tấm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- broken or fractured rice grains
- truyện Tấm Cám ― The Story of Tam and Cam (Broken-Rice and Rice-Bran) (ancient Vietnamese tale)
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- Used for large flat things, such as pieces of cloth (vải), planks (ván), boards (gỗ), pictures (ảnh, hình), mirrors (gương), etc.
- (literary) Used for small or seemingly insignificant things that are deemed valuable or worth cherishing.
- tấm thân ― body
- tấm lòng vàng ― heart of gold
- tấm chồng ― a husband (that is ideal, that one can rely on for one's livelihood)
- Phụ nữ hơn nhau ở tấm chồng. ― The standard of comparison between two women is their husbands. (Vietnamese saying)