chễm chệ

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “supposedly related to the obsolete chềm chễm and the rarely used chĩnh chện”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕem˦ˀ˥ t͡ɕe˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕem˧˨ t͡ɕej˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cem˨˩˦ cej˨˩˨]

Adverb

chễm chệ • (占治)

  1. impressively; majestically; imposingly
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