rầm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ram"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

• dầm (rare)

Noun

rầm

1. (architecture) beam; girder

   rầm nhà ― house beam

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Adjective

rầm • (㖗, 𫪌, 啉, 𠽍, ⿰口簮, 梣, ⿰車森) (diminutive reduplication rầm rầm) (onomatopoeia)

1. Used to describe a loud echoing sound that shakes the surroundings: with a boom; bang; crash

   Synonym: ầm

   đổ đánh rầm ― to fall with a bang

2. noisy; clamorous; tumultuous

   Synonyms: ầm, rùm

   quát tháo rầm nhà ― to yell loudly throughout the house

Derived terms

• hà rầm
• lầm rầm
• rầm rầm
• rầm rầm rộ rộ
• rầm rĩ
• rầm rì
• rầm rộ
• rì rầm

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Combining form

rầm

1. reduplicant of rập, only used in rầm rập

References

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