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khiêm nhường

khiêm nhường

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 謙讓 (SV: khiêm nhượng).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xiəm˧˧ ɲɨəŋ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰiəm˧˧ ɲɨəŋ˦˩] ~ [xiəm˧˧ ɲɨəŋ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰim˧˧ ɲɨəŋ˨˩] ~ [xim˧˧ ɲɨəŋ˨˩]

Adjective

khiêm nhường

modest, humble
Synonym: khiêm tốn
- 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 198:
  Có một tờ báo ở thành phố đưa tin, đúng là đưa tin vì cả bài chỉ nằm khiêm nhường trong một cột báo ở chân trang: […]
  A newspaper in town published the message — it was a message, as the entire article humbly took up only one column at the foot of the page — that, […]

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