tiểu tâm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 小心 (“careful; cautious; (archaic) narrow-minded”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiəw˧˩ təm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˨ təm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tiw˨˩˦ təm˧˧]

Adjective

tiểu tâm

1. mean; small-minded; niggardly