tấm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

tấm

  1. broken or fractured rice grains
    truyện Tấm Cám ― The Story of Tam and Cam (Broken-Rice and Rice-Bran) (ancient Vietnamese tale)

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Classifier

tấm

  1. Used for large flat things, such as pieces of cloth (vải), planks (ván), boards (gỗ), pictures (ảnh, hình), mirrors (gương), etc.
  2. (literary) Used for small or seemingly insignificant things that are deemed valuable or worth cherishing.
    tấm thân ― body
    tấm lòng vàng ― heart of gold
    tấm chồng ― a husband (that is ideal, that one can rely on for one's livelihood)
    Phụ nữ hơn nhau ở tấm chồng. ― The standard of comparison between two women is their husbands. (Vietnamese saying)
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