See also: cham, Cham, ćham, châm, Châm, chậm, chẩm, and Cham.

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Compare Thai จิ้ม (jîm).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chấm

  1. a dot; point
  2. a period; full stop; full point
  3. (calligraphy) a stroke that is a dot ()

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Verb edit

chấm (,)

  1. to dip
    chấm nước mắmto dip into nước mắm
  2. to put a full stop
    • 2014, Ninh Hồ Trần, “Cuộc họp của chữ viết [The Meeting of the Letters]”, in Tiếng Việt 3 [Vietnamese 3], 10th edition, volume 1, Nhà Xuất bản Giáo dục Việt Nam:
      Hoàng hoàn toàn không biết chấm câu.
      He is completely clueless about how to use the full stop.
  3. to tap; to dab; to barely touch
  4. to grade; to correct (papers)
    chấm điểmto grade, assign marks to (a test etc.)

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