tấm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tấm • (𥹀, 𥺑)

1. broken or fractured rice grains

   truyện Tấm Cám ― The Story of Tam and Cam (Broken-Rice and Rice-Bran) (ancient Vietnamese tale)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cơm tấm

 

Classifier

tấm • (𤗲, 𬌓, 𬌔)

1. Used for large flat things, such as pieces of cloth (vải), planks (ván), boards (gỗ), pictures (ảnh, hình), mirrors (gương), etc.
2. (literary) Used for small or seemingly insignificant things that are deemed valuable or worth cherishing.

   tấm thân ― body

   tấm lòng vàng ― heart of gold

   tấm chồng ― a husband (that is ideal, that one can rely on for one's livelihood)

   Phụ nữ hơn nhau ở tấm chồng. ― The standard of comparison between two women is their husbands. (Vietnamese saying)