lấy làm

Vietnamese

Etymology

lấy (“to take”) +‎ làm (“to do”). Compare Chinese 以為 / 以为 (yǐwéi).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ləj˧˦ laːm˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ləj˨˩˦ laːm˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ləj˦˥ laːm˨˩]

Verb

lấy làm

  1. (before adjectives) to consider as
    lấy làm lạ ― to think that it's strange that...
    lấy làm tiếc ― to think that it's a pity that...
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