lâm bệnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 臨 (“to face/to be confronted by”) and 病 (“illness”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ləm˧˧ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

Verb

lâm bệnh

1. (literary) to fall ill; to become sick; to be afflicted by disease