rầm rầm

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of rầm (“noisy, clamorous”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zəm˨˩ zəm˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʐəm˦˩ ʐəm˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɹəm˨˩ ɹəm˨˩]

Adjective

rầm rầm • (㖗㖗, 𫪌𫪌, 啉啉, 𠽍𠽍, ⿰口簮⿰口簮, 梣梣, ⿰車森⿰車森) (onomatopoeia)

  1. noisy, clamorous, raucous
    cười nói rầm rầm ― to laugh and talk noisily

Adverb

rầm rầm

  1. (to happen) relentlessly; persistently

References

  • “rầm rầm”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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