chiêm bao
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 占 (“to divine”) + bao, from Proto-Vietic *s-poː (“to dream”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cim˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˧]
Verb
chiêm bao
- (literary) to dream
Synonyms
- mơ