thâm nhiễm

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 深 (“deep”) and 染 (“to contaminate”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲiəm˦ˀ˥]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲiəm˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲim˨˩˦]

    Verb

    thâm nhiễm

    1. (medicine) to infiltrate
    2. (literary, rare) to permeate; to pervade; to penetrate deeply

    Noun

    thâm nhiễm

    1. (medicine) infiltrate (an undesirable invading substance)
      thâm nhiễm phổi ― lung infiltrate

    Adjective

    thâm nhiễm

    1. (medicine) infiltrated
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