hãm
Pronunciation
Northern
/haʔam˧˥/
Central
/haːm˧˩˨/
Southern
/haːm˨˩˦/
Listen
to besiege
Verb
to besiege
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Verb
to besiege Core Actions
To surround a city or a place with an army in order to capture it.
vi Quân đội đã hãm thành suốt nhiều tháng trời.
en The army besieged the city for many months.
Parts
Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 陷 / 陷
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Parts
Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 陷 / 陷
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 陷
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
陷
Candidates by syllable
hãm
陷
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
hâm / hạm / hàm / hám …
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Similar
hâm / hạm / hàm / hám …
Use
kìm hãm / kiềm hãm / vây hãm / giam hãm …
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Use
kìm hãm / kiềm hãm / vây hãm / giam hãm …