đạm bạc
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 淡薄, composed of 淡 (“mild”) and 薄 (“weak; meager”), sometimes written as 淡泊.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˨ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩ʔ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːm˨˩˨ ʔɓaːk̚˨˩˨]
Adjective
edit- plain; simple; basic; unexciting
- (figurative, of life) humble; modest; frugal