trái tim

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

trái (classifier) +‎ tim (heart).

The form lái tim is also attested, for example, in Địa cầu vạn vật luận (1920), and in the name nhà thờ Lái Tim (the Church of [Jesus'] Heart) in Nam Định province, now usually called nhà thờ Trái Tim.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

trái tim

  1. (literary) heart (as seat of emotions)