thậm

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 甚.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəm˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəm˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰəm˨˩˨]

Adverb[edit]

thậm

(Northern Vietnam, colloquial, dated) verily; extremely; very much so
- 1907, Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh, “Đốt pháo”, in Đại Nam Đăng Cổ Tùng Báo:
  Duy có cái điều đốt pháo là thậm giã-man, thậm hay sinh phiền, thậm vô-lý, thì anh em ta nên bỏ dứt hẳn đi.
  However, only the firecrackers are utterly uncivilized, extremely troublesome, and so verily useless, so we should stop using them completely.

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