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thèm

Pronunciation Northern /tʰɛ̤m˨˩/ Central /tʰɛm˧˧/ Southern /tʰɛm˨˩/
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to crave food
Verb
to crave food
2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
Sense 1 Verb
to crave food Feelings & EmotionsTheme EmotionsTag

To strongly want to eat or drink something.

vi Tôi bỗng nhiên thấy thèm một ly trà sữa.

en I suddenly craved a cup of milk tea.

Sense 2 Verb
to crave

To have a very strong desire to possess something or to do something particular very much.

vi Anh ấy rất thèm được đi du lịch khắp thế giới.

en He has a very strong desire to travel around the world.

Parts
Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
Candidates by syllable
thèm (噞 / 噡 / 𡅨)
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
thêm / thềm / thèm khát / thèm thuồng …
Use
chán cơm thèm phở / thòm thèm / không thèm
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