hăm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hâm

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ham˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ham˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ham˧˧]
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Etymology 1

Clipping of hai mươi (twenty).

Numeral

hăm • (⿱二歆)

  1. (colloquial, only in 2X-type numerals, with X being other than 0) twenty
    hăm mốttwenty-one
Usage notes

Etymology 2

Verb

hăm • ()

  1. (rarely used in isolation) to intimidate; to threaten
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adjective

hăm

  1. (of the skin of a baby, especially in the skin folds) pruriginous; pruritic; having intertrigo
Derived terms
  • hăm đỏ