cham
cham — 名詞
1. an ethnic group from central and southern Vietnam, once the rulers of the Champa
占族
中南半島的古老民族
an ethnic group from central and southern Vietnam, once the rulers of the Champa kingdom (2nd–15th centuries), who today speak an Austronesian language and practice Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism.
The Cham have lived along the central coast of Vietnam since the time of the Champa kingdom.
占族自古占婆王國時期就居住在越南中部沿海地區。
uncountable: 'the Cham' takes a plural verb referring to the whole people
The brick temples at My Son show how the Cham decorated stone walls with carvings of dancers and gods.
美山聖地的磚造寺廟展現了占族如何在石牆上雕刻舞者與神像。
collocation: 'brick temples' in the context of Cham architecture
The Cham today are one of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, and their Kate festival draws visitors from across the country.
今日的占族是越南54個民族之一，他們的喀特節吸引了全國各地的訪客。
Gabriel watched Cham women weave cotton cloth on wooden hand-looms during his visit to their village.
Gabriel 在拜訪占族村落時，觀看了婦女用木製織布機編織棉布。
- people
a broader term for any group of humans who share culture or language
- ethnic group
the neutral, formal term for a community sharing ancestry, language, or traditions
- minority
highlights that the group is a smaller part of a larger national population
文法句型
the Cham + singular verb
the Cham people / the Cham community
用法筆記
This sense always refers to the group as a whole, not an individual. For one person, use sense 2.
2. a person who belongs to the Cham ethnic group.
占族人
占族的一份子
a person who belongs to the Cham ethnic group.
A Cham named Noor gave a talk at the city museum about his family's traditions.
一位名叫 Noor 的占族人在市立博物館講述其家族的傳統。
countable: 'a Cham' refers to one person
Gabriela met a Cham potter near Phan Rang and learned to shape clay pots without using a spinning wheel.
Gabriela 在潘郎附近認識了一位占族陶藝師，學會了不用轉輪捏製陶罐。
countable: 'a Cham potter' as an individual
The village elder, a Cham himself, showed the carvings of dancers and said they told stories of the harvest season.
那位村裡的長老本身就是占族人，指著舞者雕刻說它們講述了豐收季節的故事。
Many Chams now live in the fishing villages along Cambodia's Mekong River and near Ho Chi Minh City.
如今許多占族人居住在柬埔寨湄公河沿岸的漁村以及胡志明市周邊。
- member
a neutral term for any person belonging to a group, not specific to the Cham
文法句型
a Cham
the Cham (as a member)
用法筆記
Use a Cham when referring to one individual member of the group. For the group as a whole, use the Cham (sense 1). The plural form Chams (with an s) is accepted but less common than using the Cham as a collective.
常見錯誤
3. the Austronesian language spoken by the Cham people, written in a script derived
占語
占族使用的南島語言
the Austronesian language spoken by the Cham people, written in a script derived from ancient Indian writing systems.
Cham belongs to the Austronesian language family, which also includes Malay and Tagalog.
占語屬於南島語系，該語系還包括馬來語和他加祿語。
uncountable: 'Cham' as a language name takes a singular verb
Mira is learning to speak Cham so that she can talk to her grandmother in the village.
Mira 正在學說占語，這樣她就能跟村裡的祖母交談了。
collocation: 'speak Cham'
The old temple walls contain inscriptions written in Cham from the 9th century.
古老寺廟的牆壁上刻有九世紀的占語銘文。
Researchers estimate that about 200,000 villagers speak Cham across Vietnam and Cambodia.
研究人員估計，在越南和柬埔寨約有二十萬村民使用占語。
The Cham script uses characters from ancient Indian writing, unlike the Latin letters used in English.
占語文字採用古印度文字的字形，與英語使用的拉丁字母截然不同。
- Austronesian language
the language family that Cham belongs to, which includes Malay, Tagalog, and Hawaiian
文法句型
speak Cham
in Cham
Cham script / Cham writing
用法筆記
As a language name, Cham is uncountable and does not take an article. Say 'speak Cham' not 'speak the Cham'.