khiếm thị

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 欠 (“deficient”) and 視 (“to see”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xiəm˧˦ tʰi˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰiəm˦˧˥ tʰɪj˨˩ʔ] ~ [xiəm˦˧˥ tʰɪj˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰim˦˥ tʰɪj˨˩˨] ~ [xim˦˥ tʰɪj˨˩˨]

Adjective

khiếm thị

1. (formal, euphemistic) Synonym of mù (“blind”); visually impaired

See also

• khiếm thính