Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hiam

/hjʌm(˦)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: hi-am
IPA: /hjʌm(˦)/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"At best, it was just so-so – nothing like what we would cook for ourselves at home. It was not “hiam” enough probably from the lack of ginger or ginger juice and there was insufficient wine."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 薟／莶 (hiam, “spicy”).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more hiam (comparative) most hiam (superlative)

Rhymes With

higham byam

Questions

How do you pronounce hiam?: The recorded pronunciation is /hjʌm(˦)/.
What does hiam mean?: hot and spicy.
Where does hiam come from?: Borrowed from Hokkien 薟／莶 (hiam, “spicy”).

How to pronounce hiam

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