chim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chim"

English

Adjective

chim (comparative more chim, superlative most chim)

1. Alternative form of cheem

Anagrams

• MICH, Mich, Mich., mich

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cim¹/, [t͡ɕiːm¹ ~ ciːm¹]

Noun

chim

1. (Mường Bi) bird

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chyme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kim/

Noun

chim n (plural chimuri)

1. chyme

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	chim	chimul		chimuri	chimurile
genitive-dative	chim	chimului		chimuri	chimurilor
vocative	chimule			chimurilor

Further reading

• chim in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕim˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕim˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cim˧˧]
• Homophone: Chim

• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”). Cognate with Bahnar sem (“bird”), Mang θɤm⁶, Mon ဂစေံ (“bird”), Pear cʰem, Kháng [Tuần Giáo] cem³²³, Khasi sim, Semai chèèp, Santali ᱥᱤᱢ (sim, “chicken”).

Noun

(classifier con) chim • (𫚳, 𪀄)

1. a bird (an animal of the class Aves)

Derived terms

• chim cắt (“falcon”)
• chim chích (“acrocephalid warbler”)
• chim chóc (“birds”)
• chim công (“peacock”)
• chim cút (“quail”)
• chim điên (“booby”)
• chim muông (“animals”)
• chim ngói (“turtle dove”)
• chim ruồi (“hummingbird”)
• chim sẻ (“sparrow”)

 

Etymology 2

From etymology 1. For some parallels, compare English cock, Chinese 鳥／鸟 (điểu, “bird”) and 屌 (điểu, “penis”), Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”). See also cu, cò.

Alternative forms

• trym (euphemistic orthographic variant)

Noun

(classifier con) chim

1. (slang, anatomy) penis, cock; dick

Synonyms

• (penis) buồi, cặc, cậu nhỏ, cu, cò, đèn dầu

See also

• bướm

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰi˩̰/

Verb

chim

1. to hate, be angry at, be incensed

Derived terms

• chim siab (“to be angry, be incensed”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 24.