câm

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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For the sense of "orthographically silent", a semantic loan from French muet.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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câm (, , , 𡅢)

  1. mute (not having the power of speech)
  2. (orthography, phonetics) silent; mute
    Mặc dù trong tiếng Pháp ta có từ "h aspiré" (tức "âm h bật hơi"), chữ "h" của tiếng Pháp luôn luôn câm.
    Even though there's this thing called the "aspirated h" in French, the French letter "h" is always silent.
  3. (film, theater) silent
    kịch câma silent play

Verb

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câm (, , , 𡅢)

  1. to shut up; to keep one's mouth shut
    câm như hếnto shut your mouth as tight as a clam [shutting its shell]
    Có câm mồm không thì bảo?
    Would you keep your trap shut!?