thầm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tham"
Vietnamese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
- (literal) in a whispery, breathy, or hushed voice
- nói thầm ― to whisper
- (by extension, of one's thinking) in secret; secretly
- thầm nghĩ/nghĩ thầm ― to think only in your head
- thầm mong ― to secretly wish
- thầm/trộm nhớ ― to secretly miss
- 2007, “Vẫn tin mình có nhau [Still Think We've Got Each Other]”:
- Ngại ngùng người không nói ra, em chẳng thể nào hay biết.
Lập lờ như giấc mơ, chỉ thầm vui lúc anh bên em.- You're so shy, you haven't said it, I don't know how you really feel,
Everything's cloudy like a dream, the only time I'm happy for real is when you're with me.
- You're so shy, you haven't said it, I don't know how you really feel,
Derived terms
References
- Nguyễn Quang Hồng (2012), “[1] [thầm]”, in Tự Điển Chữ Nôm Dẫn Giải [Nôm Characters with Quotations and Annotations] (in Vietnamese)