thầm thì
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰə̤m˨˩ tʰi̤˨˩/
Central
/tʰəm˧˧ tʰi˧˧/
Southern
/tʰəm˨˩ tʰi˨˩/
Listen
speak softly
Verb
speak softly
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
speak softly Core Actions & Operation
To talk very quietly using only the breath so that only someone close by can hear.
vi Họ đang thầm thì với nhau ở góc phòng.
en They are whispering to each other in the corner of the room.
Parts
thầm / thì / 忱時
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Parts
thầm / thì / 忱時
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
忱時
Candidates by syllable
thầm
忱（諶 / 啿 / 𠽉）
thì
時
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
nói nhỏ / rì rầm / xì xào / xầm xì …
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Similar
nói nhỏ / rì rầm / xì xào / xầm xì …
Use
âm thầm / lặng thầm / thì thầm / nói thầm …
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Use
âm thầm / lặng thầm / thì thầm / nói thầm …