câm

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kəm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kəm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kəm˧˧]

Adjective

câm

mute (not having the power of speech)
(orthography, phonetics) silent; mute
Mặc dù trong tiếng Pháp ta có từ "h aspiré", 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.
(film, theater) silent
kịch câm
a silent play

Verb

câm

to shut up; to keep one's mouth shut
câm như hến
to shut your mouth as tight as a clam [shutting its shell]

Có câm mồm không thì bảo?
Would you keep your trap shut!?

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