lâm bệnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 臨 (“to face/to be confronted by”) and 病 (“illness”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

    Verb

    lâm bệnh

    1. (literary) to fall ill; to become sick; to be afflicted by disease
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