chém

See also: chêm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 斬 (SV: trảm).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛm˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛm˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [cɛm˦˥]

Verb

chém • (𠛤, 𪟂, 𫥸)

to slash; to chop; to cut; to behead
(figurative, colloquial) to rip off; to sell too dear
bị chém ― to be ripped off
Short for chém gió (“to brag, to boast”).

See also

Derived terms

chém giết (“to slaughter”)
chém gió (“to boast”)
máy chém (“guillotine”)

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