chiêm nghiệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 占 (“to observe”) and 驗 (“to inspect”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧ ŋiəm˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧ ŋiəm˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cim˧˧ ŋim˨˩˨]

Verb

chiêm nghiệm

1. to contemplate; to inspect reflectively; to observe something and reflect on the results