thậm tệ
Pronunciation
Northern
/tʰə̰ʔm˨˩ tḛʔ˨˩/
Central
/tʰə̰m˨˨ tḛ˨˨/
Southern
/tʰəm˨˩˨ te˨˩˨/
Listen
awful
Adjective
awful
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1 senses
2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
awful Agreement, Evaluation, Critique
This adjective describes an extremely poor or bad quality of an action, a situation, or a set of spoken words.
vi Anh ta đã đối xử thậm tệ với cấp dưới của mình.
en He treated his subordinates terribly.
Parts
thậm / tệ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 甚弊 …
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Parts
thậm / tệ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 甚弊 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 甚弊
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
甚弊
Candidates by syllable
thậm
甚
tệ
弊（敝）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Use
thậm chí / thậm ghét / thậm thụt / thậm thịch …
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Use
thậm chí / thậm ghét / thậm thụt / thậm thịch …