lâm bệnh

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 臨 (“to face/to be confronted by”) and 病 (“illness”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

Verb[edit]

lâm bệnh

(literary) to fall ill; to become sick; to be afflicted by disease

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