thâm nhiễm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 深 (“deep”) and 染 (“to contaminate”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲiəm˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲiəm˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰəm˧˧ ɲim˨˩˦]

Verb

thâm nhiễm

1. (medicine) to infiltrate
2. (literary, rare) to permeate; to pervade; to penetrate deeply

Noun

thâm nhiễm

1. (medicine) infiltrate (an undesirable invading substance)

   thâm nhiễm phổi ― lung infiltrate

Adjective

thâm nhiễm

1. (medicine) infiltrated