làm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

A doublet of là (“to be”); see there for more. This is an innovation in Vietnamese, not found in Mường and other Vietic languages. For the semantic relation, compare Chinese 為 (vi, “to do; to be”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːm˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːm˨˩]

Verb

làm (爫, 𪵯, 𬈋)

to do
to make
to work
to bear the responsibilities of
Làm người ai làm thế!
Have some human decency!

Lớn lên con muốn làm bác sĩ.
I want to become a doctor.

Ông làm cha mà chẳng làm gương cho con.
You're not a good example for your kids as a father.

Synonyms

mần

Derived terms

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