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tam

Pronunciation Northern /taːm˧˧/ Central /taːm˧˥/ Southern /taːm˧˧/
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younger sibling
Noun
younger sibling
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
younger sibling

A term used to refer to a younger brother or sister, or someone of a lower rank.

vi Hãy chăm sóc cho tam của con thật tốt.

en Please take good care of your younger sibling.

Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 三

OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic

Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
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tam
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
tam giác / tam bành / tam giới / Tam Thanh …
Use
tam thiên tự / đệ tam / tam quan / tam quốc diễn nghĩa …
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