ém

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 掩 (SV: yểm). Compare ẻm, a dialectal synonym.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛm˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛm˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛm˦˥]

Verb

ém

1. to hide, to conceal, to keep quiet

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ém nhẹm