nghiêm
Pronunciation
Northern
/ŋiəm˧˧/
Central
/ŋiəm˧˥/
Southern
/ŋiəm˧˧/
Listen
strict
Adjective
strict
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Adjective
Sense 1
Adjective
strict Feelings, Appearance & Personality
The quality of an attitude or style being very strict, grave, or stern.
vi Thầy giáo của tôi rất nghiêm.
en My teacher is very strict.
Proper noun
Sense 2
Proper noun
surname from Chinese Culture, Arts & Proper Names
A surname from Chinese.
vi Nghiêm là một cái tên.
en Nghiêm is a name.
Parts
嚴
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Parts
嚴
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
嚴
Candidates by syllable
nghiêm
嚴
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
nghiệm / nghiêm khắc / nghiêm phụ / nghiêm quân …
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Similar
nghiệm / nghiêm khắc / nghiêm phụ / nghiêm quân …
Use
nghiêm trọng / nghiêm ngặt / nghiêm chỉnh / nghiêm minh …
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Use
nghiêm trọng / nghiêm ngặt / nghiêm chỉnh / nghiêm minh …