"lâm" meaning in Vietnamese

See lâm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Romanization

IPA: [ləm˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ləm˧˧] [Huế], [ləm˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lâm.wav
Head templates: {{head|vi|romanization}} lâm
  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 林 (“forest”) Tags: romanization Related terms: hàn lâm, kiểm lâm, lâm nghiệp, lâm tặc
    Sense id: en-lâm-vi-romanization-pLZ3POH2 Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese readings, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese romanizations Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Vietnamese romanizations: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [ləm˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ləm˧˧] [Huế], [ləm˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lâm.wav
Etymology: Sino-Vietnamese word from 臨. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|臨}}, {{categorize|vi|Sino-Vietnamese words}}, {{vi-etym-sino|臨}} Sino-Vietnamese word from 臨 Head templates: {{head|vi|verb|||head=|tr=}} lâm, {{vi-verb}} lâm
  1. to be (in a difficult situation) Related terms: lâm thời, lâm trận
    Sense id: en-lâm-vi-verb-uDxZIKHG Categories (other): Sino-Vietnamese words
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Vietnamese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (45c4a21 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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