰaːm˧˧ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨] ~ [tʰaːm˧˧ jawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

tham vọng

  1. ambition; aspiration
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