đạm bạc

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 淡薄, composed of 淡 (“mild”) and 薄 (“weak; meager”), sometimes written as 淡泊.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˨ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩˨ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

đạm bạc

  1. plain; simple; basic; unexciting
  2. (figurative, of life) humble; modest; frugal

Adverb

đạm bạc

  1. plainly; simply; modestly
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