Arhant, Lohan (follower of Buddha) | A La Hán |
| Afghanistan; Afghanistani, Afghan | A Phú Hãn |
| Amnida Buddha; thank heavens! | A di đà phật |
| Oh!, What a pity! | A, tội nghiệp quá |
| Nobody asked you to do that! | Ai khiến anh! |
| (character in the book “Anh Hùng Xà Điêu”) | Bao Tích Nhược |
| What can one do now! | Biết làm thế nào bây giờ |
| Buddha | Bụt |
| chủ tịch (chairman, president) | CT |
| (Mahatma) Ghandi | Cam Địa |
| Oh, that’s too expensive! | Cha, mắc quá |
| Champa | Chiêm Thành |
| Chaudoc | Châu Đốc |
| chancellor (Cao Dai) | Chưởng Ấn |
| Nothing at all like that! | Có mốc xì gì đâu! |
| Has Miss Lien arrived yet? | Cô Liên đến chưa? |
| Hanoi | Hà Nội |
| Chinese character, Hanzi | Hán tụ |
| Hawaii | Hạ Uy Di |
| Hawaiian guitar | Hạ uy cầm |
| Hainan Island | Hải Nam |
| Haiphong | Hải Phòng |
| Arhat | La Hán |
| The Russian Federation is only a shadow of the former Soviet Union | Liên Bang Nga là một vang bóng của Liên Xô ngày xưa |
| the ancient name of Hanoi | Long Biên |
| One earns a lot of extra money in that position | Làm chỗ ấy bở lắm |
| I haven’t seen you in a long time | Lâu rồi không gặp anh |
| (Please) note that ~ | Lưu ý là |
| How about going to the Thanh The (restaurant)? | Lại nhà hàng Thanh Thế đi ! |
| What can we use as evidence? | Lấy gì làm bằng? |
| Thanksgiving (American holiday) | Lễ Tạ Ơn |
| A polite greeting is better than a good meal | Lời chào cao hơn mâm cỗ |
| That motor uses kerosene | Máy này chạy bằng dầu tây |
| What are you yawning for? | Ngáp gì? |
| Hades | Ngọc tuyền |
| He doesn’t have a temperature | Nó không sốt |
| Nom (old Vietnamese writing system based on Chinese characters) | Nôm |
| (airport in Hanoi) | Nội Bài |
| Buddha | Phật |
| Mahayana Buddhism, greater path Buddhism | Phật Giáo đại thừa |
| the birthday of Buddha | Phật Đản |
| Thai | Thái |
| Thailand | Thái Lan |
| Shanghai | Thượng Hải |
| simplified Chinese (characters) | Trung Hoa đơn giản |
| China shares a border with 14 countries | Trung Quốc chung biên cương với 14 quóc gia |
| Pearl Harbor | Trân Châu Cảng |
| meditation hall (Cao Dai) | Trí Huệ Cung |
| Tan Son Nhat (airport) | Tân Sơn Nhất |
| General Chang Kai Shek | Tướng Tưởng Giới Thạch |
| Gulf of Thailand | Vịnh Thái Lan |
| Siam, Thailand | Xiêm |
| aliphatic or fatty acid | a xít béo |
| everyone has to | ai cũng phải |
| people do whatever they want | ai muốn làm gì thì làm |
| person who has lost their mother, orphan | ai từ |
| small pagoda, temple; cottage, shack, hermitage, secluded hut | am |
| half-sibling | am em dị bào |
| to live in peace, happiness with one’s occupation | an cư lạc nghiệp |
| relaxed, having peace of mind, calm, comfortable | an lòng |
| alpha | an pha |
| alphabet | an pha bê |
| content, happy | an phận |
| quiet, tranquil, not worried, safe and sound, unharmed | an thân |
| anti-mechanical security | an toàn phòng cơ giới |
| having piece of mind, not worried; assurance, peace | an tâm |
| half-brother, half-sister | anh em dị bào |
| hallowed memory (of a deceased person) | anh linh |
| his change of mind came out of the blue | anh ta thay đổi ý kiến đột ngột |
| he has come here, reportedly on business | anh ta đến đây, nói là có việc |
| eminent, distinguished, intelligent and handsome | anh tuấn |
| his anger has subsided | anh ấy đã ngớt giận |
| three phase | ba pha |
| ill-mannered, have improper speech or conduct, careless | ba toác |
| catharsis, cantharides | ban miêu |
| when, (at) what time, every time, always, any time, whenever | bao giờ |
| to consist of, include, embrace, have, be made up of, comprise | bao gồm |
| to not mind (hardship) | bao quản |
| to move around, change jobs | bay nhẩy |
| to have one’s head cut off | beng mất đầu |
| (1) to disappear, vanish; (2) to change, convert; variable; (3) catastrophe, disaster, calamity; (4) to spread, distribute | biến |
| to change, develop; change, development | biến chuyển |
| to change, alter | biến chất |
| to change, transform, process | biến chế |
| change, reform | biến cách |
| to change, transform, modify | biến cải |
| event, happening, occurrence | biến cố |
| to change | biến dịch |
| to change, develop, evolve, transform | biến hóa |
| metaphase | biến kỳ |
| to change; change | biến thiên |
| to become, change into | biến thành |
| phase, stage, period | biến tướng |
| to change, transform | biến tượng |
| to change, fluctuate, vary, transform | biến đổi |
| change, metamorphosis, illusion | biến ảo |
| to know that | biết là |
| what can we do | biết làm thế nào được |
| to know one’s mistakes, know what one did wrong | biết lỗi |
| to have tasted, have experienced | biết mùi |
| to know that | biết rằng |
| had I known (then one would have done something else) | biết thế |
| maybe, perhaps, who knows | biết đâu |
| knowing that, being away of that | biết được điều đó |
| grateful, thankful | biết ơn |
| (1) table, chart, meter, scale, index; (2) to express, manifest, display, show, demonstrate; (3) to say, tell, order; (4) second degree near relatives of different surnames; (5) memorial to the king | biểu |
| chart, graph | biểu đồ |
| functional chart | biểu đồ hoạt động |
| organization chart | biểu đồ tổ chức |
| to characterize | biệu tính |
| feeling a rather sharp pain, feeling a rather biting cold | buôn buốt |
| to be a peddler or hawker | buôn gánh bán bưng |
| small vendor, merchant | buôn thúng bán mẹt |
| falling down, hang loosely | buông lơi |
| to drop some sharp words, drop some words curtly | buông xõng |
| feeling a sharp pain, feeling a biting cold; sharp, biting, cutting | buốt |
| sad, unhappy | buồn bã |
| sad, unhappy | buồn bực |
| to have a desire to do something, have one’s itch | buồn mình |
| sad, sorrowful, unhappy morose; uninteresting; to want to, feel like (doing something) | buồn rầu |
| (1) room, cage, chamber, cabin; (2) bunch; (3) [CL for (body) organs] | buồng |
| chamber (of a gun) | buồng đạn |
| [CL for performances, events]; session, event; half a day | buổi |
| that evening | buổi tối hôm đó |
| outing (to have fun) | buổi đi chơi |
| to have to, be forced to | buộc phải |
| to accuse, charge, incriminate | buộc tội |
| to let a cup slip down from one’s hand | buột tay đánh rơi cái chén |
| the old lady is a little hard of hearing | bà cụ hơi nghểnh ngãng |
| that’s a lot you’re asking for | bà nói thách quá |
| to debate, discuss, deliberate, talk over, exchange views on | bàn bạc |
| hairbrush | bàn chải tóc |
| furniture, tables and chairs | bàn ghế |
| to transfer, hand over | bàn giao |
| alphanumeric keyboard | bàn phím chữ số |
| hand | bàn tay |
| blood stained hand | bàn tay nhúng máu |
| plasterer’s hawk | bàn xoa |
| pharmacy, druggist; to dispense, prepare medicines, make up medicines | bào chế |
| pharmacy, pharmaceutics | bào chế học |
| concoct, plot, hatch a plot | bày mưu tính kế |
| to have a wide knowledge (of things past and present) | bác cổ thông kim |
| to thank respectfully | bái tạ |
| to hang on to, clutch, cling | bám |
| to hang onto, cling to | bám giữ |
| to follow close or hard on somebody’s heels | bám sát |
| to hang on, clutch, cling | bám víu |
| (1) to sell; (2) half, demi-, semi-, hemi- | bán |
| to be a hawker | bán bưng |
| semi-skilled, somewhat proficient | bán chuyên |
| half thickness | bán hậu tính |
| peddler, street vendor; to peddle, hawk | bán rong |
| half-life (of a radioactive element) | bán sinh |
| semi-colony, half-colony | bán thuộc địa |
| sell out, get rid of (merchandise) | bán tháo |
| bust, half-length | bán thân |
| half a life, half a century | bán thế |
| half century | bán thế kỷ |
| half-track | bán xích xa |
| malabar almond-shaped cake | bánh bàng |
| ball-shaped cake | bánh bỏng |
| half time gear | bánh khía trục cam |
| elephant’s ear-shaped flat cake | bánh tai voi |
| rice pancake folded in half (and filled) | bánh xèo |
| to return thanks, render thanks | báo ơn |
| big bowl, lidless and handle-less tureen | bát chậu |
| octagon, octagonal shape | bát giác |
| the Eight teachings (admonitions) of Buddha | bát giới |
| eight-character verses | bát ngôn |
| what price that thing? | báu gì cái của ấy? |
| (1) shameless, brazen; (2) this, this extent | bây |
| that long | bây dai |
| what time is it (now) | bây giờ mấy giờ rồi |
| that much, that many, this much, this many | bây nhiêu |
| (1) waste, residue; (2) exhausted | bã |
| (1) field, flat area, plain; (2) to stop, cease, halt, cancel, annul, disperse | bãi |
| to fire, discharge, dismiss | bãi miễn |
| hasty minefield | bãi mìn cấp thiết |
| to strike (merchants) | bãi thị |
| to have no voice in a matter | bé họng |
| sharp; to touch, set | bén |
| sharp, quick | bén nhạy |
| to have a glib tongue | béo mép |
| having a drawl from overdrinking | bét nhé |
| (1) calf, baby cow; (2) to carry with both hands; (3) disorderly | bê |
| right (hand) side | bên (tay) phải |
| left (hand) side | bên (tay) trái |
| on the other hand | bên cạnh đó |
| the right hand side | bên hữu |
| right hand side | bên mặt |
| the right hand side | bên phải |
| right hand side | bên tay mặt |
| left hand side | bên tay trái |
| the left hand side | bên trái |
| the left hand side | bên tả |
| to shame, dishonor, humiliate | bêu diếu |
| to shame, dishonor, humiliate | bêu xấu |
| (1) to compare; (2) skin, derma, peel, envelope, bag; (3) tired, exhausted, sound asleep | bì |
| tired, worn out, exhausted | bì phạp |
| inhaler | bình thông hơi |
| an object and its shadow, an inseparable pair | bình với bóng |
| penis-shaped | bìu dái |
| to hand down (formula) secretly | bí truyền |
| lock (of hair), tress | bím |
| (1) grapefruit; (2) to carry in one’s arms, with both hands | bòng |
| to have one’s hands tied, be helpless | bó tay |
| divination by means of the Classic of Changes | bói dịch |
| (1) balloon, ball; (2) shadow, shade, light, photograph; (3) shiny | bóng |
| evening shade, evening light | bóng chiều |
| shadow of a white horse - time flies | bóng câu |
| shade, shadow of a tree | bóng cây |
| figure, shadow, silhouette | bóng dáng |
| shadow or silhouette of a woman | bóng hồng |
| shadows and ghosts | bóng ma |
| shade (from the sun) | bóng mát |
| sunshade, sunlight | bóng mặt giời |
| shade | bóng râm |
| shadow, shade, darkness | bóng tối |
| shadow | bóng đen |
| (1) wallet, purse, handbag; (2) to squeeze, grab, press with the hand; (3) police station | bóp |
| to force, coerce, squeeze, overcharge | bóp chẹt |
| (1) old man, elder; (2) bed pan, chamber pot | bô |
| to have one’s nape shaven | bôi vôi |
| to run after, pursue, chase; to roam, wander | bôn ba |
| (1) to compensate for, make up for; (2) messed up, disheveled (hair) | bù |
| to have heart-to-heart talks together, have a rollicking time | bù khú |
| in return (for), in exchange, as compensation (for) | bù lại |
| written charm, amulet | bùa |
| eight-sign charm | bùa bát quái |
| charm and bait | bùa bả |
| self-protection charm | bùa hộ mạng |
| charm | bùa mê |
| potion, love-charm | bùa yêu |
| hammer, axe | búa |
| to hit with a hammer | búa bổ |
| steam-hammer, sledge hammer | búa chày |
| percussion hammer | búa gõ |
| hammer and sickle | búa liềm |
| sledge-hammer | búa quai |
| hammer and axe, heavy punishment, heavy criticism, hammer | búa rìu |
| hand-hammer | búa tay |
| large hammer | búa tạ |
| claw hammer | búa định |
| bun (hairstyle) | búi tó |
| written evidence, handwriting | bút cứ |
| good handwriting | bút hoa |
| style of handwriting, penmanship | bút pháp |
| to hold a written conversation (using Chinese characters) | bút đàm |
| (1) thirty (contraction of ba mươi); (2) to chop (meat), hash (Comp.) | băm |
| hemorrhage | băng huyết |
| moth balls, naphthalene | băng phiến |
| (radio) channel, frequency, band | băng tần |
| misfortune and fortune, ups and downs, happiness and unhappiness | bĩ thái |
| (1) butter; (2) shameless; to ignore; (3) helpless | bơ |
| shameless, brazen | bơ bơ |
| dishevelled, ruffled, tired, worn out, exhausted | bơ phờ |
| to enhance one’s breasts, get a breast implant | bơm ngực |
| to carry with both hands | bưng |
| to hasten, hurry | bươn |
| (1) randomly, at random, haphazard; (2) to register, record; (3) register, ledger, account book | bạ |
| silver coin, small change | bạc cắc |
| small change | bạc hào |
| misfortune; unfortunate; poor fate, unhappy lot | bạc mệnh |
| disloyal, ungrateful, thankless | bạc nghĩa |
| thankless trade, thankless task | bạc nghệ |
| completely gray, white (hair) | bạc phơ |
| unhappy fate, misfortune | bạc phận |
| changeable, unsteady, fickle | bạc đen |
| gray haired, white haired | bạc đầu |
| not to have fortune on one’s side | bạc đức |
| empty handed | bạch thủ |
| exhausted, tired, worn out | bải hoải |
| charge sheet | bản cáo trạng |
| chant, song | bản hát |
| hatch list | bản khai hàng chở |
| mountain hamlets and villages | bản làng |
| (one’s internal) character, nature, disposition | bản tính |
| night flying chart | bản đồ dạ phi hành |
| aeronautical chart, aerial map, planning chart | bản đồ hàng không |
| navigation chart | bản đồ không hành |
| Mercator chart | bản đồ méc ca to |
| military map, military chart | bản đồ quân sự |
| planning chart | bản đồ thiết kế chiến thuật |
| firing chart | bản đồ tác xạ |
| regional chart | bản đồ địa phương |
| code chart, font | bảng mã |
| character set | bảng mã tự |
| blackboard, chalkboard | bảng đen |
| haughty, self-important, pompous | bảnh chọe |
| all is well that ends well | bảy mươi chưa què chớ khoe là lành |
| to count by thumbing one’s phalanges, count on | bấm đốt |
| to predict by thumbing one’s phalanges | bấm độn |
| unhappy, displeased, indignant, discontented; discontent | bất bình |
| no matter (which, what, when, etc.) | bất câu |
| lost to shame | bất cố liêm sĩ |
| whenever (something happens) | bất cứ khi nào |
| then, at that time | bất giờ |
| discord, disagreement, disharmony; in disagreement, at odds with each other | bất hòa |
| inviolable, sacrosanct, untouchable, inalienable | bất khả xâm phạm |
| despite the fact that | bất kể sự kiện là |
| adverse, unfavorable, disadvantageous; negative; useless, harmful | bất lợi |
| dubious, shady | bất minh |
| dissatisfied, unhappy, discontented | bất mãn |
| then perhaps you’d better; would rather | bất nhược |
| (1) tender, immature, green, (2) that, that extent | bấy |
| at that time, on that occasion, then | bấy giờ |
| for so long, there has not been such an opportunity | bấy lâu mới được một dịp |
| so much, that much, that many | bấy nhiêu |
| to shiver, shake | bần bật |
| unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, misfortune | bần khổ |
| haggard, worried; to feel sad | bần thần |
| to elect someone chairman | bầu ai làm chử tịch |
| to be endowed with; gift, endowment, natural asset, disposition, innate character | bẩm tính |
| to have menses | bẩn mình |
| to be busy, have one’s hands full | bận tay |
| to misbehave, behave incorrectly, inappropriately; wrong, incorrect | bậy bạ |
| to shoot a pistol, shoot a revolver, shoot a handgun | bắn súng lục |
| ask for lady’s hand | bắn sẻ |
| plough-beam, shaft of a plow | bắp cày |
| to have muscles as hard as iron | bắp thịt chắc nịch |
| incriminate, bring a charge against | bắt lỗi |
| to exorcize by clasping hands | bắt quyết |
| to catch in the act or red-handed, surprise | bắt quả tang |
| (1) to shake hands; (2) to begin, start | bắt tay |
| to find something by chance; to seize, catch | bắt được |
| to begin to take shape | bắt đầu thành hình |
| how, in what way | bằng cách nào |
| using what, by what means, how | bằng gì |
| greater than or equal to | bằng hay ~ hơn |
| if not, else, otherwise, as if nothing had happened | bằng không |
| (1) happy, satisfied, content; (2) to agree | bằng lòng |
| in one hand, with one hand | bằng một tay |
| by hand, manually | bằng tay |
| in vain, pointless, as if nothing had happened | bằng thừa |
| news-less, having no news | bặt tin |
| crushed, deformed, misshapen, flattened | bẹp |
| out of shape | bẹp dúm |
| to split hairs, find fault with, be overcritical | bẻ họe |
| to break into half | bẻ ra làm đôi |
| to lose face, be ashamed | bẽ |
| ashamed, awkward | bẽ bàng |
| ashamed | bẽ mạt |
| shy, timid, ashamed | bẽn |
| closed door, harbor policy | bế quan tỏa cảng |
| dock, wharf, pier, landing place, station, terminal | bến |
| wharf, port, harbor | bến cảng |
| river wharf, river watering place | bến nước |
| dock, quay, port, railway station, pier, wharf | bến tàu |
| disarrayed, chaotic, pell-mell, jumbled, in a jumble | bề bộn |
| unshakeable | bền vững |
| that side over there | bển |
| shabby, poor, slovenly, slipshod, squalid | bệ rạc |
| have a swollen belly | bệ sệ |
| chalky, sickly white, pale | bệch |
| (of child) hang on or around | bện hơi |
| plait or braid one’s hair, do up one’s hair in a plait; join, associate oneself (with) | bện tóc |
| each disease has its own cure | bệnh nào thuốc nấy |
| (1) low, vulgar, scornful, contemptuous, lowly, vulgar, humble; (2) Belgium, Belgian; (3) that | bỉ |
| this and that, here and there, then and now, you and I, both (something), mutually | bỉ thử |
| to be caught red-handed | bị bắt quả tang |
| to have a flat tire | bị bẹp lốp |
| to have, be sick with the flu | bị bệnh cúm |
| to break one’s hand, have a broken hand | bị gãy tay |
| to be broken in half, be split in half | bị gẫy làm hai khúc |
| to have a seize, convulsions | bị kinh phong |
| to be accused, charged | bị kết tội |
| to be shaken | bị lung lay |
| to suffer smoke inhalation | bị ngộp khói |
| to be disgraced, be shamed | bị nhục nhã |
| to be haunted by memories | bị những kỷ niệm ám ảnh |
| bag, haversack | bị rết |
| to be discharged, dismissed, fired from | bị sa thải khỏi |
| to be harshly, severely punished | bị trừng trị nặng |
| to have one’s property seized | bị tước đoạt tài sản |
| to be harmed, damaged | bị tổn hại |
| to have a flat tire | bị xẹp vỏ |
| to be charged with (a crime) | bị xử lý |
| to be haunted, be obsessed | bị ám ảnh |
| to have back pain, suffer from back pain | bị đau lưng. |
| to have one’s nest disturbed | bị động ổ |
| to have one’s heart stop (beating) | bị đứng tim |
| to be adversely affected, be harmed | bị ảnh hưởng tai hại |
| to have an attachment to, have ties to | bịn rịn |
| those guys, that group of people | bọn chúng nó |
| to miss (chance, opportunity) | bỏ lỡ |
| (1) father; chap, fellow, guy, buddy; (2) to terrorize; (3) to spread, disseminate, publish; (4) cloth | bố |
| (1) to rise, emanate; (2) to draw (a card), take with one’s fingers; (3) boxing; (4) to discharge, unload; (5) divine | bốc |
| to unload merchandise | bốc hàng |
| unhappy situation | bối cảnh bất bình |
| historical event, happening | bối cảnh lịch sử |
| embarrassed, bewildered, disconcerted, ashamed, uneasy, perplexed, troubled, nervous | bối rối |
| orphaned | bồ côi |
| sparrow-hawk | bồ cắt |
| to have an obligation to the Vietnamese people | bổn phận đối với người Việt Nam |
| by chance, by accident, suddenly, all of a sudden, abruptly | bỗng không |
| (1) section, part department, ministry; (2) gear, part, device; (3) radical (of a Chinese character); (4) collection, set, pack (cards), suit (clothes); (5) appearance, mean, behavior, bearing; (6) step, pace; (7) [CL for laws]; (8) land; (9) foot; (10) register, account book | bộ |
| table and chairs set | bộ bàn ghế |
| character set | bộ kí tự |
| discharged solider, serviceman | bộ đội giải ngũ |
| unfaithful, ungrateful, thankless | bội nghĩa |
| to have indigestion | bội thực |
| to fasten up one’s hair | bới tác |
| to do up one’s hair | bới tóc |
| to hit, slap, smack, whack | bớp |
| because, therefore, that’s why, for that reason | bởi lẽ |
| therefore, that’s why, for that reason | bởi lẽ đó |
| therefore, that’s why, for that reason | bởi lẽ ấy |
| consequently, therefore, that’s why | bởi thế |
| for what reason? why? | bởi đâu |
| to be shameless, flatter | bợ |
| to have a belly swelling with pregnancy | bụng chửa ềnh ra |
| unkempt, shabby | bụng xụng |
| kinky hair | bụt ốc |
| threadbare, shabby | bủn |
| to pull one’s hair | bứt tóc |
| (1) to plow, harrow; harrow; (2) disorderly, chaotic | bừa |
| one tooth-row harrow | bừa chữ nhi |
| that day | bữa hổm |
| happiness comes | cam lai |
| to intervene on behalf of political prisoners | can thiệp cho tù nhân chính trị |
| to commit (a crime), be guilty of a crime, be charged with a crime, be accused of a crime | can tội |
| (1) soup; (2) to guard, watch over; (3) to plow; (4) to change, alter; (5) 7th cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac | canh |
| to change, reform | canh cải |
| to go shares (with somebody) (in something) | canh ti |
| haughty, arrogant, unusual, eccentric | cao kỳ |
| oho! aha! | cha chả |
| what’s-his-name | cha căng chú kiết |
| harden, unfeeling, callous, scarred | chai sạn |
| sharp tongued | chanh chua |
| (1) (exclamation); (2) lamp shade | chao |
| to pay, spend; to cost; what | chi |
| branch or chapter or local (of an association or a society) | chi hội |
| divided, separate; to split, divide, separate, distribute, share | chia |
| to split in two, in half | chia làm hai |
| to share fire | chia lửa |
| to share | chia nhau |
| to share (out) | chia phần |
| to share | chia sẻ |
| to share common goals | chia sẻ mục tiêu chung |
| to split, divide, distribute, share | chia xẻ |
| to divide or share something equally or fairly between or among | chia đều |
| newborn bird, hatchling | chim mới nở |
| halcyon | chim trả |
| hawk, peregrine, falcon | chim ưng |
| (1) (of a rice harvest) fifth lunar month; (2) to look up to, admire, observe; (3) to divine; (4) Cham | chiêm |
| lonely shadow | chiếc bóng |
| war-horse, charger, steed | chiến mã |
| that evening | chiều hôm đó |
| that afternoon | chiều đó |
| to satisfy one’s hatred | cho bõ ghét |
| to keep someone hanging, waiting | cho leo cây |
| to make us happy | cho mình vui lòng |
| that is why, therefore, hence, because | cho nên |
| to say (that), state (that) | cho rằng |
| for the sake of peace and quiet, to be happy | cho rồi |
| until (the time, moment) that | cho tới khi nào |
| until what date | cho tới ngày nào |
| to have a car towed | cho xe kéo |
| not to have the heart to do something | cho đang |
| until that time, until then | cho đến chừng đó |
| until when, until that time | cho đến khi |
| until then, until that time | cho đến lúc bấy giờ |
| until that moment | cho đến lúc đó |
| to what extent | cho đến mức nào |
| unnoticeably shallow | choèn |
| to meet, fulfill; whole, fully discharged | chu toàn |
| acid, tart, sour, sharp | chua |
| sharp | chua chát |
| to share; in common | chung chạ |
| to have in common (with each other) | chung nhau |
| to clash, share with other people | chung đụng |
| to pass from hand to hand | chuyền tay |
| to take, transfer, move, transmit, convert, change, pass, shift, switch (over) | chuyển |
| to change, evolve | chuyển biến |
| profound change | chuyển biến sâu xa |
| to transfer, hand over | chuyển dịch |
| to hand over, transfer | chuyển giao |
| to commute; commute, switchover, exchange, conversion | chuyển hoán |
| to change, move direction | chuyển hướng |
| to change channels | chuyển kênh |
| to change comprehensively, change vigorously | chuyển mình |
| to change, transition, forward (a letter) | chuyển tiếp |
| to exchange money | chuyển tiền |
| change the member of an equation | chuyển vế |
| what (thing, issue) | chuyện gì |
| what is it, what’s the matter | chuyện gì vậy |
| what happened today | chuyện ngày hôm nay |
| to converse, talk, chat | chuyện trò |
| that (thing, issue) | chuyện đó |
| that (thing, issue) | chuyện ấy |
| to prepare (to have sth happen) | chuẩn bị để |
| (1) string, series; (2) necklace, chain | chuỗi |
| a chain of restaurants or stores | chuỗi nhà hàng |
| Well, that’s troublesome isn’t it | chà, phiền nhỉ |
| (1) olive, (2) Champa, Cham, (3) indigo (dye) | chàm |
| bell-stick, wooden bell-hammer | chày kình |
| (1) to have a lot of, plenty of; (2) to be sick of, tired of; dull, boring, uninteresting | chán |
| to dislike, hate, be sick of, detest | chán ghét |
| what a bore!, what a nuisance! | chán mớ đời |
| how annoying, how bothersome, what a pain | chán quá |
| chairman of examination board | chánh chủ khảo |
| sharp | chát chúa |
| to have one’s feet shackled, chained | chân bị cùm |
| to have one’s feet sticky with mud | chân dính bùn nhem nhép |
| root (of hair) | chân lông |
| hands and feet | chân tay |
| to have skinny limbs | chân tay khẳng khiu |
| to have one’s hands and feel all mucky with mud | chân tay nhơ nhớp những bùn |
| root of a hair | chân tóc |
| happy marriage | châu trần |
| handwritten; to write down, copy by hand | chép tay |
| handful, just big enough to lie in one’s hand | chét tay |
| unstable, shaky | chênh vênh |
| to extend one’s hand, hold out one’s hand | chìa tay ra |
| to extend one's hand to greet | chìa tay ra đón ai |
| unfortunate, unhappy | chí khổ |
| lonely shadow | chích ảnh |
| policy change | chính sách đổi mới |
| that’s why | chính vì vậy |
| even he, he himself doesn’t have a private office | chính ông ta không có một văn phòng tiêng |
| central chamber, sanctum | chính điện |
| tuft (of hair), clump (of trees), bunch (of flowers), group (of stars) | chòm |
| hamlet and sub-hamlet | chòm xóm |
| cranky, shaky; to roll, sway, be unstable | chòng chành |
| hammer (on a handgun) | chó lửa |
| hairy dog | chó xồm |
| brassy, shrill, strident, piercing, deafening, disharmonious, dissonant | chói tai |
| club-whack, thwack, thump, heavy thrashing | chùy |
| happy new year | chúc mừng năm mới |
| to wish somebody a happy new year | chúc tết |
| we have 3 children | chúng tôi được ba cháu |
| hard, laborious, diligent, hard-working | chăm |
| assiduous, laborious, industrious, studious, hard working | chăm chỉ |
| studious, hard working; to study diligently, study hard | chăm học |
| hardworking | chăm làm |
| blanket and pillow, bed and board; to be married, have marital relations | chăn gối |
| to hang a mosquito net | chăng màn |
| to go out, be out, go for a walk, have a good time, play, amuse oneself (with); fun, amusement, play, game | chơi |
| to party, have a fun time | chơi bời |
| have fun on Vietnamese New Year’s day | chơi xuân |
| not yet, yet (to happen) | chưa |
| perhaps, maybe | chưa chừng |
| to not have any suspects as yet | chưa có ai là nghi can |
| there is no sign as yet that ~ | chưa có triệu chứng gì là |
| and that's not all | chưa hết |
| to have never happened before | chưa hề vẩy ra trước đây |
| the votes have not yet been counted | chưa kiểm xong số phiếu bầu |
| to not yet be able to, not be able to do (before sth else happens) | chưa kịp |
| yet, yet (to happen) | chưa not |
| not even, less than 10 U.S. dollars | chưa tới 10 đô la Mỹ |
| not even, less than; to not yet arrive | chưa tới |
| to never have (done sth) | chưa từng |
| less than a month (ago) | chưa đầy tháng |
| has not yet reached the same degree as | chưa đến nỗi nào so với |
| (1) laws, rules, regulations; (2) chapter | chương |
| chapter of history | chương sử |
| exchange program | chương trình trao đổi |
| to race, have a race, run a race | chạy thi |
| to have a narrow escape | chạy thoát |
| to not have, not be | chả có |
| to brush, comb one’s hair | chải tóc |
| to comb one’s hair glossy | chải tóc mượt |
| bloody nose; to have a bloody nose | chảy máu mũi |
| to salivate, have one’s mouth water | chảy nước miếng |
| (1) to shake; (2) to encourage, organize; (3) fourth trigram | chấn |
| to produce a stir, shake, jerk | chấn động |
| carry out an order, order, see (that) | chấp lệnh |
| hesitant, undecided; to waver, hum and haw, dilly-dally | chần chừ |
| soiree with sing-song girls, soiree with geishas-round | chầu |
| chant sung for a trance | chầu văn |
| better late than never | chậm còn hơn không |
| no later than | chậm nhất |
| wash-basin, hand-basin | chậu thau |
| be in a stable position, have a stable job | chắc chân |
| to have a feeling of fullness (in one’s stomach) | chắc dạ |
| unlikely (to happen) | chắc khó |
| to halt, stop | chắn |
| chain guard | chắn xích |
| to clasp one’s hands, put one’s hands together | chắp tay |
| to be none other than (person) | chẳng ai khác hơn là |
| to not know what to do | chẳng biết làm gì |
| to not know what more to do | chẳng biết làm gì hơn |
| to not know what to do | chẳng biết làm sao |
| to not know what to think | chẳng biết tính sao |
| to not have any at all | chẳng còn chút nào |
| to have no more desire to (do sth) | chẳng còn lòng dạ nào để |
| to not be, not have | chẳng có |
| there is no sign that | chẳng có dấu gì là |
| to have nothing at all to lose | chẳng có gì để mất cả |
| to have no reason (at all) to | chẳng có lý do gì |
| for all that | chẳng gì |
| to be hardly different from | chẳng khác |
| only, just, that is all there is to it | chẳng qua |
| to be no less than, be equal to | chẳng thua |
| to split hairs | chẻ sợi tóc làm tư |
| to chatter, jabber, wag one’s tongue | chẻo lẻo |
| hazing | chế riễu |
| mortal, fatal, deadly, lethal, murderous; to kill someone | chết người |
| die of exhaustion | chết rũ |
| there is only that much money | chỉ có bây nhiêu tiền thôi |
| that much will do | chỉ cần bấy nhiêu |
| lines of the hand; to point or show with one’s hand | chỉ tay |
| to point (with the hand) at | chỉ tay vào |
| be afraid (of), for fear (that) | chỉn e |
| to have, experience an earthquake | chị động đất |
| to share, bear the same fate | chịu chung số phận |
| to endure or suffer hardship | chịu cực |
| to endure or suffer hardship | chịu khổ |
| to bear a disgrace, shame, insult, swallow an insult | chịu nhục |
| to choose a channel | chọn băng tần |
| sharp-tongued, sour-tongued | chỏng lỏn |
| hand on one’s chin | chống cằm |
| opposite hand, other hand | chống tay |
| exhausted | chồn chân mỏi gối |
| a harmonious marriage | chồng chắp vợ nối |
| they have them everywhere | chỗ nào cũng có |
| habitat | chỗ sinh sống |
| that place, there | chỗ đó |
| be ashamed, feel ashamed | chột ý |
| then that is all there is to it, then there is nothing more to add | chớ kể |
| to (speak, act) half-seriously | chớt nhả |
| have the cheek or brazenness to say, do | chờm bơm |
| to transport good, merchandise | chở hàng |
| to transport good, merchandise | chở hàng hóa |
| chairman of a board of examiners, head examiner | chủ khảo |
| chairman, director, head, person in charge, manager | chủ nhiệm |
| hard-line | chủ trương cứng rắn |
| to advocate economic change | chủ trương đổi mới kinh tế |
| chairman, president | chủ tịch |
| party chairman | chủ tịch đảng |
| to preside over, take the chair | chủ tọa |
| right?, sure, what else | chứ gì |
| authorities (in charge); responsibility, duty | chức trách |
| securities, bonds, stocks, shares, certificates | chứng khoán |
| a little less than 2 meters, just shy of 2 meters | chừng non hai thước |
| when, what time | chừng nào |
| that time, then | chừng đó |
| to hail curses on somebody, heap | chửi như tát nước |
| Chinese character, word | chữ Hán |
| Chinese characters | chữ Nho |
| Nom characters (Chinese characters used to write Vietnamese) | chữ Nôm |
| letter (of an alphabet) | chữ cái |
| simplified word, (Chinese) character | chữ giản thể |
| Chinese characters | chữ hán |
| print character, printed word | chữ in |
| what does this word mean? | chữ này có nghĩa là gì? |
| Vietnamese script, Vietnamese roman alphabet | chữ quốc ngữ |
| seal characters | chữ triện |
| contracted; to shrivel, shrink, shrink out of shape, cringe | co dúm |
| have a lot of small children | con bế con bồng |
| orphan | con côi |
| (used at the end of a sentence to denote that something has long started) | con gì |
| (used at the end of a sentence to denote that something has long started) | con gì nữa |
| shrew, old hag | con mụ |
| an old hag of a woman | con mụ khó tính |
| prostitute, harlot, whore | con đĩ |
| fellow, lad, chap, he | cu cậu |
| green winged pigeon, chalcophasindica | cu luồng |
| happy new year (lunar) | cung chúc tân xuân |
| harmony, music | cung thương |
| walk, ride (go) on shank’s mare | cuốc bộ |
| guidebook, handbook | cuốn trợ giáo |
| esophagus | cuống họng |
| to be at a loss, not know what to say, lose one’s head | cuống quít |
| bacchanal feast | cuồng ẩm |
| a life full of hardships | cuộc đời nghiêng ngửa |
| to nag, harass | cà riềng |
| (1) to be so much the ~er, increasing, more and more; (2) claw, shaft | càng |
| to worry even more (than before) | càng lo ngại |
| happier (and happier) | càng mừng |
| whale, dorab | cá kình |
| shark | cá mập |
| whale | cá voi |
| whale | cá ông voi |
| (1) (pluralizer); these, various; (2) council chambers; (3) card; (4) to pay (additionally) as part of a deal | các |
| countries more developed than Vietnam | các nước phát triển hơn Việt Nam |
| (1) distant, distance from, separated by; (2) way, manner, fashion, method; (3) to change, alter | cách |
| how, (using) what method | cách nào |
| an inhumane behavior | cách ăn ở bất nhân |
| half an hour ago | cách đây nửa tiếng đồng hồ |
| (1) since then, from there; (2) that way, that method | cách đó |
| chair | cái ghế |
| what, what kind of thing? | cái gì |
| that which is called, the thing people call | cái mà họ gọi là |
| That house is made of wood | cái nhà ấy làm bằng gỗ |
| this thing, that thing | cái này, cái nọ |
| that hat | cái nón đó |
| a lamp-shade | cái phẫn đèn |
| habit | cái thói |
| that guy | cái thằng kia |
| to fasten hair | cái tóc |
| habit, vice | cái tật |
| bad habit | cái tật xấu |
| that (thing), that one | cái đó |
| shaved head | cái đầu trọc |
| that (thing) | cái ấy |
| to thank; thank you | cám ơn |
| thanks heavens, thank god | cám ơn trời đất |
| (1) to manage, attend to; (2) to grind; (3) handle, rod, staff, grip; (4) talent, skill | cán |
| hammer handle | cán búa |
| broom handle, broomstick | cán chổi |
| knife handle | cán dao |
| to hinder, obstruct, prevent, block, hamper, impede | cán trở |
| roofed hammock, palanquin, stretcher; to carry on a stretcher | cáng |
| to take charge of, assume the responsibility for, undertake, take on | cáng đáng |
| to be someone’s right hand | cánh tay phải |
| to be Pol Pot’s right hand | cánh tay phải của Pol Pot |
| to accuse, charge | cáo buộc |
| charge, indictment | cáo trạng |
| thank one’s way out | cáo tạ |
| (1) sand; (2) lucky, happy | cát |
| happy, lucky | cát khánh |
| (1) to weigh; equal, balanced; balance, scales; (2) tendon, muscle, nerve; (3) towel, handkerchief; (4) one kilogram | cân |
| phase balance | cân bằng pha |
| to collude, join hands, be in league | câu kết |
| club, casino, mess (hall) | câu lạc bộ |
| shade tree | cây bóng mát |
| to bargain, haggle | cò kè |
| (1) to be, remain, be left, have left; (2) also, as for, still, in addition | còn |
| is that all, is there anything else? | còn chi nữa |
| to still have | còn có |
| what could be better than ~, there’s nothing like ~ | còn gì bằng |
| is that all, is there anything else? | còn gì nữa |
| to still have hope | còn hy vọng |
| to still have a lot to do | còn nhiều chuyện phải làm |
| to have only one dong left | còn nhõn có một đồng |
| you don’t have to tell me | còn phải kể |
| to still have time | còn thì giờ |
| to still have a few questions | còn vài câu hỏi |
| (1) hunchbacked, bent, curved, arched; (2) handcuffed, bound; to handcuff | còng |
| to labor, work hard | còng lưng |
| to handcuff | còng tay |
| to be, have, exist; there is, there are | có |
| to have never, not yet been able to | có bao giờ được |
| to have, take measures | có biện pháp |
| to have blood on one’s hands | có bàn tay vấy máu |
| to have one’s headquarters in | có bản doanh ở |
| to have proof | có bằng chứng |
| there is proof that, there is evidence that | có bằng chứng là |
| to have clear proof | có bằng chứng rõ rệt |
| intentional, have intention, plan to do something | có bụng |
| to have a little more time | có chút thì giờ nữa |
| to be busy, have some work | có chút việc |
| to have, contain, hold | có chứa |
| able, having the ability to | có chức năng |
| having equivalent capabilities | có chức năng tương đương |
| what (the heck, hell) | có cái chó gì |
| to have a habit, be in the habit of (doing sth) | có cái tật |
| to have children with | có công với |
| to have a background in physics | có căn bản vật lý học |
| to have the opportunity (to do sth) | có cơ hội |
| to have the feeling that | có cảm giác là |
| to feel like, have the feeling that | có cảm giác như |
| to sympathize, have feelings for | có cảm tình |
| to have a high opinion of, regard for | có cảm tình cao |
| to have feelings for, sympathize with | có cảm tình với |
| to have the impression | có cảm tưởng |
| to feel what, have what kind of impression | có cảm tưởng gì |
| to have the impression that, as if | có cảm tưởng như |
| to have money to spare, have enough | có của ăn của để |
| graceful, charming, lovely, attractive | có duyên |
| to have a good figure | có dáng |
| to have the air of, have the attitude of | có dáng dấp của |
| what does that have to do with me? | có dính dáng gì tới tôi |
| and more, over, more than, superfluous | có dư |
| to have the opportunity, occasion (to do something) | có dịp |
| I’ll eat whatever there is | có gì em ăn nấy |
| it’s not hard at all | có gì khó đâu |
| to have, be equipped with | có gắn |
| to be of ~ origin, have roots from | có gốc |
| to be connected with, have connections | có gốc rễ với |
| dangerous, harmful | có hại |
| to be hazardous to one’s health | có hại cho sức khỏe |
| well-behaved, virtuous | có hạnh |
| to have one’s own (separate) personality, characteristics | có hồn của nó |
| perhaps, maybe, might, sometimes | có khi |
| to have a talent | có khiếu |
| to have a tendency | có khuynh hướng |
| how would that be different than, that would be the same thing as | có khác chi là |
| is the same as, is no different than | có khác gì |
| to have ability, resources; to be able | có khả năng |
| to have a period, get the curse, be unwell, to | có kinh |
| to have experience | có kinh nghiệm |
| to have the impression that, be under the impression that | có linh cảm rằng |
| to be connected to, have links with | có liên hệ với |
| to be connected with, related to, have to do with | có liên quan tới |
| to have a reason | có lý do |
| maybe, possibly, perhaps | có lẽ |
| haunted | có ma |
| influential, having a lot of influence, having a long | có máu mặt |
| to have to pee, have to urinate, have to take a leak | có mắc đái |
| to have a positive view of | có một cái nhìn khá tích cực về |
| to be very far apart, have a large gap, be very wide | có một khoảng cách khá rộng |
| to have a mutual, common goal, purpose | có một mục đích chung |
| to have a special place | có một vị trí đặc biệt |
| there is something, there is a matter (that) | có một điều gì |
| to have a point, something in common | có một điểm giống nhau |
| there is (are) much or many; to have much or many, be numerous | có nhiều |
| to have many disadvantages, negatives | có nhiều bất tiện |
| to have a lot of things to do | có nhiều chuyện cần phải làm |
| to have much, be rich in natural gas | có nhiều dầu khí |
| to have much experience | có nhiều kinh nghiệm |
| to have many concerns | có nhiều lo ngại |
| to have a lot in common | có nhiều nét chung |
| to have a lot of free time | có nhiều thì giờ rảnh |
| to have many, multiple meanings | có nhiều ý nghĩa |
| to have bad luck | có nhớp |
| there is, there are places (where something happens) | có nơi |
| to have a boy and a girl | có nếp có tẻ |
| to have means and opportunity (to do something) | có phương tiện và cơ hội |
| is it true that; to be true; isn’t it (tag question)? | có phải |
| to be a little heavy-handed | có phần hơi nặng tay |
| to have some truth in it | có phần nào đúng |
| to share a similar point of view | có quan điểm gần |
| to have authority, right, power (to do something) | có quyền |
| to have veto power | có quyền phủ quyết |
| to have administrative authority | có quyền quản trị |
| to be a citizen of, have ~ citizenship | có quốc tịch |
| to have a lot of | có rất nhiều |
| to have many uses | có rất nhiều dông dụng |
| to have a lot of time | có rất nhiều thì giờ |
| what difference does it make?; to be wrong, have a problem | có sao |
| is something wrong?, what’s the matter | có sao không |
| to have a gun pointed at oneself | có súng trong người |
| forthcoming, existing, available, in hand, ready, available | có sẵn |
| to behave | có thái độ |
| to have one more | có thêm một |
| to still have a lot to do | có thêm nhiều việc làm |
| to have time | có thì giờ |
| to have, be in the habit (of doing something) | có thói quen |
| can, perhaps, maybe, may, might, could | có thể |
| could have | có thể có được |
| what can one do? | có thể làm gì |
| can occur, can happen | có thể xảy ra |
| to be interchangeable | có thể được hoán chuyển nhau |
| to have news, have information | có tin tức |
| to have news for | có tin tức cho |
| to have money | có tiền |
| to have money of one’s own | có tiền riêng |
| to have in one’s hand, in one’s possession | có trong tay |
| to have in one’s head, in mind | có trong đầu |
| to have responsibility in this area | có trách nhiệm trong vụ này |
| to have a limited knowledge of English | có trình độ Anh ngữ giới hạn |
| to have a degree of learning, level of education | có trình độ học thức |
| to have reason, be able to reason, reach the age of reason | có trí khôn |
| to have a plan | có trù |
| to have its headquarters in | có trụ sở ở |
| to intend, expect; to have (be of) a quality, nature | có tính |
| to be (like), have a nature, characteristic | có tính chất |
| to be political, have a political nature | có tính chất chính trị |
| to have a ~ character, nature | có tính cách |
| to have a good nature, good character | có tính tốt |
| to look, have an appearance | có tướng |
| to have the habit of telling tales | có tật hay bép xép |
| to have been around for a long time, while | có từ lâu |
| to have influence, have prestige | có uy |
| why, for what (reason) | có việc gì |
| to appear to be, seem, have the appearance of | có vẻ |
| to appear to be happy | có vẻ hài lòng |
| to appear to be, seem that | có vẻ như |
| to have an enmity against someone | có ác cảm với người nào |
| to have a mind, have a brain | có óc |
| to have a clear mind | có óc minh mẫn |
| to have a creative mind | có óc sáng tạo |
| to have a meaning, mean; meaningful | có ý nghĩa |
| to intend, have the intention | có ý định |
| only, only that | có điều |
| to have a condition | có điều kiện |
| right?, is that correct? | có đúng không |
| to have varying diameters | có đường kính thay đổi |
| being able to finish what one has started | có đầu có đuôi |
| to have sufficient proof, evidence | có đủ bằng chứng |
| to contain, have (inside) | có đựng |
| to have high priority | có ưu tiên cao |
| orphan | cô nhi |
| orphans and widows | cô nhi quả phụ |
| orphanage | cô nhi viện |
| orphan and widow | cô quả |
| she has settled down to married life | cô ta đã ra ở riêng |
| isolated hamlet | cô thôn |
| courtesan, geisha | cô đầu |
| orphaned | côi |
| orphaned, orphan | côi cút |
| to public ally express one’s happiness | công khai bộc lộ niềm hân hoan |
| to have violent after-effects | công phạt |
| charity work | công quả |
| meritorious official, a person who has rendered | công thần |
| project manager, engineer in charge | công trình sư |
| pharmaceutical company | công ty dược phẩm |
| to prosecute (on behalf of the state) | công tố |
| hard, difficult work | công việc khó nhọc |
| hard work | công việc nặng nhọc |
| step, stage, phase | công đoạn |
| chain, shackle, fetter(s); to chain, shackle, fetter | cùm |
| at the same time, at that very moment | cùng lúc ấy |
| that same year | cùng trong năm ấy |
| dorhawk, fern-owl, nightjar | cú muỗi |
| to bend down (because of shame or shyness) | cúi gằm |
| to clasp one’s hands in prayer | cúng vái |
| to hang up the phone | cúp máy |
| to hang up the phone | cúp phôn |
| to hang up the phone | cúp điện thoại |
| to hate, resent, abhor | căm ghét |
| to hate, resent | căm thù |
| to also think that way, agree | cũng nghĩ vậy |
| maybe, perhaps, possibly | cũng nên |
| it should also be noted that ~ | cũng nên lưu ý là |
| to also have to, must also | cũng phải |
| that’s ok, that’s alright | cũng được |
| (1) foundation; (2) occasion, opportunity, circumstance; (3) odd; (4) regiment; (5) machine, mechanism, motor, engine; (6) airplane; (7) hunger, famine; (8) muscle; (9) outburst, crisis | cơ |
| mechanism, structure | cơ chế |
| it seems that, apparently, seemingly | cơ chừng |
| mechanism, framework, structure | cơ cấu |
| ravenous, poor and hard | cơ cực |
| to mechanize, mechanization | cơ giới hóa |
| mechanics (field of study) | cơ học |
| quantum mechanics | cơ học lượng tử |
| chance, occasion, opportunity; opportunistic | cơ hội |
| mechanism | cơ khí |
| to mechanize | cơ khí hóa |
| hungry and unhappy | cơ khổ |
| be in straitened or reduced or strained circumstances, be hard up | cơ lỡ |
| mechanism | cơ may |
| left-over rice that has been warmed up | cơm ghế |
| the storm had abated | cơn bão đã ngớt |
| population, inhabitant(s), resident; residential | cư dân |
| residence, inhabitance; to live, reside | cư trú |
| to behave, act, conduct oneself | cư xử |
| (1) law, principle; (2) hard; (3) bridle, reins | cương |
| hardware | cương kiện |
| hard and soft, firm and yielding | cương nhu |
| (1) fee, charge (for a service); (2) string; (3) foot | cước |
| to go off by accident, discharge accidentally | cướp cò |
| to give somebody a charming smile, smile sweetly | cười duyên |
| smile and half close the eye | cười híp mắt |
| a loud rude laugh, hee-haw | cười hô hố |
| half-smile | cười nửa miệng |
| we have gone too far to draw back now, in for a penny, in | cưỡi hổ |
| happy match | cưỡi rồng |
| dry, shallow, empty, out of; to go dry, exhaust | cạn |
| to become exhausted | cạn kiệt |
| to be out of words, have nothing more to say | cạn lời |
| star-shaped | cạnh khế |
| to shave, scrape, scratch, peel | cạo |
| to shave (face) | cạo mặt |
| to shave bare | cạo nhẵn |
| to shave | cạo râu |
| to shave somebody’s head | cạo trọc |
| to get a haircut, give a haircut, shave somebody’s head | cạo đầu |
| all of Thailand | cả Thái Lan |
| both US and Afghani soldiers | cả binh sĩ Mỹ lẫn binh sĩ Afghanistan |
| bold, having plenty of pluck | cả gan |
| both hands | cả hai tay |
| (1) to change, reform, tap; (2) cabbage | cải |
| to change, transform | cải biến |
| to change one’s name | cải danh |
| to convert, change, transform, reform; conversion, change | cải hóa |
| to change orders | cải lịnh |
| to change one’s ways | cải đạo |
| to change, convert | cải đổi |
| (1) to catch cold, have a cold; (2) to feel, feeling; (3) to dare | cảm |
| happy feeling | cảm giác sung sướng |
| feel nostalgia, have a touching recollection of the | cảm hoài |
| to feel embarrassed, ashamed | cảm thấy mắc cỡ |
| to feel embarrassment, shame | cảm thấy nhục nhã |
| to feel cold, have chills, shiver | cảm thấy ớn lạnh |
| to thank, express one’s gratitude | cảm tạ |
| to thank, thank you; moved, touched | cảm động |
| to thank, thank you | cảm ơn |
| (sea) port, harbor | cảng |
| happening, situation, plight | cảnh huống |
| happy scene | cảnh vui |
| to remove, relieve (from position), dismiss, discharge | cất chức |
| to be hardly able to lift (one’s limbs) | cất nhắc |
| indifferently, half-heartedly, perfunctorily | cầm chừng |
| to hold with both hands | cầm cả hai tay |
| to shake, tremble like a leaf | cầm cập |
| conjugal harmony | cầm sắt |
| mobile, portable, handheld; to hold in one’s hand | cầm tay |
| to hold in one’s hand | cầm trong tay |
| to hold in one’s hand | cầm trên tay |
| have a hold over someone, play safe | cầm đằng chuôi |
| (1) to be urgent, pressing; to need (to), want; to care; (2) hard working, industrious; (3) rod, pole, staff; (4) celery | cần |
| hard working, industrious, laborious; hard work | cần cù |
| to have to do | cần làm |
| it must (should) be reiterated here that | cần nhắc lại ở đây rằng |
| it has to be said, one should say | cần nói |
| it must be stated clearly (that) | cần nói rõ rằng |
| to have to say, have to add | cần nói thêm |
| it must also be said that ~ | cần nói thêm rằng |
| to need to, have to, must | cần phải |
| to have to add | cần phải nói thêm |
| it must be noted that | cần để ý là |
| bridges and ports, quay, wharf | cầu cảng |
| pray for good chances in love | cầu duyên |
| to ask for (a girl’s) hand | cầu hôn |
| wharf, quay | cầu tàu |
| hasty, hurried, act or be done in a hurry | cập rập |
| chameleon | cắc kè |
| to have a fight | cắn cấu |
| to worry, harass, sting, gnaw (conscience, etc.) | cắn rứt |
| to cut hair, give a haircut | cắt tóc |
| to cut one’s hair short | cắt tóc ngắn |
| exhausted, impoverished; stunted, dwarfed | cằn |
| hawk-like eyes, sharp eyes, eyes like a hawk | cặp mắt diều hâu |
| hairpin | cặp tóc |
| that old sourpuss | cọm già |
| hay | cỏ khô |
| elephant grass | cỏ voi |
| (1) to make an effort, try (very hard); (2) great grandfather; (3) to pawn; (4) reason; (5) old, former, late (deceased); (6) intentional, premeditated; (7) firm, strong; (8) innate, original; (9) to look after, care for, turn one’s head | cố |
| poor peasant, farm laborer, farmhand, hired man | cố nông |
| defect, disability, infirmary, handicap | cố tật |
| (1) sewer; (2) to offer in tribute; (3) student who has passed village level examinations | cống |
| dry, sharp sound | cốp |
| character skeleton | cốt cách |
| (1) neck, collar; (2) ancient, old, out of date, old fashioned; (3) drum; (4) merchant; (5) blind; (6) leg; (7) share, stock | cổ |
| archaeology | cổ học |
| to have one’s throat cut | cổ họng bị rách đôi |
| archaism, ancient language, old saying | cổ ngữ |
| coupon, share certificate, share (of stock) | cổ phiếu |
| stock, share | cổ phần |
| shareholder | cổ đông |
| carriage, chariot | cỗ xe |
| source of happiness | cỗi phúc |
| to toil, work very hard | cộng việc rất cực nhọc |
| sound of sharp blow | cộp |
| flag at half staff, half mast | cờ rũ |
| flag at half-mast | cờ rủ |
| half naked | cởi trần |
| great grandparent, parent; to have; complete | cụ |
| to close, hang loose, lower | cụp |
| have lost a leg | cụt chân |
| one-armed, one-handed | cụt tay |
| possessions, belongings, riches, fortune, havings, wealth | của cải |
| hard-earned fortune | của mồ hôi nước mắt |
| to continue in that way | cứ như thế |
| to fleece (customers), charge high prices | cứa cổ |
| hard, firm, rigid, tough | cứng |
| firm, hard, rigid, steady, strong, resolute | cứng rắn |
| to have erection | cửng |
| hell, hades | cửu tuyền |
| unhappy, unfortunate, miserable, unlucky | cực khổ |
| extreme happiness, bliss | cực lạc |
| to deny emphatically | cực lực cải chính |
| hard, painstaking, burdensome, tedious | cực nhọc |
| wretched and shameful | cực nhục |
| former chairman, CEO | cựu chủ tịch |
| hand in hand | dan tay |
| to hold out both hands | dang hai tay ra |
| card-shaped knife | dao bài |
| a sharp knife | dao bén |
| little card-shaped knife | dao cau |
| small knife with sharp-pointed handle | dao chìa vôi |
| bush-whacker | dao quắm |
| to shake, swing, oscillate, vary, waver, fluctuate | dao động |
| archaeological site | di chỉ |
| move (more or less in terms of position), alter somewhat | di dịch |
| hand down a posthumous resentment | di hận |
| to immigrate, migrate, change one’s address; immigration | di trú |
| good behaviour | dignity, phẩm hạnh tốt |
| half-close (one’s eyes) | dim |
| Hell, Hades | diêm đài |
| hawk | diều hâu |
| harrier | diều mướp |
| charming, dazzling beautiful | diễm lệ |
| development, event, happening; to evolve unfold, happen | diễn biến |
| historical happenings | diễn biến lịch sử |
| to take place, occur, happen, unfold | diễn ra |
| to happen just like before | diễn ra như cũ |
| have a personal interview with somebody | diện kiến |
| expert hand | diệu thủ |
| because of this or that, therefore, consequently, hence | do đó |
| officer in charge of farms | doanh điền sứ |
| melodious, harmonious, sweet | du dương |
| to harmonize, reconcile, compromise; harmony | dung hòa |
| behavior, conduct | dung hạnh |
| capacity, volume, content; to have a capacity of, hold | dung lượng |
| sole, only, single; save that, except that | duy |
| charm, grace | duyên |
| change, alteration | duyên cách |
| charming, graceful | duyên dáng |
| to chase | duổi |
| to stretch, spread out (arms, legs, hand) | duỗi |
| very long, hanging, trailing | dài lê thê |
| inured to (hardships, difficulties) | dày dạn |
| hardened to all shame, hardened by the | dày gió dạn sương |
| air, appearance, shape | dáng |
| it seems that, it appears that, it looks as if | dáng chừng |
| manner, way, behavior | dáng cách |
| manner, air, shape | dáng dấp |
| population, inhabitants | dân cư |
| the population had more than doubled | dân số đã tăng lên hơn gấp hai |
| rural inhabitants, country folk | dân thôn quê |
| national character | dân tộc tính |
| village inhabitant | dân đinh |
| chalk line | dây mực |
| hairspring, filament | dây tóc |
| chain | dây xích |
| chain or range of mountains, mountain chain | dãy núi |
| contrary to what is expected, unexpectedly | dè đâu |
| expose to shame | dê diếu |
| to lead by the hand | dìu |
| to be covered with blood, have blood sticking to | dính máu |
| to stick to one’s hands | dính vào tay |
| to inquire stealthily, shadow, spy on, get information | dò la |
| zero phase sequence current | dòng điện thứ tự không |
| negative phase sequence current | dòng điện thứ tự nghịch |
| (1) umbrella, parachute, sunshade; (2) although, (even) though, however, whether | dù |
| club-shaped mallet | dùi đục |
| (1) to gather with one’s fingers; pinch, handful; (2) wrinkled | dúm |
| battered out of shape | dúm dụm |
| shavings | dăm bào |
| winkled, out of shape | dăn dúm |
| filthy, shameful | dơ duốc |
| shameless, disgraceful | dơ dáng |
| to raise a hand | dơ tay |
| having enough and to spare, comfortable | dư dả |
| pear-shaped melon | dưa lê |
| in the form of, shape of | dưới dạng |
| in what way, in what shape, how | dưới hình thức nào |
| at my hand, by my hand | dưới tay tôi |
| to appear, seem that; it would appear, as it seems | dường như |
| rest, have or take a rest; nourish one’s parents | dưỡng thân |
| medicine, drug; pharmacy (as a field of study) | dược |
| pharmaceutical administration, pharmaceutical organization | dược chính |
| pharmacy, pharmacentics | dược học |
| pharmacy | dược khoa |
| pharmacognosis | dược liệu học |
| clinical pharmacy | dược lâm sàng |
| pharmacology | dược lý học |
| pharmacodynamics | dược lực học |
| pharmaceutical (product) | dược phẩm |
| pharmacist | dược sĩ |
| pharmacist | dược sư |
| pharmacotherapeutics | dược trị liệu |
| pharmaceutical value | dược tính |
| pharmaceutical product | dược vật |
| pharmacopoeia | dược điển |
| pharmacokinetics | dược động học |
| be ashamed (of), lose face | dại mặt |
| hardy, aggressive | dạn dĩ |
| brazen, shameless | dạn mặt |
| form, shape, format, air, appearance | dạng |
| font; shape, form of a character | dạng chữ |
| have (go for) a stroll | dạo bước |
| How have you been lately? | dạo này thế nào |
| then, that time, those times | dạo đó |
| slimily wet, half-closed | dấp dính |
| Siam, Thailand | dất Xiêm |
| sharp | dấu thăng |
| with extreme slowness, hand write to somebody on a | dẫn rượu |
| whatever the case may maybe, however it may be | dẫu thế nào |
| to put down, beat down, press, emphasize | dằn |
| to clear the throat, hawk | dặng hắng |
| what for, do what? | dể làm gì |
| perhaps, maybe (it is also) | dễ cũng là |
| half brother, half sister | dị bào |
| to arrange, put in order, move (change residences), clear, prepare | dọn |
| to move, transfer, change | dời |
| be half-way through one’s meal | dở bữa |
| become moody, change one’s mind, temperamental | dở chứng |
| unfinished uncompleted, half-done, inconclusive | dở dang |
| unload merchandise | dỡ hàng |
| to settle out of hand; unambiguous, definitive, clear-cut | dứt khoát |
| to stop, hold, halt | dừng |
| to halt, come to a halt, stop | dừng lại |
| to have a share in, take part in | dự phần |
| to put by, lay aside, reserve, have a reserve of | dự trữ |
| it is feared that | e rằng |
| strait, channel | eo biển |
| (1) liver; brave, courageous, tough; (2) palm (of hand), sole (of foot) | gan |
| unfeeling, hard | gan sành dạ sỏi |
| tense, tough, hard, heated | gay |
| tense, hard, terrible, desperate | gay go |
| blazing hot, heated, severe, sharp, critical | gay gắt |
| to shoulder one’s share of responsibility for | ghé vai |
| spell (of code chart) | ghép vần |
| to hate | ghét |
| to hate utterly or bitterly, detest | ghét cay ghét đắng |
| (1) chair, post, bench seat (in a meeting, body); (2) to stir with big chopsticks | ghế |
| rocking-chair | ghế chao |
| chair | ghế dựa |
| cane chair | ghế mây |
| canvas chair | ghế vải |
| swivel chair, swivel seat | ghế xoay |
| folding seat, folding stool, folding chair | ghế xếp |
| electric chair | ghế điện |
| domicile, habitation, abode; to increase, add | gia |
| family mishap, family misfortune | gia biến |
| to harm | gia hại |
| family customs and habits | gia pháp |
| handed down from ancestors | gia truyền |
| the family was not happy with that place | gia đình không bằng lòng về hế hoạch đó |
| that family has just became better off | gia đình ấy cũng mới nỏi thôi |
| stage, period, phase | giai đoạn |
| (1) dishonest, underhanded, tricky; (2) apartment, room; (3) difficult, hard; (4) danger, peril | gian |
| arduous, hardship | gian khổ |
| grueling hard | gian lao |
| difficult, hard, laborious, hard | gian nan |
| hard and dangerous | gian nguy |
| hard | gian truân |
| to entrust, bestow, deliver, join, exchange, communicate | giao |
| hand over to the next shift | giao ban |
| interchange of bows | giao bái |
| to hand over the watch | giao ca |
| to exchange fire | giao chiến |
| to copulate, couple, have sexual intercourse | giao cấu |
| exchange, transaction; to deal, do business, trade, exchange | giao dịch |
| everyday exchange, transaction | giao dịch hàng ngày |
| international exchange | giao dịch quốc tế |
| exchange visitors, exchange helper | giao hiếu |
| have a good or jolly time together | giao hoan |
| to exchange | giao hoán |
| to have sex, sexual intercourse | giao hợp |
| to alternate, exchange | giao lưu |
| crossroads, interchange, road junction | giao lộ |
| receive and deliver, exchange, shipping and receiving | giao nhận |
| to deliver, hand over | giao nộp |
| to make love, have sex, copulate | giao phối |
| relationship, contact; to have relations with, be in contact | giao thiệp |
| to exchange money | giao tiền |
| to hasten, hurry | giong |
| hairworm, trichocephalus | giun tóc |
| small handled-can measure (for fish sauce, oil) | giuộc |
| mature, experienced, having an old head on young | già giặn |
| everything has its breaking point, the last | già néo đứt dây |
| more than a half | già nửa |
| to have a lot of experience in | giàu kinh nghiệm về |
| half-boot | giày cao cổ |
| purchase price | giá buôn |
| buying price, purchase price | giá mua |
| to be in charge of, direct | giám quản |
| instill knowledge to and shape the feelings of | giáo hóa |
| share the same border, border | giáp giới |
| pre-harvest | giáp vụ |
| to plait (hair) | gióc |
| go hand in hand, go in pairs | gióng đôi |
| (1) unlucky, ill-luck, mischance; (2) storm, rainstorm; (3) to disparage | giông |
| somewhat alike, similar | giông gióng |
| to give someone a hand | giúp cho một tay |
| shavings (of wood) | giăm bào |
| to hang up, stretch, extend, spread | giăng |
| (1) to keep, guard, hold, protect; (2) to shake | giũ |
| to raise one’s hand | giơ tay |
| to have a drink, quench thirst | giải khát |
| to be demobilized, be discharged; discharge, release | giải ngũ |
| to clear (of a charge) | giải oan |
| sex change operation | giải phẫu chuyển giới |
| championship | giải vô địch |
| to hang (a criminal) | giảo |
| sly (something, into someone’s hands); do (something) stealthily | giấm giúi |
| conceal one’s hand | giấu tiếng |
| glazed paper, cellophane | giấy bóng kính |
| paper towels (for drying one’s hands) | giấy chùi tay |
| rich, having a lot of (something) | giầu |
| to have a good, vivid imagination | giầu óc tưởng tượng |
| have something under your belt | giắt lưng |
| to be like one’s father, have one’s father’s spirit | giống tính cha |
| beware what you do, mind what you are about | giờ hồn |
| when, at what time | giờ phút nào |
| to change one’s behavior, conduct | giở chứng |
| keep one’s chastity (said of a widow who does not marry again) | giữ tiết |
| to have a duty, responsibility | giữ trách vụ |
| to have, hold a role | giữ vai trò |
| in that situation, state of affairs | giữa bối cánh đó |
| pedigreed fighting-cock, champ | gà nòi |
| chicken from Thailand, Siamese chicken | gà xiêm |
| half-witted, crazy | gàn bát sách |
| four-stringed bucket (handled by two persons) | gàu dai |
| bucket with a long handle | gàu ròng |
| long-handled bucket (hung from a tripod) | gàu sòng |
| to hang up the phone | gác máy |
| have nothing more to eat, run out of food | gác mỏ |
| to hang up the phone | gác phôn |
| to take charge of ~, assume the responsibility for | gánh vác |
| to harden one’s neck | gân cổ |
| to (cause) damage, harm | gây phương hại |
| chap, bloke, fellow | gã |
| what | gì |
| anything else, what else | gì nữa |
| whatever (the case may be) | gì thì gì |
| something like that | gì đó |
| constrain (to follow some rule of behavior) | gò ép |
| to give hands to, contribute | góp sức |
| cangue and stocks, slavery, deprive sb of freedom, chain | gông cùm |
| shade with parallel lines | gạch gạch |
| half baked brick | gạch non |
| wooden-hammer brick | gạch vồ |
| (1) to be X times more than; (2) to fold, close; (3) urgent, pressing, in a hurry | gấp |
| ten times more than | gấp chục lần |
| ten times bigger than | gấp chục lần lớn hơn |
| more than twice as much | gấp quá hai lần |
| (1) to roar, howl, yell; (2) to bow one’s head in shame or anger; (3) space underneath, underpass | gầm |
| to square up to, have one’s hackles up | gầm ghè |
| close at hand | gần kề |
| to have almost no (something) | gần như không có |
| to have one foot in the grave, somebody’s | gần đất xa trời |
| aim at, have designs on | gắm ghé |
| strong, violent, harsh, biting; to grumble, scold, chide | gắt |
| intense, desperate, keen; to intensify; severe, hard | gắt gao |
| hang the head (out of shame), wear sullen looks | gằm |
| to meet with difficulties, have problems | gặp khó khăn |
| to be in danger, meet with danger, harm | gặp nguy hại |
| to meet with disaster, have an accident | gặp nạn |
| if this happens, in this case | gặp trường hợp như vậy |
| harvest, reap | gặt |
| to harvest, reap | gặt hái |
| shaft of a carriage | gọng xe |
| to pare, whittle, sharpen (pencil), peel (fruit, etc.) | gọt |
| to have two parts, two elements | gồm hai thành phần |
| carry (on one’s shoulder) with a pole and two hangers | gồng gánh |
| to wash (hair) | gội |
| hate, dislike | gờm mặt |
| comb one’s hair straight, brush one’s hair free of tangles | gỡ đầu |
| aha, hee-haw | ha ha |
| both hands | hai bàn tay |
| (it’s) 2:30, (it’s) half past two | hai giờ rưỡi |
| two hands, both hands | hai tay |
| to have a passion for | ham mê |
| to have fun, indulge oneself | ham vui |
| (1) interesting, well; or; (2) have the habit of doing; often, frequently | hay |
| or something like that | hay gì đó |
| proud, haughty | hiên ngang |
| having few children | hiếm muộn |
| person in charge of a funeral (of relative) | hiếu chủ |
| to be social, have many connections | hiếu giao |
| to be fond of amusement, like to have fun | hiếu lộng |
| to have a passion for | hiếu thượng |
| to hate, dislike | hiềm |
| to hate, detest | hiềm khích |
| hatred, aversion | hiềm kỵ |
| to hate; hatred | hiềm tị |
| it is evident, obvious that | hiển nhiên là |
| concord, harmony | hiệp hài |
| to agree; harmony, concord | hiệp hòa |
| agreement; to meet and discuss, hold discussions, have talks | hiệp nghị |
| harmony | hiệp điệu |
| pharmacy, drugstore | hiệu bào |
| principal, chancellor, headmaster | hiệu trưởng |
| dry cough, hacking cough | ho khan |
| gesticulate, wave with the hands and | hoa chân múa tay |
| grey-haired, grey, pepper-and-salt | hoa râm |
| joyful, happy | hoan hân |
| abandoned, uncultivated, uninhabited, virgin | hoang |
| to be completely happy | hoàn toàn hài lòng |
| styx, hades, nether world | hoàng tuyền |
| to do whatever one like | hoành hành |
| horizontal lacquered board (engraved with Chinese characters) | hoành phi |
| (1) to exchange; (2) to shout, yell | hoán |
| to exchange, switch; to convert | hoán chuyển |
| to change | hoán đổi |
| have the gift of the gab, be voluble | hoạt khẩu |
| living Buddha | hoạt phật |
| have a quick ejaculation | hoạt tinh |
| perhaps, or | hoặc giả |
| to form, forge, shape, temper | hun đúc |
| (of hair) reddish | hung |
| oxyhaemoglobin | huyết cầu tố |
| harsh politics, ruthless politics | hà chính |
| harsh, cruel | hà khốc |
| what is the use of?, what is the good of? | hà tất |
| harmonious; harmony | hài hòa |
| happy, satisfied, content | hài lòng |
| to mean, have a meaning | hàm ý |
| row, rank; merchandise, goods, wares; many; place; several | hàng |
| enemy solider who has gone over | hàng binh |
| goods, merchandise | hàng hóa |
| stored merchandise | hàng hóa tồn trữ |
| hawker, peddler | hàng rong |
| rebel having surrendered himself to a feudal regime | hàng thần |
| haberdashery, small wares vendor | hàng xén |
| hamlet, town; neighbors, neighbor; neighboring | hàng xóm |
| merchandise, goods | hành hóa |
| corridor, passage, hallway | hành lang |
| act, action, deed, behavior, gesture; to behave, act | hành vi |
| violent behavior | hành vi bạo lực |
| ridiculous behavior | hành vi nực cười |
| improper behavior | hành vi sai trái |
| open-handed | hào phóng |
| halo, nimbus | hào quang |
| go to a Vietnamese geisha house | hát cô đầu |
| to go to a geisha house | hát ả đào |
| to like, have admiration | hâm mộ |
| joyful, happy, merry | hân hoan |
| (1) to stop, brake; (2) to harass, betray | hãm |
| to harm, injure | hãm hại |
| they (he, she) should know that, should be aware that | hãy biết rằng |
| that is why, therefore, no wonder | hèn chi |
| to open slightly, open halfway | hé mở |
| (flower) to have just opened, bloomed | hé nở |
| form, shape, appearance, photograph, picture | hình |
| form, shape, description, appearance | hình dạng |
| hard labor | hình dịch |
| to take form or shape, come into being | hình thành |
| crescent-shaped | hình vành cung |
| similar shapes | hình đồng dạng |
| happy, glad, excited | hí hủng |
| to leap with joy, be glad, be happy, be excited | hí hửng |
| to inhale, sniff | hít |
| (1) to mix, blend; (2) to draw, tie, be even (not indebted); (3) peace, harmony, accord; peaceful, harmonious; (4) Japan, Japanese; (5) cereal | hòa |
| harmony, concord | hòa cục |
| to be on friendly terms. have peaceful relations | hòa hiếu |
| (1) accord, agreement, concord, harmony; united, both; (2) (name of a Vietnamese religion) | hòa hảo |
| to agree, harmonize; in concord, in agreement; tuning, accordance | hòa hợp |
| concord, agreement, harmony, mixture | hòa khí |
| accord, concord, harmony; harmonious, united | hòa mục |
| harmony, agreement, accord; to live in peace or in harmony | hòa thuận |
| chord, harmony | hòa âm |
| trunk and hamper | hòm xiểng |
| (1) merchandise, goods; (2) to change into, become -ize, -ify | hóa |
| pharmaceutical chemistry | hóa dược |
| to change to or into something, metamorphose into | hóa phép |
| merchandise, goods | hóa phẩm |
| it turns out that | hóa ra rằng |
| to change into, become | hóa thành |
| merchandise, goods, commodities | hóa vật |
| difficult, hard | hóc búa |
| to be a shameless flatterer, to be a toady | hót như khướu |
| to stink, be foul-smelling, have a bad smell | hôi |
| have a bad (strong) breath, suffer from | hôi mồm |
| that day (in the future) | hôm này |
| that day | hôm đó |
| that day | hôm ấy |
| to kiss someone’s hand | hôn tay |
| to dream about a bear (meaning one will have a boy) | hùng mộng |
| at (by) haphazard, by mere chance, casually | hú họa |
| what a relief!, whew! | hú hồn |
| have a slight and sporadic cough, have a dry cough | húng hắng |
| to inhale, smoke, suck (air, smoke) absorb, take up (water) | hút |
| twenty (contraction of hai mươi) | hăm |
| hamburger | hăm bơ gơ |
| to have a flare-up of zeal (enthusiasm) | hăng máu |
| what is the use of | hơi dâu |
| a little difficult, somewhat difficult | hơi khó |
| a little difficult, somewhat difficult | hơi khó khăn |
| to breathe hard, heavily | hơi thở mạnh |
| additional, more than, -er | hơn |
| none better than one | hơn ai hết |
| more than all, anywhere else | hơn hết |
| rather than | hơn là |
| more than a day | hơn một ngày |
| more than a year | hơn một năm |
| more than a year later | hơn một năm sau |
| more than a century later | hơn một thế kỷ sau |
| additional, more than | hơn nửa |
| for more than half a year (already) | hơn nửa năm trời |
| more than an hour | hơn nửa tiếng đồng hồ |
| more than half | hơn phân nửa |
| ramshackle | hư nát |
| turn bad in character | hư đốn |
| women’s chamber | hương khuê |
| one’s village and hamlet, village | hương lý |
| countryside, villages, villages and hamlets | hương thôn |
| chancre | hạ cam |
| to damage, hurt, harm, murder | hại |
| luck, happiness | hạnh |
| behavior, conduct | hạnh kiểm |
| student’s behavior | hạnh kiểm học sinh |
| good behavior | hạnh kiểm tốt |
| bad behavior | hạnh kiểm xấu |
| poor behavior | hạnh kiểm yếu |
| happiness, happy | hạnh phúc |
| happy, blissful | hạnh phúc sung sướng |
| (tag question) is that so? | hả |
| harbor, (sea)port | hải cảng |
| estuary, mouth of a river, harbor | hải khẩu |
| nautical or sea chart | hải đồ |
| to steam, braise, curse, dry-clean (clothes), inhale, absorb | hấp |
| half-closed (eyes) | hấp him |
| have the tic of winking | hấp háy |
| hasty, hurried, in a hurry | hấp tấp |
| almost, almost as if, almost to the extent that | hầu như |
| hatred, resentment | hận |
| to reward handsomely | hậu thưởng |
| considerate treatment (of others), decent behavior (towards others) | hậu tình |
| melanin (pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers) | hắc tố |
| (1) usually, habitually; (2) the Moon | hằng |
| shallot, leak, scallion | hẹ |
| to have an appointment with, promise, agree | hẹn |
| finished, exhausted, finish, exhaust; completely, totally, all, of all, everything | hết |
| have tried every means, have exhausted all resources | hết cách |
| to have no more | hết có |
| to have no (more) hope | hết có hy vọng |
| worn out, exhausted | hết gân |
| exhaust one’s arguments | hết lẽ |
| physically exhausted; extremely, very | hết sức |
| to be out of ideas, have no idea | hết ý kiến |
| system; network; channel; net | hệ thống |
| happy occasion | hỉ nự |
| happy look (on the face) | hỉ sắc |
| happy occasion, wedding | hỉ sự |
| happy news | hỉ tín |
| they are aware that | họ ý thức được rằng |
| on the chance of (that), perhaps | họa là |
| on the chance that | họa may |
| misfortune and happiness, luck and unluck, weal and woe | họa phúc |
| to study Chinese characters only for exams | học chữ Hán không ngoài mục đích thi cử |
| to study very hard | học rất chăm |
| charcoal brazier, portable earthen stove | hỏa lò |
| have it in for | hỏi tội |
| to have a broken engine | hỏng máy |
| hallow | hốc |
| to have remorse, repent | hối lỗi |
| bill of exchange | hối phiếu |
| rate of exchange, exchange rate | hối suất |
| exchange rate | hối xuất |
| official exchange range | hối xuất chính thức |
| independent exchange range | hối xuất tự do |
| exchange | hối đoái |
| time (when something happened), when | hồi |
| resuscitative, having a resuscitative virtue | hồi dương |
| undergo the change of life, undergo climacterium, undergo menopause | hồi xuân |
| from the past until now, (has one) ever (done sth) | hồi xưa tới giờ |
| then, at that time | hồi đó |
| at that time | hồi ấy |
| tiger’s mouth-hand’s radial side | hổ khẩu |
| feel ashamed | hổ ngươi |
| ancient military officers’ tigerhead-shaped seal | hổ phù |
| be ashamed of one’s condition | hổ thân |
| embarrassed, ashamed | hổ thẹn |
| having gaps, gaping, hollow | hổng |
| mutual exchange | hỗ dịch |
| exchange | hỗ hoán |
| chaotic; chaos | hỗn nguyên |
| chaotic, confused | hỗn độn |
| president, chairman (of an association) | hội chủ |
| charity | hội thiện |
| good will, charitable organization | hội thiện nguyện |
| meeting-hall, assembly-room, conference room | hội trường |
| president (of a society) chairman | hội trưởng |
| to have exchange of ideas; to understand, agree | hội ý |
| chance (kind of venereal disease) | hột xoài |
| (1) to be overcharged, pay too much; (2) to blunder, make a mistake | hớ |
| enchant | hớp hồn |
| get the upper hand (of) | hớt tay trên |
| supercilious, arrogant, haughty | hợm hĩnh |
| behave supercilious | hợm đời |
| ritual sharing of the bridal cup of wine | hợp cẩn |
| share a venture, have a joint business | hợp doanh |
| charity | hợp thiện |
| electricity purchase contract | hợp đồng mua bán điện |
| the contract has expired | hợp đồng đã đáo hạn |
| (1) to have, own; (2) right; (3) friend | hữu |
| charming | hữu tình |
| happy news | hỷ tín |
| to have just begun to learn to read and write | i tờ |
| khaki | ka ki |
| change waste land into cultivated areas | khai phá |
| reinstate, rehabilitate | khai phục |
| peace and prosperity, happiness | khang cát |
| slit, groove, channel, furrow, slot, opening, split, crack, crevice | khe hở |
| ham (back part of the leg behind the knee-joint) | kheo |
| occasion, time (when something happens), when, at the time of, if | khi |
| by chance, by accident | khi không |
| when, at what time | khi nào |
| be in the habit of lying, be a liar | khi trá |
| when that happens, when that occurs, then | khi đó |
| upon arriving (there), after reaching (that place) | khi đến đó |
| that time, that moment | khi ấy |
| hare-brained, rash | khinh suất |
| to challenge, provoke to a fight or war | khiêu chiến |
| amorfophallus | khoai nưa |
| pleased, happy, satisfied, joyful | khoái |
| happy, glad, content, satisfied | khoái chí |
| happy, glad | khoái chí trong bụng |
| happy moment | khoảnh khắc hạnh phúc |
| chassis | khung gầm |
| harem, gynaeceum | khuê khổn |
| mold, model, shape, pattern | khuôn |
| (1) shape and size; (2) rules and regulations | khuôn khổ |
| shape and size | khuôn khổ |
| (shape of a) face, person | khuôn mặt |
| rule of behavior, rule of conduct, discipline | khuôn phép |
| in the shade, dead (and gone) | khuất bóng |
| provoke an uproar in, behave rowdily in | khuấy rối |
| is somewhat long, is pretty long | khá lâu |
| foreign merchant, commercial (traveler) | khách thương |
| to have one’s eyes examined | khám mắt |
| to discover or find out that | khám phá ra một điều là |
| all spent, exhausted, used up | khánh kiệt |
| see khao khát | khát khao |
| have a sharp taste | khé |
| have one’s throat contracted by too much sweetness | khé cổ |
| be skilful with one’s hands, be light-fingered, be dexterous | khéo tay |
| have gumption, be resourceful | khéo xoay |
| to charge, accuse | khép tội |
| innate character, inborn character, natural disposition | khí bẩm |
| nature, character | khí cục |
| (strong) character | khí phách |
| hard, difficult | khó |
| hard to explain | khó cắt nghĩa |
| difficulty; hard, difficult | khó khăn |
| hard to find, rare | khó kiếm |
| difficult, hard to do | khó làm |
| difficult, hard, improbable | khó lòng |
| hard to argue with | khó mà cãi |
| hard to forget | khó mà quên |
| hard to describe | khó mà tả được |
| hard to understand, nearly unintelligible, hardly intelligble | khó nghe |
| hard to do | khó nhá |
| hard, difficult, painful, laborious | khó nhọc |
| hard to remember | khó nhớ |
| not to known what to say, self-willed, headstrong | khó nói |
| hard to answer | khó trả lời |
| hard to guess | khó đoán |
| dried up, affected by drought, shallow | khô cạn |
| xerophthalmia | khô mắt |
| handsome, good-looking | khôi ngô |
| possibly, perhaps | không biết chừng |
| to not know what to do | không biết làm gì |
| to not know what to do | không biết làm sao |
| to not know what more one can do | không biết làm sao hơn |
| to not know what to say | không biết nói gì |
| to not know what to say | không biết nói sao |
| to not know what to do | không biết phải làm gì |
| to not know what to think | không biết tính sao |
| not know what ~ is | không biết ~ ra sao |
| perhaps, may be | không chừng |
| otherwise, or, before; there is not; without (having) | không có |
| to have no comment on | không có bình luận gì về |
| to have no connection to, not be involved in | không có dính dáng gì đến |
| nothing happened | không có gì xảy ra |
| to not have the ability, cannot, unable | không có khả năng |
| to have no benefit, do no good | không có lợi |
| to not be present, have no presence | không có mặt |
| to have no proof, evidence | không có một bằng chứng nào |
| there has been no effort at all | không có một cố gắng nào |
| doesn't mean that | không có nghĩa là |
| to not have a lot of | không có nhiều |
| to not have a lot of time | không có nhiều thì giờ |
| is not like there, there is nothing like that | không có như vậy |
| to not have diplomatic relations with | không có quan hệ ngoại giao với |
| to not have time | không có thì giờ |
| to not have a lot of time | không có thì giờ nhiều |
| to not be in the habit of (doing sth) | không có thói quen |
| to not have (any) money | không có tiền |
| to have on oneself | không có trên người |
| to not have one’s name in, not be a member of | không có tên trong |
| to not have | không có được |
| to not have enough time | không có đủ thì giờ |
| to not have to know, not need to know | không cần biết |
| to not understand (what’s going on) | không hiểu chuyện gì |
| not very hard, not very difficult | không khó lắm |
| to have no relation | không liên hệ gì |
| to have not done anything | không làm điều gì |
| to abstain from any shady deed | không làm điều gì ám muội |
| to have no, take no interest in | không màng |
| without a shadow of doubt | không một chút nghi ngờ |
| to not expect that | không ngờ rằng |
| to not be thus, not be like that | không như vậy |
| not to mind hard work, insist, tie; jockey | không nài khó nhọc |
| to not have the heart to do sth | không nở |
| not because of that | không phải vì chuyện đó |
| less than 1 cm off, with an error of less than 1 cm | không sai quá 1 cm |
| no less than, not inferior to, not lacking | không thua gì |
| not possible with the technology at that time | không thể làm nổi đối với kỹ thuật thời bấy giờ |
| to not reach, be less than | không tới |
| unhappy | không vui |
| don’t have; is not; can’t | không được |
| to not be very happy | không được vui lắm |
| to not allow, not let sth happen | không để |
| to not have enough, lack; insufficient | không đủ |
| shawl | khăn choàng |
| large handkerchief (to make a bundle of clothes, etc. with) | khăn gói |
| shawl | khăn san |
| handkerchief | khăn tay |
| in front of one’s nose, blatant, shameless | khơi khơi |
| triumphal hymn, paean | khải ca |
| triumphal arch | khải hoàn môn |
| to encrust, inlay, enchase | khảm |
| archaeology | khảo cổ học |
| harmonica | khẩu cầm |
| one’s character (as shown by one’s way of speaking) | khẩu khí |
| hand down orally, transmit by oral tradition | khẩu truyền |
| to chat | khẩu đàm |
| to hobble, imp; haltingly, shakily | khập khiễn |
| stern and harsh | khắc bạc |
| having a very offensive smell | khẳn |
| one has to say, it has to be said | khỏi cần nói |
| (sth) is not necessary, (one) doesn’t have to be | khỏi cần phải |
| free of charge | khỏi trả phí tổn |
| person having only a string loin-cloth, destitute person | khố dây |
| obsessive love, haunting passion | khối tình |
| unhappy, wretched, miserable; width | khổ |
| hard fighting, hard struggle | khổ chiến |
| hard work,; to take great pains, work hard | khổ công |
| vorvee, piece of hard labor | khổ dịch |
| study hard, study in reduced circumstances, work one’s way | khổ học |
| train hard | khổ luyện |
| (shape of) face | khổ mặt |
| it’s so hard, it’s so difficult, it’s so painful | khổ quá |
| miserable, unhappy, wretched | khổ sở |
| hard to recite, tongue-twisting | khổ độc |
| instead, other, that, those, yonder | kia |
| needle, pin; metal, gold, hand (on a watch) | kim |
| stone-gong shaped gold medal | kim khánh |
| metal, metalware, hardware | kim khí |
| gold hairpin | kim thoa |
| like gold stone, unshakeable (friendship) | kim thạch |
| experience; to have experience | kinh nghiệm |
| experience has shown that | kinh nghiệm cho thấy rằng |
| as well as, hold more than one position at a time; earn | kiêm |
| be concurrently having many qualities, a high degree | kiêm nhiệm |
| to respect, have regard or consideration for | kiêng nể |
| arrogant, proud, haughty | kiêu |
| haughty, proud | kiêu căng |
| arrogant, haughty, proud | kiêu ngạo |
| haughty and luxurious | kiêu xa |
| tie or bind hand and foot, restrain | kiềm thúc |
| charming, graceful | kiều diễm |
| foreign (currency) exchange | kiều hối |
| hairstyle, haircut | kiểu tóc |
| (1) ware (as in software); (2) to sue, charge, bring suit against | kiện |
| (1) stingy, miserly; (2) exhaused, worn out, spent, used up; (3) outstanding, excellent; (4) blind alley | kiệt |
| exhaust, be exhausted | kiệt cùng |
| physically exhausted | kiệt lực |
| to be exhausted, worn out | kiệt quệ |
| worn out, exhausted | kiệt sức |
| decorated chair | kiệu hoa |
| to chair (in a chair made of clasped hands) | kiệu tay |
| have a drunken drawl (in one’s voice) | kè nhè |
| to be less than, inferior, poor, lack, be missing, be short of, weak, not very | kém |
| hard of hearing | kém tai |
| pull (haul) a plough, toil and moil, work hard, toil hard | kéo cày |
| to pull up a chair | kéo ghế |
| canal, channel | kênh |
| put on airs, give oneself airs, behave superciliously | kênh kiệu |
| television channel, tv channel | kênh truyền hình |
| (1) opposed, pitted against; (2) whale | kình |
| male whale and female whale, brave and strong | kình nghê |
| whale | kình ngư |
| whale and crocodile, brave and strong soldiers | kình ngạc |
| character | kí tự |
| (1) halberd; (2) size, measurement; (3) to strike, attack; (4) to criticize | kích |
| dark glasses, goggles, sunglasses, shades | kính mát |
| thank respectfully | kính tạ |
| letter, character, number, symbol | ký tự |
| Vietnamese letters, characters | ký tự Việt Nam |
| special character | ký tự đặc biết |
| hair-pin | kẹp tóc |
| someone one hates, dislikes | kẻ ghét |
| interval between hairs on the scalp | kẽ tóc |
| hand over from one generation to another | kế truyền |
| immediately after, after that | kế đến |
| to charge (with a crime) | kếp tội |
| to pass a verdict, condemn, accuse, charge | kết tội |
| have one foot in the grave | kề miệng lỗ |
| from the day (something happened) | kể từ ngay |
| since (something happened) | kể từ sau |
| since that, because of that | kể từ đó |
| apart from that, the rest | kỳ dư |
| otherwise no change | kỳ dư không thay đổi |
| chance meeting; to meet in an unusual way | kỳ ngộ |
| chess champion | kỳ vương |
| mechanical engineer | kỹ sư cơ khí |
| to hang out, loiter, linger | la cà |
| arhant | la hán |
| beer that has ice in it | la ve có bỏ nước đá |
| (1) half-breed, crossbreed, hybrid; (2) to come, arrive; (3) trouser cuffs | lai |
| ragged, tattered, shabby | lam lũ |
| bungled, done by halves | lam nham |
| banister, handrail (of stairs) | lan can |
| hard labor, drudgery | lao dịch |
| hard and miserable | lao khổ |
| bamboo poles for hanging mosquito net | lao màn |
| fish (gig), harpoon | lao móc |
| hasty, hurried | lau chau |
| to shake | lay |
| to shake | lay chuyển |
| half-closed eyes | lim dim |
| cult table, altar, chariot of a soul | linh sàng |
| sense of decency, sense of shame | liêm sĩ |
| a large sickle with long handle | liềm vạt |
| daring, foolhardy; to risk; dose, dosage | liều |
| foolhardy, daring, rash, reckless | liều lĩnh |
| to risk or imperil or hazard or stake one’s life | liều mình |
| confused, mixed, chaotic, jumbled | lom lem |
| earthshaking | long trời lở đất |
| happy occasion | long vân |
| to have a hard time, hard, unlucky | long đong |
| cephalopod | loài chân đầu |
| talk big, talk through one’s hat, nonsensical talk | loạn ngôn |
| dysphasia | loạn sản |
| tarnished, eclipsed, overshadowed, dimmed | lu mờ |
| to shake, be unstable | lung lay |
| code of behavior, moral principles | luân thường |
| for the reason that | luận lý rằng |
| narrow passage (of rivers, harbors) | luồng lạch |
| glass of champagne | ly sâm banh |
| that; to be | là |
| to be like that, to be thus | là như vậy |
| that’s enough | là đủ |
| is enough to show, let one know that | là đủ để biết |
| to do, work, make, function as, serve; to cause something to happen | làm |
| to make someone unhappy, discontent | làm bất mãn |
| to harass | làm bối rối |
| to make everyone believe (something that isn’t true) | làm cho mọi người lầm tưởng |
| to give others the strong impression (that) | làm cho người ta mang cảm tưởng |
| to chair, be the chairperson | làm chủ tịch |
| to vouch for, testify on behalf of | làm chứng cho |
| to do what, how | làm cái gì |
| what are you doing? | làm cái gì vậy |
| to obstruct, hamper, block | làm cản trở |
| to do what; why? | làm gì |
| to give someone a hard time | làm găng |
| to hurt, damage, harm | làm hại |
| to harm | làm hại đến |
| to discharge one’s duties | làm hết bổn phận |
| to make (someone) unhappy or miserable, torment | làm khổ |
| pluck, deplume (a hen, goose), remove hair from the skin of | làm lông |
| to create havoc, rule by fire and thunder | làm mưa làm gió |
| to be heavy-handed | làm mạnh tay |
| to have a drink (of alcohol) | làm một ly |
| to work as a mechanic | làm nghề thợ máy |
| to present a health hazard | làm nguy hại sức khỏe |
| to do (something) by halves | làm nhăng nhít cho qua |
| to act mechanically | làm như chiếc máy |
| to do that, act that way | làm như thế |
| to do (something) by halves | làm nửa vời |
| to harass, bother | làm phiền hà |
| to do one’s part, share | làm phần mình |
| to create the appearance (that) | làm ra cái vẻ |
| tenancy farming, hold land on lease-hold system, pay half of | làm rẽ |
| to matter; how, what, in what way | làm sao |
| somehow, somewhat, in a way | làm sao đó |
| to work very hard | làm sặc máu |
| to do that, do that way | làm thế |
| to do what; what to do; how | làm thế nào |
| to make love, have sex | làm tình |
| to harm, hurt, damage, injure | làm tổn hại |
| to do a half-heated job | làm việc cầm chừng |
| to be a good worker, be a hard worker | làm việc hăng say |
| hard, arduous work | làm việc nặng nhọc |
| to work hard and without rest, toil | làm việc quần quật |
| to act thus, do like that | làm vậy |
| to do the hair of ~, style the hair of | làm đầu |
| to have an adverse affect on | làm ảnh hưởng xấu tới |
| village (inhabitants), village people | làng nước |
| village (inhabitants) co-villagers, people, neighbors | làng xóm |
| have a god stomach (of one’s meals), a healthy appetite | lành dạ |
| the leaves change colors | lá cây đổi màu |
| dealer, merchant | lái buôn |
| tent, hat, shack | lán |
| hang around, loiter about, drop in for a short time | láng cháng |
| to give birth, have a baby | lâm bồn |
| impudent, impertinent, insolent, haughty, arrogant | lâng láo |
| it has been a long time (since) | lâu quá rồi |
| that old guy | lão ta |
| hang about | léng phéng |
| to have a fit | lên cơn |
| to have an attack of sth | lên cơn sốt |
| to send to the electric chair | lên ghế điện |
| haughty; to put on airs | lên mặt |
| to have a sheen, become lustrous, become shiny | lên nước |
| to have measles | lên sởi |
| to set off for Hanoi | lên đường sang Hà Nội |
| to have smallpox | lên đậu |
| shame on you | lêu lêu |
| (of handwriting) illegible, undecipherable, scribble | líu nhíu |
| half-elliptic spring, leaf spring, plate spring | lò xo nhíp |
| prolapsus of the rectum, have piles hemorrhoids | lòi dom |
| chain of iron | lòi tói |
| (cupped) palm, hollow of one’s hand | lòng bàn tay |
| charity | lòng nhân |
| to have illicit love affairs; hanging down, dangling, trailing; to hang down loosely | lòng thòng |
| fur, hair | lông |
| hairy | lông lá |
| hair | lông mao |
| nostril hair | lông mũi |
| (of hair) flowing, disheveled | lõa xõa |
| moment, instant, time; when, at the moment that | lúc |
| at that time | lúc bấy giờ |
| when the time came that sth was needed | lúc hữu sự cần đến |
| when, at what time | lúc nào |
| at this moment, at this time, at that time, then | lúc này |
| at that moment, at that time, then | lúc đó |
| when one has a chance, the opportunity (to do something) | lúc đắc thời |
| at that time, then | lúc ấy |
| to experience hardships | lăn lóc |
| interfere, have a hand in, get entangled | lăng líu |
| purposeless, hapless, irresponsible | lăng nhăng |
| hanging (in the air) | lơ lửng |
| half-way, half-done | lưng chừng |
| output, discharge, flow, traffic | lưu lượng |
| to hand down a good name | lưu phương |
| to hand down, pass down | lưu truyền |
| flowchart | lưu đồ |
| happy marriage | lương duyên |
| hampered, hindered (in one’s movement) | lướng vướng |
| ploughshare | lưỡi cày |
| plowshare | lưỡi cầy |
| a very sharp-pointed bayonet | lưỡi lê nhọn hoắt |
| comb; to pick up, gather (news), have (results) | lược |
| to pick up, collect, gather; bunch, handful, fistful | lượm |
| (something) even stranger is (that) | lạ hơn nữa là |
| pot-hanging party, pot-hanging ceremony | lạc thành |
| to have another | lại có thêm |
| fighting has again broken out | lại nổ ra giao tranh |
| in addition, on the other hand | lại nữa |
| portion reserved for the people who had brought engagement | lại quả |
| reverend Buddha | lạy Bụt |
| fall on one’s knees and give thanks to somebody | lạy tạ |
| hard of hearing, having bad hearing | lảng tai |
| to hang around, roam around, loiter, prowl about | lảng vảng |
| (of voice) shrill, sharp, piercing | lảnh |
| by, to, for oneself; to take adopt, charge a price; seize; to pick up, take, charge (a price) | lấy |
| to take a chair, seat, position | lấy ghế |
| to have, give as a reason | lấy lý do |
| to hang about, procrastinate, dilly-dally, dawdle | lần lữa |
| hurriedly, hastily; to hurry, hasten | lật đật |
| to shake, swing, sway, rock, wag | lắc |
| tricky, shaky | lắc léo |
| to shake one’s ass | lắc đít |
| to shake one’s head | lắc đầu |
| to shake one’s head back and forth | lắc đầu quầy quậy |
| to have a lot of money | lắm tiền |
| experience or undergo great hardships | lắng đắng |
| hang on, cling to | lẵng nhẵng |
| (of time) crawl, drag on, hang heavy | lẵng đẵng |
| changeable | lặt lẹo |
| have the gift of the gab, loquacious | lẻo mép |
| (1) custom, habit, manner, rule; (2) edge, rim, margin | lề |
| custom, habit, practice | lề thói |
| work habits | lề thói làm việc |
| rites, ethical behavior | lễ giáo |
| betrothal, engagement party or ceremony | lễ hỏi |
| Thanksgiving (U.S. holiday) | lễ tạ ơn |
| assembly hall | lễ đường |
| (physics) dephasing | lệch pha |
| history has proved, demonstrated that | lịch sữ đã chứng minh rằng |
| to fall into sb’s hands | lọt vào tay |
| hang down, trail | lỏa tỏa |
| preposterous, ridiculous, laughable | lố bịch |
| warmer, chauffer, incubator | lồng ấp |
| show one’s true face, throw off one’s mask, show one’s hand | lộ tẩy |
| to overcome deceit to obtain what was promised | lộng giả thành chân |
| to change one’s look | lột xác |
| older (than) | lớn tuổi hơn |
| the course has ended | lớp học đã bế giảng |
| shallow, superficial | lớt phớt |
| (words of) thanks | lời cám ơn |
| statement, lawsuit, charge | lời kiện |
| miss the opportunity, lose the chance | lỡ cơ |
| be interrupted of fail half-way | lỡ làng |
| miss a chance | lỡ vận |
| more harm than good | lợi bất cập hại |
| to benefit, advantage, have the advantage of, take advantage of, avail oneself of | lợi dụng |
| (sharp) instrument, tool | lợi khí |
| somewhat nauseous | lợm lợm |
| (of hair) tousled | lợp xợp |
| half-year, six-month period, semester | lục cá nguyệt |
| tintinnabulum (on a horse harness) | lục lạc |
| in succession for the meeting hall | lục tục |
| fit of violent hatred, burning feud | lửa hận |
| the fire has just been kindled | lửa mới nhem |
| cranking handle, crank | ma ni ven |
| to have a name, be caller | mang danh hiệu |
| to have a manner, air | mang dáng dấp |
| to have an air, appearance | mang dáng vẻ |
| to have, carry the name Nguyen | mang họ Nguyễn |
| to have a complex | mang mặc cảm |
| to have the appearance of, look like | mang một vẻ |
| to have, carry an English passport | mang thông hàng Anh Quốc |
| characteristic; to be ~ (adjective) | mang tính |
| to have a character, nature | mang tính cách |
| to have or carry a meaning, mean | mang ý nghĩa |
| to have many characteristics of | mang đầy đủ các đặc điểm của |
| hair, fur | mao |
| haste, make haste, hurry up | mau mau |
| have a glib tongue, have the quick reply | mau miệng |
| perhaps, maybe | may ra |
| hazard, chance, luck | may rủi |
| splinter, fragment, shard, chip, flake | miểng |
| (1) exempt (from taxes, e.g.); to forgive, excuse; (2) on condition, provided that; (3) reluctant | miễn |
| as long as, on the condition that, provided that | miễn là |
| free (of charge) | miễn phí |
| provided (that), providing (that), on condition (that), as long as | miễn sao |
| small shrine, chapel, temple | miễu |
| to hope that | mong rằng |
| to buy, purchase, get | mua |
| to buy goods, purchase goods | mua hàng |
| go by a longer way than usual | mua đường |
| the curved canopy atop a sedan chair | mui luyện |
| for the smallest part; if ever, one chance out of ten thousand; if by chance | muôn một |
| to have whatever one wants | muốn gì cũng có |
| to do whatever one pleases | muốn làm sao thì làm |
| to want that, want something (done a certain way) | muốn như vậy |
| to have children late in life | muộn màng về cái đường con cái |
| having children very late in life | muộn mằn |
| but, which, where, that, and | mà |
| just, only, merely; that’s all | mà thôi |
| sharpen | mài sắc |
| shades, blinds | mành |
| blind, bamboo blind shades | mành mành |
| she has sunken cheeks | má cô ta hóp vào |
| thatched roof | mái gianh |
| hair | mái tóc |
| black hair | mái tóc đen |
| one’s hair | mái đầu |
| (1) gutter, rainspout; (2) to hang up clothes | máng |
| blood is thicker than water | máu chảy ruột mềm |
| planer, shaper | máy bào |
| walkie-talkie, handy-talkie | máy bộ đàm |
| handheld device | máy cầm tay |
| mower, mowing-machine, reaper, harvester | máy gặt |
| machine, machinery; mechanical | máy móc |
| hair-dryer, blow-dryer | máy sấy tóc |
| never before that moment, until now | mãi cho đến lúc đó |
| not until that moment | mãi đến lúc đó |
| until that moment, not before that moment | mãi đến lúc ấy |
| menopause, critical age, change of life | mãn kinh |
| to bother, pester, harass | mè nheo |
| deformed, distorted, out of shape | méo |
| crooked, wry, distorted, deformed, twisted, contorted, misshapen | méo mó |
| to charm, enchant, delude, deceive | mê hoặc |
| to lose one’s reason; fascinating, charming, enchanting | mê hồn |
| be bewitched, charmed | mê mẩn |
| methane | mê tan |
| to have an iron constitution | mình đồng da sắt |
| to look for a needle in a haystack | mò kim đáy biển |
| link (of a chain), lead to | móc xích |
| having no teeth, toothless | móm |
| completely toothless, having lost all one’s teeth | móm mém |
| item, article, merchandise | món hàng |
| a type of vine whose flowers have five petals, are yellow and shaped like dragon’s claws | móng rồng |
| misshaped, deformed | móp méo |
| hill, mound; what, where; tissue | mô |
| Buddha; bless you; Glory to Buddha! | mô phật |
| foggy, misty, hazy | mông muội |
| harvest season | mùa gặt |
| good harvest | mùa gặt tốt |
| harvest, crop | mùa màng |
| harvest season | mùa thu hoạch |
| handkerchief | mùi soa |
| handkerchief | mùi xoa |
| to shadow-box | múa võ |
| hat, cap, bonnet | mũ |
| high hat and long gown, high official position | mũ cao áo dài |
| straw hat, palm leaf hat | mũ lá |
| cap (with a visor), visored hat | mũ lưỡi trai |
| felt hat | mũ phớt |
| broad-brimmed hat | mũ tai bèo |
| to smooth one’s hair with one’s fingers | mơn tóc |
| rainy, have a lot of rain, rain a lot | mưa nhiều |
| to rain hard; downpour, shower | mưa rào |
| hail, it is hailing, it hails | mưa đá |
| attempt (to harm), loss | mưu hại |
| ten years had passed since | mười năm trôi qua kể từ khi |
| under the pretence of, under the pretence that | mượn tiếng |
| know influential person, have powerful connections | mạnh cánh |
| with a heavy hand, severely | mạnh tay |
| to have a poor crop | mất mùa |
| to lose face; shameful | mất mặt |
| ill-mannered, badly behaved, spoiled, naughty | mất nết |
| how much, how many, what, how?; several, some, a few; and, with | mấy |
| how many hours?; what time? | mấy giờ |
| what time does the sun rise | mấy giờ mặt trời mọc |
| what time is it | mấy giờ rồi |
| what time? | mấy giờ? |
| have little strength, have not enough strength, one can endure it no longer | mấy hơi |
| I haven’t seen you for a few weeks, it’s been a few weeks since I’ve seen you | mấy tuần rồi mới thấy ông |
| what date? | mấy tây |
| diligent, quick-witted, smart, sharp | mẫn tiệp |
| matriarchy, matriarchal | mẫu hệ |
| alphabet, syllabary | mẫu tự |
| Latin alphabet | mẫu tự La tinh |
| (1) fat, plump, chubby; (2) shark | mập |
| (1) to be expensive; (2) to be caught (in a trap, disaster), hang on a peg | mắc |
| ashamed, shy, embarrassed | mắc cỡ |
| to hang a mosquito net | mắc màn |
| to pick up a bad habit | mắc tật |
| peg, coat hanger, coat rack | mắc áo |
| to have to pee, have to urinate, have to take a leak | mắc đái |
| to have to defecate, have to take a shit | mắc ỉa |
| to have small eyes | mắt lươn |
| to have mucous eyes | mắt nhèm những dử |
| link (of a chain) | mắt xích |
| to bargain, haggle, negotiate | mặc cả |
| whatever you like, at one’s wish, in accordance with one’s desire | mặc lòng |
| handwriting | mặt chữ |
| shameless, brazen | mặt dày |
| brazen, shameless, thick-skinned | mặt dạn mày dày |
| on the other hand, alternatively | mặt khác |
| surface of the plow-share, hatched-faced | mặt lưỡi cày |
| shameless, brazen | mặt mo |
| to have an upset expression on one’s face | mặt mày hầm hầm |
| to have a smeared face | mặt mũi nhôm nham |
| shameless, brazen face | mặt mẹt |
| brazen-faced, shameless | mặt thớt |
| oval-shaped face | mặt trái xoan |
| what a brazen-faced type! | mặt đụp! |
| a mother that takes a loving care of her baby | mẹ nâng niu con |
| (1) haul, catch (of fish); batch; beating, thrashing; (2) fermented rice; (3) chipped, nicked | mẻ |
| merry, a bit tight, half sloshed (slang) | mềm môi |
| unhappy fate | mệnh bạc |
| happen to die | mệnh một |
| physically exhausted, worn | mệt lả |
| to be very tired, exhausted | mệt mõi |
| tired, worn out, exhausted | mệt nhoài |
| tired, exhausted, worn out | mệt nhọc |
| everything changes, everything changed | mọi chuyện thay đổi |
| quite exhausted, dead tired, tired out | mỏi nhừ |
| to be orphaned | mồ côi |
| malabar nightshade | mồng tơi |
| everyone has it his own way | mỗi người một phách |
| shadow of a person, outline of a person | một bóng người |
| a stick that long | một cái gậy bây dai |
| blood is thicker than water | một giọt máu đào hơn ao nước lã |
| alone, by oneself, solitary, single-handed, solo, on one’s own | một mình |
| One link broken, the whole chain is broken | một mắt xích bung làm đứt tung dây xích |
| on the one hand | một mặt |
| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush | một mặt hơn mười gói |
| on one hand ~ on the other hand ~ | một mặt ~ một mặt khác ~ |
| a handful of rice | một nạm gạo |
| a handful of rice | một nắm gạo |
| a handful of rice | một nọn gạo |
| one half | một nửa |
| one half | một nửa số |
| some people believe (or say) that ~ | một số người cho là |
| a number of people fear that | một số người e rằng |
| an unpleasant, unhappy reality | một thực tế không vui |
| an ear-shattering, deafening noise | một tiếng điếc tai |
| a year and a half old | một tuổi rưỡi |
| something that needs to be done right away | một việc cần làm ngay |
| something which, something that | một việc mà |
| a changing society | một xã hội đang thay đổi |
| something to be happy about | một điều đáng mừng |
| new, fresh, recent, first; only then, have just | mới |
| to have just a smattering of Russian | mới nhom nhem vài câu tiếng nga |
| In most recent days, a new star has been discovered | mới rồi, người ta tìm được một ngôi sao mới |
| to just arrive, have just arrived | mới đến |
| to put words into somebody’s mouth, prime somebody about what to say | mớm lời |
| please sit down, please have a seat | mời ngồi |
| to make the first purchase in the day (of something) from someone | mở hàng |
| hag, old woman | mụ |
| in excess, more than one can manage | mứa |
| the level of Japanese investment has declined considerably | mức đầu tư của Nhật Bản đã sụt giảm đáng kể |
| to rejoice, congratulate, celebrate; glad, happy, pleased; happiness | mừng |
| very happy | mừng lắm |
| very happy | mừng như bắt được vàng |
| happy, pleased, glad; to be happy, rejoice | mừng rỡ |
| to feel or be happy inside | mừng thầm |
| to feel or be happy inside | mừng thầm trong lòng |
| happy | mừng vui |
| very hard, exhausting | mửa mật |
| (to work) hard, severe | nai dưng |
| to toil, work hard | nai lưng làm việc |
| difficult, hard to solve | nan giải |
| at that very moment | nay lúc ấy |
| unchanging, variable | nay sửa mai đổi |
| pork hash wrapped in banana leaf | nem |
| right now, right at that moment | ngay lúc này |
| at that very moment | ngay lúc ấy |
| it is said that, other people say | nghe nói |
| hearing this, having heard this | nghe thế |
| it is said that, it is rumored that | nghe đâu |
| haughty, arrogant | nghinh ngang |
| severe, stern, hard | nghiêm khắc |
| to punish harshly, punish severely | nghiêm trị |
| fluctuating, vacillating, undecided-full of hardships | nghiêng ngửa |
| in strained circumstances, hard up | nghèo ngặt |
| to have morning sickness | nghén |
| haughty, arrogant | nghên ngang |
| to think that | nghĩ là |
| no sooner said than done | nghĩ là làm |
| to reconsider, rethink, have second thoughts, think back (on) | nghĩ lại |
| to think of something, have an idea | nghĩ ra một chuyện |
| to think that | nghĩ rằng |
| to think how, think what (about) | nghĩ sao |
| to think that way | nghĩ thế |
| to think that, think about | nghĩ tới |
| to think that way, think thus | nghĩ vậy |
| to think about that | nghĩ đến đó |
| that is (to say), that means | nghĩa là |
| hold a charity drive | nghĩa quyên |
| public school, school free of change | nghĩa thục |
| hard of hearing | nghểnh ngãng |
| call a halt, stop for a short while (during a trip) | nghỉ chân |
| (1) sharp-tongued; (2) exaggerated, untruthful | ngoa |
| hand down falsely, exaggerate, overstate, grossly exaggerate | ngoa truyền |
| nice, sweet, well-mannered, well-behaved, obedient | ngoan |
| to behave (nicely); well-behaved, obedient, docile | ngoan ngoãn |
| braze it out, shameless, barefaced, brazen | ngoen ngoẻn |
| have had a good sleep | ngon giấc |
| aside from the fact (that) | ngoài sự việc |
| there, in that place | ngoài ấy |
| foreign exchange | ngoại hối |
| to have an affair, commit adultery | ngoại tình |
| hang (on a hook), hook | ngoắc |
| to hang one’s coat on a hook | ngoắc áo vào mắc |
| danger, peril, risk, hazard | nguy cơ |
| dangerous, harmful, injurious, deleterious, unhealthy | nguy hại |
| field marshal, marshal | nguyên soái |
| moon-shaped guitar | nguyệt cầm |
| subside, become appeased, become less sharp (severe), cool down, calm | nguôi |
| one’s angers has subsided | nguôi giận |
| to scribble, scrawl; to do something hastily or in haste or hurriedly | nguệch ngoạc |
| elephant’s tusk, ivory | ngà voi |
| dovetail halving | ngàm |
| that day | ngày hôm đó |
| that day | ngày hôm ấy |
| harvest time | ngày mùa |
| what date? | ngày mấy |
| happy day, red-letter day | ngày vui |
| birth anniversary (of Buddha) | ngày vía |
| that day | ngày đó |
| hispid; having an immature smell (taste), having not quite the right smell (taste) | ngái |
| to chant or recite a poem | ngâm thơ |
| nearly, a little less than | ngót nghét |
| speaking different languages, not having a common language | ngôn ngữ bất đồng |
| shake (one’s head), broken, interrupted, hesitate, stammer, falter | ngúc ngắc |
| to hinder, oppose, prevent, hamper | ngăn cản |
| to prevent, hinder, hamper | ngăn trở |
| to stop, halt operations | ngưng hoạt động |
| to halt, stop trading (stock) | ngưng phiên giao dịch |
| to stop, halt, be at a standstill | ngưng đọng |
| Afghan (person) | người A Phú Hãn |
| Thai (person) | người Thái Lan |
| inhabitant, citizen, people | người dân |
| what a very lanky person! | người gì cao nghều thế! |
| that person | người kia |
| buyer, purchaser | người mua |
| aphasic | người mắc chứng á khẩu |
| new acquaintance, sb whom one has just met | người mới quen |
| that person | người nó |
| person in charge | người phụ trách |
| people saw that | người ta nhân thấy |
| mechanic, workman | người thợ máy |
| handicapped person | người tàn tật |
| to be plain-looking but good in character | người xấu nhưng mà tốt nết |
| that person | người đó |
| that person | người ấy |
| contrary to, conversely, vice versa; on the other hand | ngược lại |
| ashamed, embarassed | ngượng |
| ashamed | ngượng mặt |
| slightly ashamed | ngượng ngùng |
| to be so surprised that | ngạc nhiên đến độ |
| fearful of hardship | ngại khó |
| proud, haughty, arrogant | ngạo mạn |
| haughty, scornful | ngạo nghễ |
| to have a stuffy nose | ngạt mũi |
| to take off one’s hat | ngả mũ |
| remove one’s (conical) hat | ngả nón |
| look with covetous eyes, aim, have designs on | ngấp nghé |
| to be tired out, have enough of | ngấy |
| by accident, by chance, accidental | ngẫu nhiên |
| be secretly happy, be secretly gratified, be pleased | ngậm cười |
| to pity, have compassion | ngậm ngùi |
| hesitatingly; to hesitate, waver, halt | ngập ngừng |
| hard, difficult, serious (illness) | ngặt nghèo |
| to express one’s thanks (to someone) | ngỏ lời cảm tạ |
| hang about gossiping | ngồi lê |
| to sit in a wheelchair | ngồi trong xe lăn |
| to sit in a chair | ngồi trên chiếc ghế |
| to sit in a wheelchair | ngồi trên xe lăn |
| to sit down in a chair | ngồi xuống ghế |
| be in danger, have an accident | ngộ nạn |
| to sleep in the same bed with, share the bed with | ngủ chung giường với |
| to have a sleep, sleep a certain time | ngủ một giấc |
| to have a wink of sleep, sleep | ngủ nghê |
| have one’s blood up | ngứa tiết |
| whatever, anything | ngững gì |
| royal adviser (in charge of preventing the rule from doing wrong) | ngự sử |
| jade, hack | ngựa nghẽo |
| rickshaw-driver | ngựa người |
| to have a well-developed chest | ngực nở nang |
| sharp-eyed, quick-eyed | nhanh mắt |
| quick with one’s hands, swift-handed, alert, nimble | nhanh tay |
| many chickens hatched today | nhiều gà con nở hôm nay |
| many styles of handwriting | nhiều lối viết tay |
| to acquire a habit | nhiễm một thói quen |
| to contract a bad habit | nhiễm một thói xấu |
| to harm, damage | nhiễu hại |
| to have pretensions to lecture other people | nho nhoe dạy đời |
| have a smattering of | nhom nhem |
| tinkling of a horse-harness bells | nhong nhong |
| be dead tired, be faint with exhaustion | nhoài |
| fluent from practice, say smoothly, have the gift of the gab | nhuần miệng |
| anyhow, haphazard, careless, negligent, slipshod, perfunctorily | nhuế nhóa |
| pharmacist, druggist | nhà bào chế |
| orphanage | nhà bồ côi |
| music hall | nhà hát lớn |
| Independence Hall (Philadelphia) | nhà kỷ niệm độc lập |
| thatched house | nhà lá |
| orphanage | nhà mồ côi |
| chemist’s, pharmacy, drugstore | nhà thuốc |
| (western) pharmacy, drug store | nhà thuốc Tây |
| thatched cottage | nhà tranh |
| town hall | nhà việc |
| champion | nhà vô địch |
| the devil makes work for idle hands | nhàn cư vi bất thiện |
| idle talk; to discuss, chat | nhàn đàm |
| at dusk; dark, dusky; to have poor eyesight | nhá nhem |
| rough, harsh, rugged | nhám |
| hammer stroke, axe blow | nhát búa |
| as timid as a rabbit or hare | nhát như cáy |
| charity, benevolence, philanthropy | nhân ai |
| in the name of, on behalf of, for the sake of | nhân danh |
| harmony, accord (between or among people) | nhân hòa |
| for that reason, therefore, because of the fact that, as | nhân vì |
| figure, personality, character, person | nhân vật |
| mythological figure, someone larger than life | nhân vật thần thoại |
| because of that | nhân đấy |
| human image, shadows of people | nhân ảnh |
| shameless, brazen-faced | nhâng nhâng |
| ophthalmology | nhãn khoa |
| ophthalmia | nhãn viêm |
| hard-line group | nhóm chủ trương cứng rắn |
| somewhat sour, sourish, somewhat acidic | nhôn nhốt |
| pinch, thimbleful, a pinch, a bit, handful | nhúm |
| have a hand in, bear a hand in | nhúng tay |
| perfunctory, by halves | nhăng nhít |
| encephalomalacia | nhũn não |
| worry, harass, trouble | nhũng |
| harass and take bribe | nhũng lạm |
| harass, pester | nhũng nhiễu |
| hang on | nhũng nhẵng |
| to hang on to one’s mother | nhũng nhẵng theo mẹ |
| shameful | nhơ đời |
| self-satisfied, complacent, smug, shameless, impudent | nhơn nhơn |
| mechanically | như chiếc máy |
| to keep repeating oneself, keep harping on | như chó nhai giẻ rách |
| as we have already seen | như chúng ta đã thấy |
| like ships that pass in the night | như khách qua đò |
| as if nothing had happened | như không |
| headless, acephalous, leaderless | như rắn mất đầu |
| as we have seen | như ta đã thấy |
| like this, like that, thus, so, such, in this way | như thế |
| like that | như thế kia |
| how, in what way?, is like what? | như thế nào |
| hard, heavy | như trời giáng |
| it seems he does not know anything about that matter at all | như tuồng anh ta không biết gì về việc ấy cả |
| as it has been | như từ lâu nay |
| like that, like this, in this way | như vậy |
| like that | như vậy đó |
| but on the other hand | nhưng ngược lại |
| what, that, which | nhưũng gì |
| that much, that many | nhường ấy |
| that much will do | nhường ấy cũng đủ |
| chamber music | nhạc thính phòng |
| soft music; harness bells | nhạc vàng |
| have a flair for | nhạy bén |
| have a quick tongue | nhạy miệng |
| to dial, press (button); to stress, emphasize | nhấn |
| to stress, emphasize, press | nhấn mạnh |
| to emphasize equality | nhấn mạnh đến sự bình đẳng |
| must, have to | nhất định phải |
| somewhat | nhần nhận |
| to have sticky hands | nhầy tay |
| leisurely, deliberately, without haste, at leisure | nhẩn nha |
| optical character recognition | nhận dạng ký thự bằng quang |
| optical character recognition | nhận dạng ký tự bằng quang |
| to claim something that is not one’s own | nhận vơ |
| to receive more than one spends | nhập trội hơn xuất |
| perhaps | nhắm chừng |
| behave in a ridiculously domineering way, fuss domineering | nhắng |
| to intend, have as a goal or purpose | nhằm mục đích |
| to have an intermittent pain in one’s stomach | nhẳn đau bụng |
| have empty pocket, have not a penny left, broke | nhẵn túi |
| have one’s mind at peace | nhẹ mình |
| to have a load taken off one’s mind | nhẹ nợ |
| handle with care, handle with kid gloves | nhẹ tay |
| in harmony, harmonious, rhythmic, well-balanced | nhịp nhàng |
| ashamed, dishonorable | nhọ mặt |
| sharp, pointed, acute | nhọn |
| very sharp-pointed | nhọn hoắt |
| to have one’s mouth watering | nhỏ dãi |
| mean, hard to forgive, petty | nhỏ nhen |
| to intimate talk, chat | nhỏ to |
| behave in a flirtatious manner, have flirtatious manner | nhỏng nhảnh |
| have a fond remembrance (of someone, of some place) | nhớ nhung |
| to remember that | nhớ rằng |
| grateful, thankful, obliged | nhớ ơn |
| (1) thanks to, owing to; (2) to turn over, be dependent on, reply on; (3) to ask (a favor), request, please | nhờ |
| thanks to, because of | nhờ bởi |
| thanks to, owing to | nhờ có |
| thanks to, owing to | nhờ là |
| thank heaven! | nhờ trời |
| thanks to, owing to | nhờ vào |
| thanks to which, that, because of that | nhờ đó |
| miss the opportunity, lose the chance | nhỡ dịp |
| miss a chance | nhỡ thời |
| what if | nhỡ … thì sao |
| disgraceful, shameful; to disgrace, shame | nhục nhã |
| toothache | nhức răng |
| to have a sore head, have (a) headache | nhức đầu |
| half-dead within an inch of one’s life | nhừ tử |
| witnesses said or reported (that) | những người chứng kiến cho biết |
| happenings, events, goings-on | những việc xảy ra |
| (1) asphalt; (2) plastic, resin, gum | nhựa |
| gutta-percha | nhựa két |
| tar, asphalt, bitumen | nhựa đường |
| chant sutra or other scriptures | niệm kinh |
| pray to Buddha | niệm phật |
| (1) slightly less than, just under; (2) young, inexperienced, tender, premature; (3) mountain | non |
| not bold enough, somewhat chicken-hearted, be a chicken | non gan |
| to exert oneself to the utmost and compete sharply | nong nả đua chen |
| to have, take care of a cat | nuôi mèo |
| suppress one’s hatred, suppress one’s resentment | nuốt hận |
| to defy troubles, not to flinch from hard work | nài bao khó nhọc |
| this and that, this, that and the other | này nọ |
| sow (which has had offspring) | nái sề |
| to take care not to show one’s face, conceal one’s hand | náu mặt |
| to lift, raise, enhance | nâng cao |
| rhombencephalon, hindbrain | não sau |
| prosencephalon, forebrain | não trước |
| electro-encephalogram | não điện đồ |
| handwriting, calligraphy, stroke of the pen | nét bút |
| chief characteristics, essential attributes | nét chính |
| handwriting, stroke (in a Chinese character) | nét chữ |
| knife, scimitar, slant stroke to the right (in writing Chinese characters) | nét mác |
| horizontal stroke (of Chinese character) | nét ngang |
| a hanging stroke (calligraphy) | nét sổ |
| (1) ought to, should, had better; (2) candle; (3) so, that’s why, consequently, so, therefore, (4) become | nên |
| for that reason, therefore, hence | nên chi |
| it should be remembered that | nên nhớ là |
| (you) should remember that | nên nhớ rằng |
| have the gift of the gab | nói bẻm |
| to chit-chat, banter, make small talk | nói chuyện chơi |
| to intercede, speak on behalf of | nói giùm |
| chat (away) | nói gẫu |
| to shift over to another subject, change subjects, be evasive | nói lảng |
| to speak with a halt | nói ngập ngừng |
| talk haltingly | nói nhát gừng |
| to talk like that, speak like that | nói như thế |
| to put it that way, say it like that | nói như vậy thì |
| chat | nói phiếm |
| to chat, talk briefly about | nói qua |
| speak (with somebody) in private, have a word in sb’s ear; in particular | nói riêng |
| take oratory precautions, be guarded in what one says | nói rào |
| to say that | nói rằng |
| to say what | nói sao |
| to charge high prices, overcharge | nói thách |
| to add that | nói thêm rằng |
| easier said than done, it’s easy enough to say | nói thì dễ, làm thì khó |
| to speak the truth, be serious, mean what one says | nói thật |
| to speak that way, talk like that | nói thế |
| how to say, what to say | nói thế nào |
| to speak English haltingly | nói tiếng Anh khập khiễn |
| to have a foul mouth, be foul-mouthed, use bad | nói tục |
| to say that, talk that way | nói vậy |
| hat | nón |
| hat made of first quality latania leaves | nón bài thơ |
| metal-topped conical hat | nón chóp |
| worn rain hat | nón cời |
| traditional wedding hat | nón cụ |
| soldier’s conical hat | nón dấu |
| pineapple leaf hat | nón dứa |
| small bamboo hat (once worn by soldiers) | nón gõ |
| palm-leaf conical hat | nón lá |
| feather hat | nón lông |
| worn-out conical hat, hoopless palm hat | nón mê |
| flat palm hat with fringes | nón quai thao |
| basket-shaped bamboo hat | nón thúng |
| bamboo hat worn by Buddhist monks (with a long ribbon and a small knob on top) | nón tu lờ |
| that kind of bat | nón đó |
| be very impatient, hasty, hastiness | nóng vội |
| to have a burning desire for quick success | nóng ăn |
| to have or run a temperature, have a fever | nóng đầu |
| shallow, superficial, not deep | nông |
| unnoticeably shallow | nông choèn |
| empty, superficial, shallow | nông cạn |
| leisure after harvest time | nông nhàn |
| shallow, not deep | nông sờ |
| breeding ground, habitat | nơi sinh sống |
| (1) to handle with care; (2) field, terrace; (3) to rely on; (4) girl, young woman; (5) to lean on, depend on | nương |
| to be careful, use a light touch, handle with care | nương tay |
| hard water | nước cứng |
| a chalky complexion | nước da bệch |
| to have a pale complexion | nước da nhợt nhạt |
| to have a complexion black as if burned | nước da đen thui |
| shampoo | nước gội đầu |
| ichor (discharged from a wound) | nước vàng |
| handful; to inlay | nạm |
| to charge a battery | nạp điện |
| chanterelle | nấm mồng gà |
| to bone up, cram for an examination, study very hard | nấu sử sôi kinh |
| that | nấy |
| hawk-moth | nắc nẻ |
| to grab, take, seize, hold, grasp; handful, fistful | nắm |
| handfull of sand | nắm cát |
| to take sb’s hand | nắm lấy tay |
| to hold each other’s hands | nắm tay nhau |
| to grab someone’s hair | nắm tóc |
| handful of earth | nắm đất |
| to hold the handle of a knife, play safe | nắm đằng chuôi |
| life’s hardships | nắng mưa |
| to go through hard times, suffer great hardships | nằm gai nếm mật |
| to have a dream | nằm mê |
| to be in the hands of | nằm trong tay |
| cudgel one’s brains long and hard | nặn óc |
| have a strong breath | nặng hơi |
| to have bad karma | nặng nghiệp |
| hard, heavy, exhausting | nặng nhọc |
| hard of hearing | nặng tai |
| heavy-handed | nặng tay |
| have a slight headache | nặng đầu |
| to crack, split, chap | nẻ |
| house, building; family’s ways, family customs and practices, family habit, family order | nếp nhà |
| habit | nếp quen |
| conduct, behavior, habit | nết |
| well-behaved, well-mannered, virtuous | nết na |
| good behavior | nết tốt |
| if anything changes | nếu có gì thay đổi |
| if (on the other hand) | nếu lại |
| if so, if that is the case | nếu thế |
| if that’s the case, then | nếu thế thì |
| if so, why didn’t you tell me beforehand? | nếu thế thì sao anh không bảo tôi trước? |
| in that case, if that’s the way it is | nếu vậy |
| if that’s the case, in that case | nếu vậy thì |
| to respect, have consideration for, view with respect | nể |
| have a high regard for (somebody’s words, recommendations) | nể lời |
| to have regard for, show consideration for, take into consideration, allow | nể mặt |
| to consider with respect, have respect for | nể nang |
| to consider with respect, have respect for | nể vì |
| to strike the anvil with the hammer | nện búa lên đe |
| have a heart-to-heart talk, be full of melody, be harmonious | nỉ non |
| that, the other (day); there, over there | nọ |
| handful | nọn |
| half-note | nốt trắng |
| to have a bout (of fever), have an outburst (of passion), have a fit | nổi cơn |
| fly into a tantrum, fly off the handle, have or throw a tantrum | nổi cơn tam bành |
| have a rose, a boil | nổi nhọt |
| unhappiness, misery | nỗi bất hạnh |
| disgrace, discredit, dishonor, shame | nỗi nhục |
| harem | nội cung |
| Hanoi urban areas, Hanoi proper | nội thành Hà Nội |
| (1) to submit, hand over, turn in, deliver, pay (a fine); (2) see nạp | nộp |
| to hand in a request, give up, hand over, submit an application, register one’s name (for something) | nộp đơn |
| that | nớ |
| decrease somewhat in price | nới giá |
| (1) to develop, blossom, open up; (2) to hatch; (3) rise, expand | nở |
| to have the heart to do sth | nỡ |
| have the heart to do something | nỡ nào |
| have the heart to | nỡ tâm |
| additional, further, more; half | nửa |
| half a kilogram | nửa ký lô |
| half-pay | nửa lương |
| a half-baked | nửa mùa |
| part-time, half-day | nửa ngày |
| half man, half beast | nửa người nửa ngợm |
| half-surprised | nửa ngạc nhiên |
| half-suspicious | nửa ngờ vực |
| biannual; half-year, semi annual | nửa năm |
| half a minute, thirty seconds | nửa phút đồng hồ |
| second half, last half | nửa sau |
| the latter half of the 20th century | nửa sau của thê ký 20 |
| the second half of a speech | nửa sau thông điệp |
| to doubt, be uncertain, half-believe | nửa tin nửa ngờ |
| half an hour | nửa tiếng |
| half an hour later | nửa tiếng sau |
| half an hour | nửa tiếng đồng hồ |
| half an hour later | nửa tiếng đồng hồ sau |
| half-price | nửa tiền |
| half a million | nửa triệu |
| half in, half out | nửa trong nửa ngoài |
| dozen, half a dozen | nửa tá |
| half serious, half joking | nửa đùa nửa thật |
| half-way | nửa đường |
| first half | nửa đầu |
| half life, middle age | nửa đời |
| half a year | nữa năm |
| to conceal, to receive, to harbor | oa trữ |
| to feel resentment, resent, hate | oán ghét |
| feel resentment and hatred against, resent and hate | oán thù |
| (1) to make, prepare, brew (a beverage); (2) phase (electric) | pha |
| phase-to-phase | pha-pha |
| phase-to-ground | pha-đất |
| to hit hard with a long stick | phang |
| hand brake | phanh tay |
| hard-line faction | phe chủ trương cứng rắn |
| have a broken heart, be very sad, be affected | phiền não |
| shavings | phoi |
| adversity, hardships | phong trần |
| customs and habits | phong tục tập quán |
| charm, flavour | phong vị |
| good harvest | phong đăng |
| rickshaw driver | phu xe |
| harmony between husband and wife | phu xướng phụ tùy |
| (1) ferry-boat; (2) to reek, to breathe, to exhale | phà |
| to destroy, demolish, harm, break, ruin | phá |
| win a prize as a challenger, win a prize from the holder | phá giải |
| to disturb, harass | phá quấy |
| to disturb, destroy, harass | phá rối |
| (1) bossy, boastful, haughty; (2) manner, way; (3) upper part of exam paper bearing examinee’s name | phách |
| haughty | phách lối |
| to hand out the wages, pay | phát lương |
| have a fever, run a temperature | phát sốt |
| time sharing | phân chia thời gian |
| phosphate fertilizer | phân lân |
| half (part) | phân nửa |
| miracle, charisma | phép mầu |
| thai canton headman | phìa |
| Thai ruling class | phìa tạo |
| charge, cost, expense | phí tổn |
| telephone charges, bill | phí tổn điện thoại |
| provide against all eventualities, keep at hand for eventual use | phòng hờ |
| in prevention of mishaps | phòng khi bất trắc |
| nuptial chamber | phòng loan |
| what kind of room | phòng như thế nào |
| chamber of commerce | phòng thương mại |
| gallery, exhibition hall | phòng triển lãm |
| deputy chairman, vice-chairman, deputy | phó chủ nhiệm |
| vice-chairman, vice-president | phó chủ tịch |
| entrust completely, give free hand to deal with | phó mặc |
| to free, release, liberate, discharge | phóng thích |
| electric discharge | phóng điện |
| exorcise with incantations and a charm | phù chú |
| elephantiasis | phù voi |
| happiness, good fortune | phúc |
| happiness and unhappiness | phúc họa |
| happiness and wealth | phúc lộc |
| share of happiness one was blessed with | phúc phận |
| to change, modify, revise a judgment | phúc thẩm |
| blessing handed down by ancestors | phúc ấm |
| have a belly swollen (with food) | phĩnh bụng |
| brutal, harsh, ruthless, disloyal | phũ phàng |
| to hang nets to dry (in the sun) | phơi lưới |
| (1) direction, distance, (cardinal) point (of the compass); (2) method, way, means, facility; (3) perfume, fragrant; (4) square; (5) hindrance, harm; (6) to compare; (7) measure of grain | phương |
| to be harmful, detrimental, harm, hurt | phương hại |
| wealth and happiness | phước lộp |
| handicrafts guild | phường hội |
| whack (noise of fans, sails, etc.) | phạch |
| (1) correct, right (opposite of left), right (opposite of wrong); (2) must, have to | phải |
| to have to know | phải biết |
| fall victim to somebody's charms | phải bả |
| to have to be | phải là |
| have (suffer) a relapse | phải lại |
| know what to say | phải lời |
| it must be recognized that | phải nhìn nhận rằng |
| that’s correct, that’s right | phải rồi |
| to have to admit that | phải thú thật là |
| have to go | phải đi |
| to have to go right away, have to leave immediately | phải đi liền |
| to have to go to work | phải đi làm |
| to have to go to work early | phải đi làm sớm |
| have taken a leaf from the book of, walk in the shoes of | phải đúa |
| chain reaction | phản ứng chuyền |
| What was his reaction? | phản ứng của ông thế nào |
| chalk, powder, flour | phấn |
| powder and perfume, female charm | phấn hương |
| (1) to float, flutter, quiver; (2) loiter about; (3) work half-heartedly | phất phơ |
| part, portion, share | phần |
| part, section, portion, share | phần |
| hardware | phần cứng |
| the best share | phần hơn |
| one’s part, share (of something) | phần mình |
| (good) conduct, behavior | phẩm hạnh |
| lid, shade | phẫn |
| lampshade, shade | phẫn đèn |
| unhappy lot, misfortune | phận bạc |
| Buddhist law, Buddha sasana, dharma | phật pháp |
| Buddha’s hand, finger citron | phật thủ |
| Gautama Buddha | phật tổ |
| shabby gentility | phỉ phong |
| upset, unhappy face | phị mặt |
| phosphate | phốt phát |
| kitchen maid, kitchen hand | phụ bếp |
| patriarchy, patriarchal, paternity | phụ hệ |
| ungrateful, thankless, unfaithful | phụ nghĩa |
| to undertake, assume responsibility for, be in charge of | phụ trách |
| additional charge, load | phụ tải |
| to serve, labor, wait upon, do hard work, attend to | phục dịch |
| to restore, rehabilitate, reconstruct; revival, renaissance | phục hưng |
| be transported with admiration, take one’s hat off (to somebody) | phục lăn |
| to restore, return to health, rehabilitate | phục nguyên |
| to rehabilitate, restore to a position (of rank, privilege, etc.) | phục quyền |
| to avenge, revenge oneself, have or take revenge | phục thù |
| to have the honor to announce | phụng báo |
| to sulk, look unhappy | phụng phịu |
| axe and big hammer, corporeal punishment implement | phủ việt |
| to be down (shades, blinds) | phủ xuống |
| to wash one’s hands of something | phủi tay |
| every cloud has a silver lining | qua cơ bĩ cực |
| charcoal | qua lửa than |
| chin strap (of conical hat) | quai nón |
| fringe hanging at both side of a conical hat | quai thao |
| the mandarins harassed the people | quan lại nhũng dân |
| to turn a gun (on sb), twirl a gun (in one’s hand) | quay súng |
| to have known each other a long time | quen biết nhau đã lâu |
| have the habit of | quen thói |
| make a collection for a charity | quyên giáo |
| hasty, hurried | quàng quàng |
| to have a little too much to drink | quá chén |
| more than | quá hơn |
| excessive, beyond measure, more than is reasonable | quá mức |
| champion | quán quân |
| restaurant, dining hall | quán ăn |
| divide evenly, share out | quân phân |
| bachang mango | quéo |
| ungrateful, thankless | quên ơn |
| provided that, provided | quý hồ |
| to curl (hair) | quăn |
| leaf shaped fan | quạt vả |
| (have) few desires | quả dục |
| (Buddhism) happiness | quả phúc |
| heart-heart-shaped pendant | quả tim |
| have a wide circle of acquaintances | quảng giao |
| harass | quấy phá |
| to disturb, harass | quấy rối |
| hard and without rest; to slave away | quần quật |
| halo, aureole | quầng |
| ring of light, halo | quầng sáng |
| hard up | quẩn bách |
| to be hand up | quẫn bách |
| hale and hearty | quắc thước |
| sharp turn | quẹo gắt |
| do in a hurry, hastily | quềnh quàng |
| national character, nationality | quốc tính |
| national characteristic | quốc túy |
| sultan, caliph, shah, emir, king | quốc vương |
| speak in public, begin to speak have one’s turn to speak | ra miệng |
| how?, in what way or manner? | ra sao |
| whatever happens, happens | ra sao thì ra |
| leave hospital, be discharged from hospital | ra viện |
| cudweed, everlasting gnaphalium | rau khúc |
| to work hard | riết |
| menorrhagia | rong huyết |
| street vendor, peddler, hawker | rong hàng |
| (1) to shake, tremble, shiver; (2) worm | run |
| to (start to) shiver, shake, tremble | run lên |
| to tremble, shiver, shake, swing | run rẩy |
| to shake with fright, tremble with fear | run sợ |
| to shake, ring (a ball) | rung |
| to move, shake; movement | rung chuyển |
| to shake, vibrate, swing | rung rinh |
| frayed, shabby | rung rúc |
| explicit, exhaustive, express | rành rẽ |
| hard, difficult, desperate | ráo riết |
| shady | râm |
| shady and fresh, in the shade | râm mát |
| worn out, exhausted | rã rời |
| to halloo, call out to | réo |
| chatter, prattle | ríu ra ríu rít |
| to chatter, chirp, warble, twitter, prattle | ríu rít |
| it is clear that, clearly | rõ là |
| dreadful, terrifying, ghastly, horrifying | rùng rợn |
| to pull a vine and shake the woods | rút dây động rừng |
| to drop charges, a lawsuit | rút lại lời kiện |
| to drop a (criminal) charge | rút đơn kiện |
| the teeth of a harrow | răng bừa |
| emaciated, haggard | rũ rượi |
| to fall into someone’s hands | rơi vào tay |
| to have tears welling up | rưng rưng |
| sharp, intense, bitter | rưng rức |
| half hour (thirty); half | rưỡi |
| to follow after, chase, pursue | rượt |
| to chase away | rượt chạy |
| to chase after, pursue | rượt theo |
| drunkenness reveals what soberness | rượu vào lời ra |
| famished and exhausted | rạc rời |
| hara-kiri, seppuku | rạch bụng |
| to be harmed, crack; crack, rift | rạn nứt |
| to have free hands | rảnh tay |
| choose beforehand a possible match (for one’s son) | rấm vợ |
| it’s very likely that | rất có thể là |
| very likely to happen | rất dễ xảy ra |
| hard to say, hard to predict | rất khó mà tiên đoán |
| to have a lot of free time | rất thừa thãi thời giờ |
| it’s too bad that, it’s unfortunate that, I’m sorry that | rất tiếc là |
| (1) snake; (2) hard, rigid; to harden | rắn |
| firm, hard, solid | rắn chắc |
| hardened | rắn cấc |
| to harden | rắn lại |
| hard as rock | rắn như đá |
| have the intention (to) | rắp mong |
| wake up one’s mind, be bent on, intend (to), have the | rắp tâm |
| that; to answer, speak up | rằng |
| row, range, chain, line | rặng |
| to part one’s hair | rẽ đường ngôi |
| centipede; haversack bag | rết |
| wonky, shaky | rệu rã |
| harass with scolding, harass with humiliating remarks | rỉa ráy |
| disheveled, ruffed (of hair) | rối bù |
| chaos, disorder, confusion | rối ren |
| (1) mad, crazy; (2) to accelerate, hasten | rồ |
| already, then, after that, afterwards, next | rồi |
| well, what then? | rồi sao |
| and then what? | rồi sao nữa |
| knock off, have a break | rồi tay |
| dragon in the clouds, happy, blissful, blessed, lucky | rồng mây |
| be not very busy, have little to do | rỗi việc |
| free; to have a lot of freedom, leeway | rộng cẳng |
| to have just finished speaking | rời miệng |
| exhausted | rời rã |
| to shiver, tremble, quiver, shake | rờn rợn |
| shiver with fear, have one’s flesh creeping | rởn |
| (1) radiant; (2) to land, unload, discharge | rỡ |
| not exposed to the sun, in the shade | rợm |
| to fall (leaves, flower, fruit, hair) | rụng |
| to lose one’s hair | rụng tốc |
| (1) to invite, ask; (2) to hang down, droop | rủ |
| unlucky, unhappy, unfortunate | rủi |
| (by) pure chance | rủi may |
| accident, incident, failure (of a business); unlucky, unhappy, unfortunate | rủi ro |
| to have a headache | rức đầu |
| to wash one’s hands | rửa tay |
| to cloud over; unhappy face, displeased expression | sa sầm |
| to change gears, shift gears | sang số |
| to change gears, shift gears | sang số xe |
| how?, what manner?, why? (is that); to matter | sao |
| how can one have the heart to | sao nỡ |
| how is that? | sao thế |
| why (is that)? | sao vậy |
| after more than a week | sau hơn một tuần lễ |
| following; after (something happens) | sau khi |
| after a hard day’s work | sau một ngày lao động vất vả |
| after that, afterwards, later | sau đó |
| to have a passion for, be very fond of, be crazy about; passionately | say mê |
| have one’s heart wrung with pain | se lòng |
| have dry lips | se môi |
| to give birth, have children, deliver (a child) | sinh nở |
| to have children, to be born | sinh đẻ |
| unshakably loyal, faithful | son sắt |
| dual happiness, double joy | song hỉ |
| dual happiness, double joy, marriage | song hỷ |
| chayote | su su |
| happy, blissful | sung sướng |
| very happy | sung sướng vô cùng |
| to be harmed, damaged | suy suyển |
| hare’s ear | sài hồ |
| guide, handbook | sách chỉ dẫn |
| handbook | sách khéi luận |
| extortion; to harass for bribes | sách nhiễu |
| handbook | sách toát yếu |
| commonplace, hackneyed cliché | sáo mòn |
| champagne | sâm banh |
| phagedaena | sâu quảng |
| having a deep understanding of, in very close touch with | sâu sát |
| harmonic | sóng hài |
| higher harmonic | sóng hài bậc cao |
| to shake | sóng sánh |
| chauvinist | sô vanh |
| river (discharging into the sea) | sông cái |
| canal, channel | sông đào |
| to swell, be shaggy; large, huge, enormous | sù |
| iron chain, sausage | súc sích |
| to have bad luck | súi |
| matchlock, harquebus, hackbut, flint-lock, musket | súng hỏa mai |
| pistol, revolver, handgun | súng lục |
| handgun, pistol | súng ngắn |
| semiautomatic handgun | súng ngắn bán tự động |
| chase | săn đuổi |
| block diagram, flow chart | sơ đồ khối |
| chamois | sơn dương |
| mountain, chain | sơn mạch |
| happy, elated | sướng |
| to charge | sạc |
| have just learned how to play chess | sạch nước |
| be shamefaced, lose face | sạn mặt |
| cheerful, happy | sảng khoái |
| to happen, occur, take place | sảy |
| to dry (hair) | sấy |
| dry one’s hair (with a hair-drier) | sấy tóc |
| to have the roof collapse | sập mái |
| color, look, appearance; iron; sharp | sắc |
| sharp, acute | sắc cạnh |
| habitus | sắc mạo |
| sharp-witted, fine, sharp | sắc sảo |
| aspect, color, coloring shade of meaning, nuance | sắc thái |
| to acquire, get, buy, go shopping; purchases | sắm |
| to play, have to roles | sắm hai vai |
| about to happen | sắp sửa xảy ra |
| to laugh hardily | sằng sặt |
| to be ready, prepared, have on hand | sẵn |
| ready cash, cash on hand | sẵn tiền |
| (future tense marker), shall, will | sẽ |
| will have, will be | sẽ có |
| will mean that | sẽ có nghĩa là |
| will have a lot | sẽ có nhiều |
| won’t be like that anymore | sẽ không như thế nữa |
| will have to | sẽ phải |
| will happen, will take place | sẽ xảy ra |
| (1) (at) wholesale; (2) shame; (3) tooth | sỉ |
| to stir (move suddenly) to happen suddenly | sịch |
| get older than one’s age | sọm người |
| owing to the fact that | số là |
| what number? | số mấy |
| to hover between life and death, be half | sống dở chết dở |
| to live in harmony with | sống hòa thuận với |
| harassed | sốt vó |
| book of charges | sổ chi |
| have a running nose | sổ mũi |
| handbook, notebook | sổ tay |
| swell, luxurious open-handed, generous | sộp |
| hasty and bewildered | sớn sác |
| to share, pour to divide | sớt |
| the reason why, therefore, that’s why | sở dĩ |
| what one knows, what one has seen | sở kiến |
| one’s line, what is much of one’s line, one’s knowledge (of some | sở đắc |
| make one’s hair stand on end | sởn gáy |
| to fear that | sợ rằng |
| to be so afraid that, be afraid to such an extent that | sợ đến độ |
| strand of hair | sợi tóc |
| buying power, purchasing power | sức mua |
| having a harelip | sứt môi |
| to fix, repair, mend, change, modify, alter | sửa |
| to amend or improve one’s behavior, correct one’s ways | sửa mình |
| happiness | sự an phận |
| unhappiness, discontent | sự bất mãn |
| form, shape, formation | sự hình thành |
| difference, change | sự khác lạ |
| hard work | sự khổ công |
| important happenings, events, fact | sự kiện quan trọng |
| hara-kiri | sự mổ bụng tự sát |
| disgrace, shame | sự nhục nhã |
| rehabilitation, reinstatement, restoration | sự phục hồi |
| change | sự thay đổi |
| an exchange | sự trao đổi |
| harm, evil, ill | sự tác hại |
| the harms (evils) of drugs | sự tác hại của ma túy |
| damage, harm | sự tổn hại |
| happiness | sự vui mừng |
| ear; mishap, accident, calamity | tai |
| at thirty, one forms one’s character | tam thập nhi lập |
| to dissolve, disperse, evaporate, break up, rout, dissipate, melt, thaw, be over, be close to | tan |
| the home is shattered and its members gone | tan cửa nát nhà |
| shattered, smashed, broken up | tan vỡ |
| shabby, miserable, wretched | tang thương |
| (1) I (arrogant or familiar); (2) trouble, disorder, (3) elegant; (4) time, round; (5) to chance to meet; (6) dregs in wine vat | tao |
| to meet, encounter (by chance) | tao ngộ |
| chance to meet | tao phùng |
| (1) hand, sleeve; (2) person, party, group | tay |
| handcuffed | tay bị còng |
| (1) follower, hireling; (2) hands and feet | tay chân |
| grip, hilt, handle | tay cầm |
| other hand | tay kia |
| right hand side | tay mặt |
| right arm, right hand, right (hand side) | tay phải |
| paparazzi, person chasing celebrities in order to take pictures | tay săn ảnh |
| left arm, left hand, left (hand side) | tay trái |
| bare hands, bare-handed | tay trắng |
| handrail | tay vịn |
| to act as one pleases; to be free (to do what one wants) | tha hồ |
| to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs | tham bát bỏ mâm |
| to be addicted to hard work, be a workaholic | tham công tiếc việc |
| chargé d’affaires | tham tán |
| (1) coal, charcoal; (2) to lament, complain, moan; (exclamation) | than |
| charcoal | than tàu |
| animal charcoal | than xương |
| men of character, scholars of renown | thanh lưu |
| to accelerate, quicken, hasten, press forward, talk fast, act rapidly | thau tháu |
| (interjection) how!; to change, replace, substitute | thay |
| to change a tire | thay bánh |
| to change a magazine | thay băng đạn |
| to change one’s look | thay da đổi thịt |
| to change clothes | thay quần áo |
| to change one’s shirt or dress | thay áo |
| to change clothes | thay áo quần |
| to change clothes | thay đồ |
| to change, be changed; variable, varying; change | thay đổi |
| to change a policy | thay đổi chính sách |
| to change completely | thay đổi hẳn |
| to change one’s plans | thay đổi kế hoạch |
| to change radically | thay đổi một cách triệt để |
| temperature change, shift, swing | thay đổi nhiệt đô |
| to change one’s way of life | thay đổi nếp sống |
| to change one’s beliefs, opinions | thay đổi quan niệm |
| to change in which direction, way | thay đổi theo hướng nào |
| to change one’s mind | thay đổi ý kiến |
| to change one’s mind, change one’s plan | thay đổi ý định |
| in that way | theo cách đó |
| in the form, shape of | theo hình |
| in the form of an arc, arc-shaped | theo hình vòng cung |
| through the usual channel | theo hệ thống |
| as is one’s habit, as usual | theo thói quen |
| to be a sycophant or hanger-on or camp follower | theo đóm ăn tàn |
| to take a mock exam, have a practice test | thi thử |
| (1) thousand; (2) partial (to), favorable, pro-(something); (3) heaven, sky, God, heavenly, divine, celestial; (4) (classifier for articles, novels, chapters); (5) to move, shift, change; (6) section, part, piece | thiên |
| to migrate, move, change one’s residence | thiên cư |
| Buddha’s eye, Divine Eye (Cao Dai) | thiên nhãn |
| nature, character, trait | thiên tính |
| handheld equipment | thiết bị cầm tay |
| second chamberlain (of the king) | thiếu bảo |
| superficial, shallow | thiển |
| shallow, superficial, short-sighted, insular, narrow-minded | thiển cận |
| shallow opinion | thiển kiến |
| that which is beautiful, fine, excellent, beauty, etc. | thiện mỹ |
| loss; to damage, harm, lose | thiệt hại |
| harm oneself, be at a disadvantageous position | thiệt thân |
| to have a faint smell, odor | thoang thoảng mùi |
| to harvest, reap, obtain | thu hoạch |
| (of state store) buy, purchase | thu mua |
| imperial boat (to have the form of a dragon) | thuyền rồng |
| gentle, mild, mild character | thuần tính |
| to be left-handed | thuận tay trái |
| shampoo | thuốc gội đầu |
| death sooner than slavery | thà chết còn hơn làm nô lệ |
| have a family of one’s own | thành gia |
| to form up, take shape | thành hình |
| negative phase sequence | thành phần thứ tự nghịch |
| seaport, harbor town, city | thành phố cảng |
| to become; as a result, therefore, that’s the reason why | thành ra |
| that’s the reason why, therefore, so, hence | thành thử |
| to challenge, dare, defy | thách |
| to challenge (someone or something); challenge | thách thức |
| to challenge | thách đố |
| official in charge of royal horses | thái bộc |
| behavior, attitude | thái độ |
| right, proper behavior | thái độ chững chạc |
| open, relaxed behavior | thái độ cởi mở |
| cruel, brutal behavior | thái độ hung bạo |
| moderate behavior, attitude | thái độ hòa hoãn |
| sexual behavior | thái độ tình dục |
| that month | tháng đó |
| chancel | thánh đường |
| to have diarrhea | tháo dạ |
| Cham tower | tháp Chàm |
| inner chamber | thâm cung |
| scholar-gentry, scholar, personality, personal character | thân sĩ |
| be in bad shape, decrepit | thân tàn ma dại |
| to harvest, collect, obtain | thâu hoạch |
| carelessly, nonchalantly, heedlessly | thèo đảnh |
| (1) to yell, scream, shout, shriek; (2) hard | thét |
| (1) time; (2) then, as for, however, in that case, certainly, for sure | thì |
| then what is (it) | thì là gì |
| then, on the other hand, in contrast, but, however | thì lại |
| (tag question expecting a positive answer), perhaps | thì phải |
| then it has to be that way | thì phải vậy |
| actually, it just happens that | thì ra |
| so that’s it, so that’s what it is, so that’s the way it is | thì ra vậy |
| what about, how about, then what (will happen)? | thì sao |
| if that’s the case, then it can’t be helped (there’s nothing one can do) | thì thôi |
| spoon, spoonful, handle (on a grenade) | thìa |
| to risk, sacrifice, hand out, hand over | thí |
| to give to, hand over | thí cho |
| keen, sharp, sensitive | thính |
| having a good nose, having a sharp or keen sense of smell | thính mũi |
| concert hall, auditorium | thính phòng |
| having sharp or keen ears, having good hearing or a keen | thính tai |
| to reach with one’s hand, stretch out one’s hand, hold out one’s hand | thò tay |
| to reach out with one’s hand | thò tay ra |
| to stick one’s hand in, reach one’s hand in | thò tay vào |
| to stick one’s hand in one’s waist | thò tay vào bụng |
| to put one’s hand inside | thò tay vào trong |
| to hang, drop, dangle | thòng |
| to hang (loose) | thòng thòng |
| habit, practice, tendency, manner, way | thói |
| bad habit | thói hư |
| habit, custom | thói quen |
| common or habitual or normal practice, usage | thói thường |
| bad habit, bad manners | thói xấu |
| manners, behavior | thói ăn nết ở |
| that’s all | thôi mà |
| that’s enough | thôi đi |
| (1) village, town, hamlet; (2) to swallow | thôn |
| hamlet, village | thôn xóm |
| people’s militia in hamlet | thôn đội |
| hamlet, communal subdivision | thôn ấp |
| hatred, grudge, resent, grievance, resentment | thù hiềm |
| resentment, hatred, hate | thù hận |
| hatred; to hate | thù oán |
| thank, give thanks to, return sb’s kindness | thù tạ |
| to push, urge, hasten, hurry, press | thúc giục |
| to bring to legal proceedings, sue, file charges | thưa kiện |
| (of woman who has few children) sparse | thưa đốt |
| businessman, trader, merchant | thương gia |
| to pity, take pity on, have mercy on, compassion for | thương hại |
| chamber of commerce, commercial partnership | thương hội |
| trader, merchant, tradesman, shopkeeper | thương khách |
| to damage, hurt, harm, injure | thương tổn |
| compassion; to have compassion for, take pity on | thương xót |
| sighting mechanism | thước ngắm |
| to run after a shadow | thả mồi bắt bóng |
| small thatched cottage, hut | thảo lư |
| it’s no wonder (that), no wonder, (and) so, that’s why | thảo nào |
| punish, chastise | thảo phạt |
| to lose one’s chastity | thất thân |
| to feel ashamed, embarrassed | thấy mắc cỡ |
| to be happy, feel happy | thấy mừng |
| to have the shivers | thấy ớn |
| to thank heaven | thầm cám ơn trời |
| to whisper one’s thanks | thầm cám ơn trời đất |
| magic, enchanting; the immortals, the gods | thần tiên |
| a half-baked physician | thầy thuốc nửa mùa |
| more dead than alive | thập tử nhất sinh |
| the ten great halls (Buddhist) | thập điện |
| really, truly (feel that) | thật lòng |
| really, is that so? | thật sao |
| it is true (that) | thật thế |
| really?, is that so?, do you mean that? | thật à |
| (1) brake (pedal); to stop, brake, harness; (2) to win, conquer; victory, conquest | thắng |
| to have the advantage, gain ground | thắng thế |
| to hang, garrote | thắt cổ |
| chap, fellow, bloke | thằng cha |
| that guy | thằng kia |
| to feet ashamed to feel shy | thẹn |
| to feel ashamed | thẹn thùng |
| to add, have in addition | thẻm |
| (1) manner, way, fashion, position, situation, posture; (2) so, thus, like that, such | thế |
| world harmony | thế giới đại đồng |
| that way, the other way | thế kia |
| that’s sad, isn’t it | thế mới buồn chứ |
| how; whatever it is, at any rate | thế nào |
| have one’s hair cut | thế phát |
| in that case, then | thế thì |
| if that’s the case, then it can’t be helped (there’s nothing one can do) | thế thì thôi |
| that’s all | thế thôi |
| Shakyamuni | thế tôn |
| is that so?, really? | thế à |
| to give a banquet, hold or have a party | thết tiệc |
| market share | thị phần |
| town hall | thị sảnh |
| chamberlain | thị thần |
| Shanghai Stock Exchange | thị trường Thượng Hải |
| rabbit, hare the moon | thỏ |
| hare | thỏ rừng |
| to give change | thốc lại |
| to withdraw, give change | thối |
| have an offensive smell | thối hoăng |
| stink, have an offensive smell | thối om |
| (field) marshal | thống chế |
| habitat | thổ nghi |
| to be bare and hanging | thổn thiện |
| chance, opportunity, occasion | thời cơ |
| of that that, that time, period | thời vấy giờ |
| luck, fortune, chance | thời vận |
| that, those time(s), at that time | thời đó |
| at that time, (back) then | thời ấy |
| to exhale noisily, breathe out, sigh | thở phào |
| to expire, breathe out, exhale | thở ra |
| to breathe difficultly, have trouble breathing | thở thực khó |
| chief mechanic | thợ cả |
| reaper, harvester, mower | thợ gặt |
| mechanic | thợ máy |
| artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman | thợ thủ công |
| buy back, repurchase, redeem, buy up | thục hồi |
| craft, handwork | thủ công |
| arts and crafts, craft industry, handicraft | thủ công nghệ |
| hand grenade | thủ pháo |
| hand and foot, man of confidence | thủ túc |
| to bore, make a hole; having holes, pierced | thủng |
| sea monster, orca, leviathan | thủy quái |
| something, what thing, whatever, what | thứ gì |
| whatever | thứ gì cũng |
| what day (of the month)? | thứ mấy |
| what kind of weapon | thứ vũ khí gì |
| that thing | thứ đó |
| (1) left over, superfluous, extra; (2) to take advantage of; (3) to inherit; (4) to receive (from above); (5) to take charge; (6) to help, assist | thừa |
| to be well aware (of something, that) | thừa biết |
| to seize a chance, take advantage of an occasion | thừa cơ |
| try and find out what the feeling is, feel, put out feelers | thử lòng |
| phagocyte | thực bào |
| to have a basic knowledge, real education, well-learned | thực học |
| gullet, esophagus | thực quản |
| harsh reality | thực tế phũ phàng |
| to half open the eyes | ti hí mắt lươn |
| alpha ray | tia an pha |
| have faith or confidence in | tin dùng |
| to believe that | tin là |
| to have a blind confidence in someone | tin một cách mù quáng |
| to believe, have confidence, be confident, trust | tin tưởng |
| hacker (computer) | tin tặc |
| that news caused a stir in public opinion | tin đó làm dư luận nhôn nhao |
| agile, nimble, have a ready wit, be ready witted | tinh nhanh |
| expert in, having a good command of, well-versed in | tinh thông |
| to be well-versed in Chinese characters | tinh thông chữ Nho |
| sharp-witted, ready-witted, quick-witted, shrewd, sharp | tinh ý |
| celestial chart | tinh đồ |
| embarassed, ashamed | tiu nghĩu |
| to acquire (bad habits) | tiêm nhiễm |
| first inhabitant, occupant | tiên chiếm |
| peppery chamber (of the queen) | tiêu phòng |
| it’s too bad, what a shame | tiếc quá |
| it’s too bad that | tiếc rằng |
| what a pity !, what a shame ! | tiếc thay |
| harsh language | tiếng bấc tiếng chì |
| a voice that cannot be silenced | tiếng không át được |
| they say that, it is rumored that | tiếng rằng |
| to help, relieve, succor, lend a helping hand to | tiếp cứu |
| to border on Thailand | tiếp giáp Thái Lan |
| to help, assist, lend a hand; help, assistance | tiếp tay |
| to help, assist, lend a hand | tiếp tay với |
| and afterwards, after that | tiếp theo đó là |
| chastity, virtue | tiết hạnh |
| chastity, continence, purity, virtuous | tiết trinh |
| free money (money that is not one’s own) | tiền chùa |
| change | tiền lẻ |
| (sport) half-back | tiền vệ |
| emaciated, shabby | tiều tụy |
| miscarriage, have a miscarriage | tiểu sản |
| chase, pursue, wipe out, exterminate, eradicate | tiễu trừ |
| dance hall | tiệm nhảy |
| hairdressing shop | tiệm uốn tóc |
| convenient, handy, useful | tiện |
| convenient, handy, user-friendly | tiện lợi |
| at hand, handy | tiện tay |
| to run, hasten, go quickly | ton ton |
| to hurry, make haste | tong tả |
| integrity; unblemished, irreproachable, impeccable, infallible | toàn vẹn |
| to have reached the summit of one’s hopes | toại nguyện |
| to hand, award, give, pass | trao |
| to hard, award a prize | trao giải |
| to hand Hong Kong back to China | trao lại Hồng Kông lại cho Trung Quốc |
| to hand | trao tay |
| wild-eyed, haggard | trao tráo |
| to hand back, return, give back | trao trả |
| to exchange, talk, converse | trao đổi |
| to exchange business cards | trao đổi danh thiếp |
| scientific exchange | trao đổi khoa học |
| information exchange | trao đổi thông tin |
| to exchange opinions | trao đổi ý kiến |
| to exchange ambassadors | trao đổi đại sứ |
| to exchange territory | trao đổi đất đai |
| to hang, suspend | treo |
| to hang a sign, put up a sign | treo bảng |
| to hang (someone) | treo cổ |
| to hang oneself, commit suicide by hanging | treo cổ tự tử |
| to hang, display a flag | treo cờ |
| to hang on the wall | treo trên tường |
| know how to be satisfied with what one has | tri túc |
| grateful, thankful | tri ân |
| virgin, righteous, chaste | trinh |
| have an audience with the king | triều bái |
| in the shadow(s), in the shade | trong bóng |
| in the evening shadows | trong bóng tối |
| in both hands | trong hai tay |
| at that time; at the same time, meanwhile | trong khi đó |
| in a trial phase, period | trong một cơn thử thách |
| for almost half a century | trong ngót nửa thế kỷ |
| fair, just, upright, pure, clean, chaste | trong sạch |
| in one’s hand(s) | trong tay |
| at that time | trong thời điểm đó |
| within the next month, before one month has passed | trong vòng chưa đầy 1 tháng |
| in less than two minutes | trong vòng không tới hai phút |
| in the 2nd half of 1998 | trong đẹ nhị lục cá nguyệt 1998 |
| inviolable, unshakeable, loyalty | trung trinh |
| in the center of Hanoi | trung tâm thành phố Hà Nội |
| center, half-back, midfield player | trung vệ |
| (1) to chase, pursue; (2) to pluck, plow | truy |
| to chase and shout for help | truy hô |
| to pursue, chase, hunt down | truy lùng |
| to chase, pursue, look for, hunt, track down | truy tìm |
| to chase, pursue | truy đuổi |
| to communicate, transmit, hand down | truyền |
| to hand over the throne | truyền ngôi |
| handed down or transmitted orally | truyền tụng |
| bowels, intestine; chain, string | tràng |
| kind of fish with head similar to that of a snake | tràu |
| sham illness | trá bệnh |
| to punish, chastise | trách phạt |
| have a strange illness | trái chứng |
| change in the weather, bad weather | trái gió trở trời |
| on the other hand, as opposed to, on the contrary | trái lại |
| wholesome, vigorous, able-bodied, hale and hearty | tráng kiện |
| to have, eat dessert | tráng miệng |
| brooch, hairpin | trâm |
| shameless | trân trân |
| bold, shameless, brazen | trâng tráo |
| in the electric chair | trên ghế điện |
| on Thai soil | trên đất Thái |
| medical representative, pharmaceutical | trình dược viên |
| to have an average level of education | trình độ giáo dục trung bình |
| to talk, converse, chat; conversation | trò chuyện |
| eat like a toothless hag | tróm trém |
| to look, appear, have the appearance of, -looking | trông |
| to believe or think (that) the moon is | trông gà hóa cuốc |
| a period of mourning that comes unexpectedly while | trùng tang |
| resident, inhabitant | trú dân |
| to be caught in a draft; to have a stroke | trúng gió |
| to have a stroke | trúng phong |
| to have indigestion | trúng thực |
| a python that twist itself round its prey | trăn núc mồi |
| slow and harmless boa | trăn đất |
| to run after women, be a woman chaser | trăng hoa |
| (1) shameless, brazen-faced; (2) inert | trơ |
| stiff as tone (to be unrepentant, unashamed) | trơ như đá |
| before or after (that) | trước kia và về sau nay |
| before (the day something happens) | trước ngày |
| flowered curtain, bridal chamber | trướng loan |
| if, in the case that | trường hợp nếu |
| orphanage | trường mồ côi |
| eldest (son, daughter, child, etc.); head, chief, chairman, leader | trưởng |
| schoolmaster in charge of a school | trưởng giáo |
| charity-school, orphanage | trại mồ côi |
| halting-place, stage, station | trạm lộ |
| to pay that price | trả cái giá đó |
| to pay by installments, buy on hire-purchase or installment | trả góp |
| to sham surrender | trả hàng |
| to give a half-baked answer | trả lời ấm ớ |
| to undergo a period of economic change | trải qua giai đoạn biến đổi kinh tế |
| (1) to be half naked, drawn (sword); (2) ceiling; (3) dust; world, life; (4) to be old; (5) to display, expose, explain | trần |
| betel and areca (to be considered as betrothal gifts) | trầu cau |
| to meet with difficulties, have great difficulty | trầy trật |
| (of skin) be chalky white, very white | trắng hếu |
| have a fair complexion | trắng trẻo |
| pale, wan, pallid, ghastly | trắng trợt |
| orphan | trẻ em mồ côi |
| to hang one’s lip, ladle | trề môi |
| to chew briefly or hastily | trệu trạo |
| to have a strong accent | trọ trẹ |
| shaven, bald | trọc |
| drum with handle | trống khẩu |
| small drum with a handle | trống lệnh |
| it is rumored that | trộm nghe |
| have eyes wide-open (because of anger or agony) | trớn trác |
| the rain has abated | trời đã ngớt mưa |
| to return; to hamper, hinder; to turn, change | trở |
| the wind changes its direction | trở gió |
| to change tune | trở giọng |
| zero phase sequence impedance | trở kháng thứ tự không |
| negative phase sequence impedence | trở kháng thứ tự nghịch |
| returning to (what one was talking about) | trở lại với |
| to change about | trở mặt |
| to change one’s tactics | trở quẻ |
| to return to a happy life | trở về an cư |
| to come back to haunt (sb) | trở về ám ảnh |
| to open one’s eye, have one’s eyes open | trợn mắt |
| have eyes wide-open (in anger or agony) | trợn trạo |
| (1) axis, shaft, Axis (powers in WWII); (2) to expel, force out; (3) to hoist, jack up, lift | trục |
| camshaft | trục cam |
| to abolish what is injurious, noxious | trừ hại |
| mustache and hair | tu mi |
| shame | tu sỉ |
| bristly, rough, shaggy, covered with, full of, studied with | tua tủa |
| to shake, throw, hurl, toss, fling; to start | tung |
| hades, hell | tuyền đài |
| handsome and intelligent | tuấn tú |
| moon quarter, phase of the moon, lunar phase | tuần trăng |
| the time when a child was born till the end of that year | tuổi mụ |
| to slip out of one’s hand | tuột khỏi tay |
| suspicious, shady, fishy | tà vạy |
| interest, share, revenue, income | tài lợi |
| their talent had to be concealed | tài năng của họ phải mai một |
| driver, chauffeur | tài xế |
| crippled, handicapped, disabled, invalid | tàn phế |
| (physically) handicapped, crippled, disabled | tàn tật |
| merchant ship | tàu buôn |
| merchant ship | tàu hàng |
| the ship berths at wharf | tàu thủy cập bến |
| to do harm | tác hại |
| creative work, literary work, artistic work, handiwork | tác phẩm |
| to behave perversely | tác quái |
| to put into operation, act on, influence, (have an) effect; activity, action, effect, impact | tác động |
| again; rare, half done, pale | tái |
| to happen again, re-occur | tái diễn |
| to (have a) relapse, recur | tái phát |
| to have rebirth, regenerate | tái sinh |
| (1) to flatter, court, flirt; (2) to help, aid, assist; (3) to crush, grind, pulverize; (4) loose, scattered; (5) parasol, umbrella, shade | tán |
| to chat, chatter, jabber | tán gẫu |
| chat inconsequentially | tán phễu |
| to think that, have a feeling | tâm niệm |
| to think that, have a feeling that | tâm niệm rằng |
| disposition, nature, (personal) character | tâm tính |
| the name has not yet been disclosed, revealed | tên chưa được tiết lộ |
| accidental, coincidental, random; by chance, by accident | tình cờ |
| the situation changed | tình hình đã đổi khác |
| this situation has two causes | tình trạng này phát xuất từ 2 nguyên đo |
| electrically charged | tích điện |
| nature, property, characteristic, quality | tính chất |
| physical property, characteristic | tính chất vật lý |
| character, nature, trait | tính cách |
| class nature, class character | tính giai cấp |
| conduct, behavior | tính hạnh |
| to have a hot temper | tính khí nóng nảy |
| weak character | tính nhu nhược |
| nature, character, trait, way of thinking | tính nết |
| what does one think? | tính sao |
| characteristic | tính trạng |
| disposition, character, nature, personality | tính tình |
| to be wicked in character | tính tình nham hiểm |
| to be very reckless in charater | tính tình rất ngổ |
| Buddha’s throne | tòa sen |
| city hall | tòa thị chính |
| to dangle, balance, hang loose, swing to and fro | tòn ten |
| to dangle, hang loosely | tòn tèn |
| hair (on head) | tóc |
| gray, silver, white hair | tóc bạc |
| having white hair and wrinkled skin | tóc bạc da mồi |
| white-haired | tóc bạc phư |
| hair plaited into a pigtail | tóc bện đuôi sam |
| artificial hair, wig | tóc giả |
| the hair on the back of one’s neck | tóc gáy |
| beautiful hair (of woman) | tóc mây |
| straight hair | tóc rễ tre |
| grey hair (on young person) | tóc sâu |
| white hair, grey hair | tóc sương |
| hair that touches one’s shoulders (of young girl) | tóc thề |
| blond (hair) | tóc vàng |
| long twisted bun in hairdo | tóc vấn |
| black hair, youth | tóc xanh |
| black hair | tóc đen |
| chains, bonds, shackles | tói |
| something that passes the common standard | tót vời |
| I had a flat tire | tôi bị bẹp lốp |
| I have | tôi có |
| I would have to be stupid to (do sth), I’m not stupid enough to (do sth) | tôi ngu gì |
| hair clippers | tông đơ |
| shapeless, cloudy, indistinct | tù mù |
| for whatever purpose | tùy nghi |
| whatever you think | tùy ý mày |
| rice bag, sycophant | túi cơm |
| haversack | túi dết |
| handbag | túi xách |
| to be hard up for, pressed for | túng |
| hard up, in need | túng bấn |
| to be hard up for money | túng tiền |
| (1) to increase, raise; (2) tank, (armored vehicle); (3) Buddhist priest, Buddhist monk; (4) to hate | tăng |
| (Buddhism) Buddhist monastic community, sangha | tăng già |
| have a smattering of something | tơ lơ mơ |
| character, aptitude, nature, individual | tư chất |
| status, capacity behavior, conduct | tư cách |
| fresh; immediately, on the spot; cheerful, joyful, happy | tươi |
| love-hate relationship | tương quan yêu-hận |
| legend has it that | tương truyền |
| to mean the same thing, have an equivalent meaning | tương đương về nghĩa |
| who would have thought | tưởng ai nói |
| to imagine that something is easy to do | tưởng bở |
| it should or must be repeated (that) | tưởng cần nhắc lại |
| to think that | tưởng là |
| as if, believing that | tưởng như |
| to think so, think like that | tưởng vậy |
| Buddha statue | tượng Phật |
| (1) dumbbell, weight; (2) to thank, show thanks for | tạ |
| express thanks for a kindness | tạ tình |
| to show, give thanks, express gratitude | tạ ơn |
| Thank God (exclamation) | tạ ơn Chúa |
| Thank Goodness, Thank God | tạ ơn trời đất |
| hand-grenade | tạc đạn |
| there, in that place | tại nơi đó |
| how?, what manner?, why? (is that) | tại sao |
| why is that | tại sao vậy |
| in the outskirts, suburbs of Hanoi | tại vùng ngoại ô Hà Nội |
| there, in that place | tại đó |
| have large entourage, have many assistants (left and right) | tả phù hữu bật |
| figure, shape, appearance | tấm hình |
| whatever | tất cả những gì |
| in a hurry, hastily | tất tả |
| to fester to make a chance packet | tấy |
| to acquire bad habits, infect, contaminate, pollute, corrupt | tẩm nhiễm |
| habit, manner, custom, practice | tập quán |
| habit | tập tính |
| custom, tradition, habits | tập tục |
| infirmity, disease, illness, (bad) habit, vice | tật |
| handicapped, disabled, invalid | tật nguyền |
| bad habit, vice | tật xấu |
| to buy, purchase | tậu |
| to have a bath, bathe | tắm |
| to take a bath and wash one’s hair, wash up | tắm gội |
| to have an affair | tằng tịu |
| pharyngeal | tết hầu âm |
| rash, joculous, hare-brained | tếu |
| (what’s) even worse (is that) | tệ hơn |
| damage, harm; to damage, injure; bad, deplorable | tệ hại |
| to close a harbor, seaport | tỏa cảng |
| to accuse, denounce, charge, report | tố cáo |
| shorthand | tốc ký |
| that night, evening | tối hôm đó |
| that night | tối hôm ấy |
| that night | tối đó |
| having many material advantages, lucrative | tốt bổng |
| happy marriage | tốt duyên |
| to have feet of clay | tốt mã dẻ cùi |
| of good behavior, good manners | tốt nết |
| that’s good | tốt quá |
| have good medicine | tốt thuốc |
| have influential patrons | tốt thầy |
| (1) to damage, harm; (2) expensive, costly | tổn |
| to harm, hurt, damage; hurt, damage; harmful | tổn hại |
| to hurt, damage, wound, injure, harm | tổn thương |
| general strike (among market merchants) | tổng bãi thị |
| (criminal) charge, count | tội danh |
| hate crime | tội ác do thù ghét |
| solitary confinement with hard labor | tội đồ |
| until when, until what time | tới chừng nào |
| what else, to what (further) extent, how much more | tới cái gì nữa |
| to what extent, how much | tới cỡ nào |
| to go there; up to that point | tới đó |
| they (derrogatory), that group | tụi nó |
| to recite, chant | tụng |
| chant of worship | tụng ca |
| to chant prayers, pray | tụng niệm |
| to have one’s pants fall down | tụt quần |
| to lament, feel hurt, be ashamed | tủi |
| be ashamed (of) | tủi hổ |
| at forty one has no more perplexities | tứ thập bất hoặc |
| therefore, that is | tức là |
| since meeting, since one has met | từ lúc gặp nhau |
| from when, for how long, from what time | từ lúc nào |
| charitable, benevolent; charity, benevolence | từ thiện |
| beforehand, from before, ahead of time | từ trước |
| charity, benevolence, goodness, kindness | từ tâm |
| after which, after that, from which; from that time, since then | từ đó |
| from that time on, from then on | từ đó về sau |
| that is to say; to equal, be | từc |
| that is (to say), therefore; to equal, be | từc là |
| was, had been | từng là |
| (1) Chinese character; (2) Buddhist temple, pagoda; (3) from, since; (4) oneself, on one’s own, self-; (5) otherwise known as, alias | tự |
| to comfort oneself that | tự an ủi mình rằng |
| conceited, stuck up. presumptuous, haughty | tự cao tự đại |
| to feel, have a feeling | tự cảm thấy |
| handwriting | tự dạng |
| alphabet | tự mẫu |
| hand writing, written evidence | tự tích |
| to feel superior to, have a superiority complex | tự tôn |
| what kind of dictionary? | tự điển gì? |
| to hang oneself | tự ải |
| exchange rate | tỷ giá |
| exchange rate | tỷ giá hoán chuyển |
| latent resentment, hatred | u phẫn |
| worn out, tired out, exhausted, fatigued; overcast | uể |
| to bend, curve, curl; perm (hair) | uốn |
| to shape, strengthen, mold (character) | uốn nắn |
| perm, permanent wave (for hair); to curl or perm one’s hair | uốn tóc |
| to wriggle, swing hips, play hard to get | uốn éo |
| to drink for free, have sb else pay of one’s drinks | uống chùa |
| to have a sip, drink a sip | uống một hớp |
| what a waste!, what a pity! | uổng quá |
| (echo and) shadow | vang bóng |
| (1) to surround; (2) to act as; (3) small, subtle, delicate, tiny, micro; (4) to disobey; (5) (shark’s) fin | vi |
| sore throat, angina, pharyngitis | viêm họng |
| to write in Nom characters | viết bằng chữ Nôm |
| to handwrite, write by hand | viết bằng tay |
| to scrawl, have a scrawling handwriting | viết lem nhem |
| to write by hand; handwritten; handwriting | viết tay |
| an unlucky event, a mishap | việc bất trắc |
| never put off until tomorrow what you can do today | việc có thể làm hôm nay không nên hoãn lại ngày mai |
| the study of Chinese characters | việc học chữ Hán |
| that matter will be settled anyway | việc nớ sẽ xong thôi |
| necessity, something that has to be done | việc phải làm |
| exchange | việc trao đổi |
| that business, that thing, that affair | việc ấy |
| that made you worry | việc ấy khiến cho anh phải lo nghĩ |
| that business will perhaps be settled | việc ấy nhắm chừng cũng xong |
| I had to do it in spite of myself | việc ấy, bất đắc dĩ tôi mới phải làm |
| exchange office | viện hối đoái |
| elephant | voi |
| happy, joyful, fun | vui |
| to have a good time, have fun, amuse oneself | vui chơi |
| to have fun, smiling and laughing | vui cười |
| pleased, happy | vui lòng |
| glad, happy, pleased | vui mừng |
| glad, pleased, happy | vui sướng |
| glad, happy | vui thích |
| happy reunion | vui vầy |
| happy, joyful, fun | vui vẻ |
| to bite off more than one can chew, to | vung tay quá trán |
| to have a perfectly square shape, be regular in shape | vuông vắn |
| to slip out of one’s hands | vuột khỏi tầm tay |
| in what place (in a competition, ordering) | vào hạng thứ mấy |
| at that time, moment | vào lúc đó |
| to that day | vào ngày ấy |
| at that time | vào thời kỳ đó |
| at that time, in those times, in those days | vào thời đó |
| to greet with clasped hands | vái |
| what is done cannot be undone | ván đã đóng thuyền |
| elephant | vâm |
| fin, shark’s fin soup | vây cá |
| haughty, conceited, arrogant, stuck-up; to swagger, have one’s nose in the air | vênh mặt |
| arrogant, haughty, supercilious, proud | vênh vang |
| haughty, arrogant | vênh váo |
| have nothing to eat | vêu mõm |
| because, based on, due to, for the reason that | vì lý do |
| for the simple reason that | vì lý do giản dị là |
| because of what, why | vì lý do gì |
| this has caused (something to happen) | vì lý do gì khiến |
| for that reason | vì lý do đó |
| for the simple reason that | vì lý do đơn giản là |
| for that reason | vì lẽ đó |
| for what reason | vì nguyên nhân gì |
| how?, what manner?, why? (is that), for what reason? | vì sao |
| for that, because of that, therefore, so | vì thế |
| believing that, in the belief that | vì tương là |
| therefore, that’s why, as a result | vì vậy |
| billfold, wallet, purse, handbag; to compare, liken | ví |
| life principle that brings unhappiness | vía van |
| to hang or hold on to, cling to, lay hold of | víu |
| (1) faucet, tap; (2) spout; (3) feeler (insect); (4) trunk (elephant) | vòi |
| to sharpen, whittle | vót |
| unemployed, out of work, having nothing else to do | vô công rỗi nghề |
| homeless, having no roof over one’s head | vô gia cư |
| innocuous, harmless | vô hại |
| unprincipled, bad behavior | vô hạnh |
| bold-faced, brazen-faced, thick-skinned, barefaced, shameless, indecent | vô liêm sỉ |
| unharmed, unhurt, unoccupied, at leisure, uneventful, without a care | vô sự |
| endless, limitless, boundless, inexhaustible | vô tận |
| champion, unequalled | vô địch |
| national champion | vô địch toàn quốc |
| formless, amorphous, shapeless | vô định hình |
| ungrateful, unthankful, thankless | vô ơn bạc nghĩa |
| have neither civil nor military ability | văn dốt vũ dát |
| to be good in literature and have fine | văn hay chữ tốt |
| the Chinese character culture (countries which use(d) Chinese characters) | văn hóa chữ Hán |
| shape of the mouth | văn miệng |
| dance hall | vũ trường |
| orchard | vườn cây |
| in case, just in case, if ever, if bay any chance | vạn nhất |
| ten thousand happinesses | vạn phúc |
| pre-betrothal ceremony | vấn danh |
| that issue, that matter | vấn đề đó |
| have no value | vất vơ |
| hard, difficult; diligent | vất vả |
| alphabet | vần |
| different rhymes (one syllable having even tone and one uneven | vần ngược |
| (1) thus, like that, so; (2) united; (3) to act reluctantly | vầy |
| to be buck toothed, have buck teeth | vẩu răng |
| to have not yet completely finished | vẫn chưa hết |
| to wave one’s hand | vẫy tay |
| opportunity, occasion, lucky chance | vận hội |
| faltering, nonchalant | vật vưỡng |
| everything changes | vật đổi sao dời |
| so, thus, that | vậy |
| (if that’s the case), that’ll be O.K. | vậy cũng được |
| is that so? | vậy hả |
| in that case, then | vậy là |
| that’s why | vậy nên |
| is that so? | vậy sao? |
| if that’s the case, therefore, so | vậy thì |
| that’s great! | vậy thì hay lắm |
| that’s it, that’s all | vậy thôi |
| I see, really?, is that so? | vậy à |
| be absent (without having any news) | vắng bặt |
| quarrel, wrangle, have words | vặc |
| to look haggard | vẻ mặt bần thần |
| about that | về chuyện đó |
| to come back empty-handed | về không |
| to fall into the hands of somebody | về tay |
| about that | về việc đó |
| to be discharged or dismissed from office, be pensioned | về vườn |
| unchanged, infinitive (of a verb) | vị biến |
| that makes, the total cost is | vị chi |
| have consideration for, pay deference to | vị mặt |
| phase (electric) | vị tương |
| shaving, chip (of wood) | vỏ bào |
| charter capital | vốn điều lệ |
| to slap one's hands together | vỗ hai tay vào nhau |
| to clap one’s hands, applaud | vỗ tay |
| unthankful, ungrateful | vỗ ơn |
| to be in a hurry, be hasty, be urgent, be pressing; to hurry, make haste | vội |
| hastily, hurriedly, (in a) hurry; to rush, hasten | vội vã |
| with the reason that, for the reason that | với lý do |
| with the argument that, for the reason that | với lập luận là |
| for what purpose, to what end, for what reason | với mục đích gì |
| because, the reason being that | với nguyên do là |
| by what means, method | với phương cách nào |
| with the idea that | với ý nghĩ là |
| on condition that | với điều kiện là |
| have a baby | vỡ chum |
| discharge of amniotic fluid | vỡ đầu ối |
| confusion, disorder, chaos | vụ lộn xộn |
| to have trouble expressing oneself | vụng ăn vụng nói |
| to behave awkwardly | vụng ở |
| (1) to have just done something; (3) reasonable, right, suitable, fitting; to fit (clothes) | vừa |
| happy, content, satisfied | vừa lòng |
| just at that moment | vừa lúc ấy |
| recently, just (happened) | vừa mới |
| recent, just happened | vừa quá |
| fit, suitable to the hand | vừa tay |
| to have just occurred, just happened | vừa xảy ra |
| pleasant, pleasing; content, happy, pleased | vừa ý |
| abyss, chasm | vực sâu |
| saccharin | xa ca rin |
| state-coach, four-wheeled carriage, chariot of the king | xa giá |
| rickshaw | xe cao su |
| rickshaw | xe kéo |
| wheelchair | xe lăn |
| this car has a lot of pickup | xe này bốc lắm |
| baby carriage, baby buggy, pram, push-chair, stroller | xe nôi |
| to have one’s fortune told, consult a fortune-teller | xem bói |
| to judge somebody’s character from his facial features | xem tướng |
| to request anonymity, that one’s name not be used | xin dấu tên |
| may I have permission to | xin phép được |
| I have the honor to report | xin trân trọng báo cáo |
| to beg, solicit, panhandle | xin xỏ |
| handsome lad | xinh trai |
| pretty, charming, delightful, pleasing, attractive | xinh tươi |
| beautiful, pretty, handsome | xinh đẹp |
| chains, bonds, fetters | xiềng xích |
| to change direction, alternate | xoay chiều |
| babble, prattle, chat, chatter | xoen xoét |
| it’s the end of, that’s the finish of | xong đời |
| mediocre, frugal, shabby, humble | xoàng xĩnh |
| (1) to turn around, whirl around, change direction, be resourceful, manage to get; (2) to swipe | xoáy |
| to twist, turn; to hold, hang onto | xoắn |
| to be attached to somebody, have a strong attachment | xoắn xuýt |
| to drive away, chase away | xua đuổi |
| to chase, drive away misfortunes | xua đuổi những bất hạnh |
| sulphate, sulfate | xun phát |
| spring scenery, happy look | xuân quang |
| hemorrhage | xuất huyết |
| to be discharged from hospital | xuất viện |
| (Buddhism) to shave one’s head | xuống tóc |
| concha | xà cừ |
| key chain | xà tích |
| to carry by a handle | xách |
| portable, hand-held | xách tay |
| chafe | xây xát |
| commune, hamlet, communal | xã thôn |
| to displace, move, change place | xê dịch |
| (1) chain; (2) to approach, move nearer | xích |
| iron chain | xích sắt |
| to handcuff, manacle | xích tay |
| red-haired horse | xích thố |
| to chain to | xích vào |
| swing, rocking chair | xích đu |
| to shake | xóc |
| to shake divinatory wands | xóc thẻ |
| game in which coins are shaken in a bowl | xóc đĩa |
| hamlet, village, town | xóm |
| villages and hamlets | xóm làng |
| hang | xõa |
| sink, go deep or far down (of hat, turban) | xùm xụp |
| sausage; chain | xúc xích |
| to have dinner | xơi cơm |
| it’s always been like that | xưa nay là vậy |
| to happen | xảy |
| to happen, occur | xảy ra |
| to happen a lot, take place often | xảy ra rất thường |
| embarrassed, ashamed | xấu hổ |
| to lose face, be ashamed of somebody or something | xấu mặt |
| to happen, occur, arise | xẩy |
| to happen, occur, arise | xẩy ra |
| to arrange by radical or number of strokes (Chinese characters) | xếp theo bộ |
| to become deformed, change in form or shape | xệch xạc |
| to lead somebody by the nose, have somebody in one’s | xỏ mũi |
| to work hard | xốc vác |
| squat down upon the hams or heels, squat, crouch | xổm |
| to dispose, treat, settle; to charge (with a crime) | xử lý |
| behave | xử sự |
| behave | xử thế |
| medicine and pharmacy | y dược |
| intact, unchanged | y nguyên |
| just like that, just the same way | y như vậy |
| remedy (in a pharmacopoeia) | y phương |
| charge nurse, head nurse | y tá trưởng |
| harness | yên cương |
| to have an unbroken sleep | yên giấc |
| charming, graceful | yêu kiều |
| (1) to die; (2) to distrust or hate people, mankind, humanity, be pessimistic | yếm thế |
| pharynx | yết hầu |
| pharyngeal | yết hầu âm |
| to handicap | yếu sút |
| Shame on you! | Ê bêu |
| Buddha | Ông Bụt |
| what did you say? | Ông nói sao |
| I want to say is, What I mean to say is | Ý tôi muốn nói là |
| to have unven teeth | àm răng khấp khểnh |
| aphasia; dumb, unable to speak, speechless | á khẩu |
| to punish, chastise | ác báo |
| antipathy, aversion, dislike, hatred, hostility, ill feelings, animosity, enmity, bad blood | ác cảm |
| what goes around comes around | ác giả ác báo |
| harmful, fatal | ác hại |
| harmonica | ác mô ni ca |
| cruel, harsh, wicked, venomous, spiteful | ác nghiệt |
| bad or eveil character; cruelty, brutality; malignant (or cancerous) | ác tính |
| bad habit, abuse | ác tập |
| charity | ái đức |
| to attempt the life of, harm, murder, assassinate | ám hại |
| suspicious, doubtful, fishy, shady, sinister, underhand, clandestine | ám muội |
| to obsess, possess, haunt, be possessed; obsession | ám ảnh |
| feudal provincial judge in charge of criminal cases | án sát |
| (1) light, glare, shine, luster, glisten, glitter, sparkle; ray, beam, shaft (of light); (2) clove; (3) sparkling, glistening | ánh |
| chasuble | áo lễ |
| afghani (currency unit in Afghanistan) | áp ga ni |
| asphalt | át phan |
| (1) sound; (2) lunar; (3) Yin, female, negative, minus; (4) reading (of a Chinese character) | âm |
| Japanese reading (of a Chinese character), kun-yomi | âm Nhật |
| Vietnamese reading (of a Chinese character) | âm Việt |
| hell, Hades | âm cung |
| echo, sonority, harmony | âm hưởng |
| pubic hair | âm mao |
| chamber music | âm nhạc thính phòng |
| Hell, Hades | âm phủ |
| negative electricity, negative charge, negative pole | âm điện |
| gratitude, thanks, gratefulness | ân nghĩa |
| (1) ashamed; (2) numb, sore; (3) hey! (exclamation) | ê |
| shameful, ashamed, disgraceful | ê chệ |
| feel ashamed, feel awkward with shame | ê mặt |
| what a shame! | ê quá |
| tired, exhausted | ê ẩm |
| smooth, sweet, soft, calm, still, harmonious | êm |
| still, peaceful, united, harmonious, tranquil | êm ấm |
| few people know that | ít ai biết là |
| less than | ít hơn |
| few suspect that | ít mấy ai ngờ rằng |
| osprey, pandion haliaetus | ó cá |
| disgraceful, shameful, ignoble, ignominious | ô nhục |
| to hold one’s face and cry, cry in one’s hands | ôm mặt khóc |
| to hold one’s head in one’s hands | ôm đầu |
| what (else) are you waiting for? | ông còn chờ gì nữa |
| walk or behave flirtatiously or affectedlly | õng à õng ẹo |
| to have a buzzing or ringing in one’s ears | ù tai |
| that is really an excellent idea | ý kiến ấy quả là một cao kiến |
| to bite the hand that feeds one | ăn cháo đá bát |
| to party, have fun, eat for fun | ăn chơi |
| comfort is better than pride | ăn chắc mặc bền |
| to eat (a meal), have a meal | ăn cơm |
| to eat, have lunch | ăn cơm trưa |
| to be a hanger-on, feed on the expense of others | ăn ghé |
| to work hand in glove | ăn giơ |
| to get one’s share of the family property | ăn hương hỏa |
| to celebrate a happy event (by eating) | ăn khao |
| to have a large, healthy appetite | ăn khỏa |
| to have good fortune, enjoy material advantages | ăn lộc |
| to beg, panhandle; beggar | ăn mày |
| to have a tasty meal; tasty, delicious | ăn ngon |
| to concern, relate to something, have to do with, be relevant | ăn nhập |
| to have reverence | ăn nhằm |
| to live as husband and wife, sleep together, have sex | ăn nằm |
| to have, eat dessert | ăn tráng miệng |
| to talk through one’s hat | ăn tục nói phét |
| to complain and insist on having more profit | ăn vòi |
| to beg, panhandle | ăn xin |
| to live from day to day, live from hand to mouth | ăn xổi ở thì |
| to be in harmony, sympathize with one another | ăn ý |
| to eat, have breakfast | ăn điểm tâm |
| to live from hand to mouth | ăn đong |
| what advantages does sth have? | ăn được cái gì |
| to (eat and) live, conduct oneself, behave | ăn ở |
| to behave in a disloyal way | ăn ở bất nghĩa |
| to behave in a most exemplary way | ăn ở mực thước |
| disk (shaped) antenna | ăng ten hình bầu dục |
| disk (shaped) antenna | ăng ten hình đĩa |
| half wave antenna | ăng ten nữa sóng |
| meddlesome, behaving like a busybody | đa sự |
| having many talents | đa tài |
| show deep gratitude, express heartfelt thanks, be very graceful | đa tạ |
| having many sons | đa đinh |
| being, having | đang có |
| while eating (something happened) | đang lúc ăn thì |
| sharp-tongued, shrewish | đanh đá |
| knife-shaped lance and sword, weapons | đao kiếm |
| executioner, headsman, hangman | đao phủ |
| to feel a sharp pain as if pricked by needles | đau buốt như kim châm |
| stomach pain or trouble, stomachache, gastralgia | đau dạ dày |
| sharp or stabbing or piercing or throbbing pain | đau nhói |
| to intimidate (children) into behaving themselves | đe nẹt |
| changing | đen bạc |
| to be in charge of | đeo bòng |
| to run after, chase, pursue, follow | đeo đuổi |
| to go out, be out, go have fun | đi chơi |
| to have drug-induced euphoria | đi mây về gió |
| to have extramarital relations | đi ngang về tắt |
| take (have) a rest, go to rest-spend one’s holiday | đi nghỉ |
| to go out, discharge | đi ra |
| to have diarrhea | đi tháo dạ |
| to have a stately gait | đi đứng bệ vệ |
| to have a bowel movement, take a shit | đi ỉa |
| defame, shame, disgrace | điếm nhục |
| have loose customs | điếm đàng |
| farm-hand | điền tốt |
| one thing that especially must be said is | điều biệt đáng nói là |
| it must be remembered that | điều cần ghi nhớ |
| to manage, function, handle, run, operate | điều hành |
| to induce or hasten menstrual flow | điều kinh |
| the strange thing is that | điều lạ lùng là |
| regulation, rule, statute, charter | điều lệ |
| the thing that, which | điều mà |
| this suggests that | điều này gợi ý là |
| it should be noted that | điều nên biết rằng |
| something to he happy about | điều nên mừng |
| regulate, harmonize | điều tiết |
| tap changer | điều áp dưới tải |
| something that should be, something that deserves to be | điều đáng |
| the good news is that | điều đáng mừng là |
| that (aforementioned thing, matter) | điều đó |
| that which is called, what they call, a thing called | điều được gọi là |
| that (thing) | điều ấy |
| pharmacy, drug store | điểm bán thuốc |
| (classroom) conduct grade, behavior grade | điểm hạnh kiểm |
| to halt and fire, fire at irregular intervals | điểm xạ |
| characteristic(s) | điểm đặc biệt |
| three phase electricity | điện ba pha |
| encephalogram, electroencephalogram | điện não đồ |
| mobile, portable, handheld phone | điện thoại cầm tay |
| electric charge | điện tích |
| positive charge | điện tích dương |
| static electric charge | điện tích tĩnh |
| minus charge, negative charge | điện tích âm |
| chaste and decent | đoan trinh |
| to exchange | đoái hoán |
| have pity for | đoái thương |
| paragraph, section, part, piece; then, after that | đoạn |
| to snatch, take, wrest from someone’s hands | đoạt khỏi tay |
| to win a championship | đoạt vô địch |
| vie hard | đua chen |
| compete sharply | đua tranh |
| short-pig-tail (left hanging from a woman’s sausage-shaped turban) | đuôi gà |
| pig-tail, queue (of hair) | đuôi sam |
| lit candle in the bridal chamber | đuốc hoa |
| exhausted, worn-out, tired-out, having no strength left | đuối sức |
| to run after, chase, drive away; to fire, dismiss, discharge, cast out, expel | đuổi |
| to chase, pursue, run after | đuổi bắt |
| to follow behind, chase from behind | đuổi đằng sau |
| lotus shaped lamp support | đài sen |
| harp | đàn hạc |
| to impute (to), lay to the charge (of), impeach | đàn hặc |
| makeshift platform (for worshipping Buddha) | đàn tràng |
| charitable Buddhist believer | đàn việt |
| to have no choice (but to do something), resign oneself to do sth | đành |
| behave perversely, behave waywardly | đành hanh |
| to have to, have no choice but to | đành phải |
| despite the fact that, even though; it’s clear, obvious that | đành rằng |
| singsong girl, geisha | đào nương |
| grind stone, whashstone | đá mài |
| oust (by underhand tricks), supplant | đá ngầm |
| chalk | đá phấn |
| rough sharpening stone | đá ráp |
| strangury (slow and painful spasmodic discharge of urine) | đái nhắt |
| betrothal, engagement party or ceremony | đám hỏi |
| to deserve hanging | đáng bị treo cổ |
| hated, disliked, unpleasant | đáng ghét |
| what’s even more suprising (is that) | đáng ngạc nhiên hơn là |
| dubious, suspicious, fishy, shady, doubtful, questionable | đáng ngờ |
| punishable | đáng phạt |
| have a booze, go on the booze | đánh chén |
| to exchange blows | đánh lộn |
| exchange fraudulently (a bad thing for a good one) | đánh tráo |
| evade answering an embarrassing question by changing topics | đánh trống lảng |
| have one’s heard throbbing | đánh trống ngực |
| swing a hammock | đánh võng |
| to chase, drive out, drive away, dislodge | đánh đuổi |
| to exchange, barter, swap | đánh đổi |
| slaughter and share | đánh đụng |
| to not have, not be | đâu có |
| to not be hard at all | đâu có gì khó khăn |
| there’s nothing wrong with that | đâu có gì là trái |
| it seems that, seemingly, apparently | đâu như |
| here is, this is, that is | đây là |
| this is the last time, the last chance | đây là lần cuối cùng |
| there was, were, had been | đã có |
| experienced, having experience | đã có kinh nghiệm |
| granted that | đã hay |
| to have been a long time (since sth) | đã lâu |
| it has been a long time since | đã lâu lắm rồi |
| had to | đã phải |
| the die has been cast, there is no turning back | đã trót phóng lao |
| the time has come | đã tới lúc |
| it had been a long time, it was a long time since | đã từ lâu |
| to have happened, have occurred, have taken place | đã xảy ra |
| of course, assuming that | đã đành |
| granted that | đã đành rằng |
| has been used for almost 78 years | đã được sử dụng gần 78 năm |
| the time had come (to do sth) | đã đến lúc |
| to behave, treat | đãi ngộ |
| unconcerned, indifferent to what going on about one | đãng tính |
| hanging oil lamp | đèn treo |
| tonight, that night | đêm nay |
| that night | đêm đó |
| boat that goes along the river | đò dọc |
| that, those, there, that | đó |
| that’s one consolation | đó cũng là một sự an ủi |
| there is, that is; is that | đó là |
| that is the reason why | đó là lý do khiến |
| that’s the reason why | đó là lý do vì sao |
| that is the reason why | đó là nguyên do tại sao |
| That was an unfortunate thing | đó là điều bất hạnh |
| to bind (a hardback book) | đóng bìa |
| harness | đóng yên |
| city hall | đô sảnh |
| have friendly talk with each other | đôi hồi |
| wedded pair, the happy pair | đôi lứa |
| (1) rough, vulgar, coarse; insult; (2) slow, stupid, dumb; (3) to have sex with, screw, fuck | đù |
| (1) correct, exact, sharp (of time), accurate, correct; (2) to bind (book); to close, shut; to pay; to build, (3) to fit with, go with, agree with, be in accord with; (4) to play (a role), act | đúng |
| more precisely, more accurately, more correctly, that is (to say) | đúng hơn |
| at the right time, at that very moment | đúng lúc |
| exactly one o’clock; one o’clock sharp | đúng một giờ |
| just as I had expected, just as I had guessed | đúng như tôi đoán |
| that’s right | đúng như vậy |
| it's correct, it's right (that) | đúng ra |
| that’s right, it’s true | đúng rồi |
| at the precise moment that (something happened) | đúng vào lúc mà |
| it is true (that) | đúng vậy |
| that’s right | đúng đấy |
| to be crowned champion | đăng quang vô địch |
| hard disk | đĩa cứng |
| cute, handsome | đĩnh ngộ |
| ivory chopstick, elephant’s tusk | đũa ngà |
| things done, at haphazard | đơm đó ngọn tre |
| lawsuit, petition, charge | đơn kiện |
| to act single-handed, be off one’s | đơn thương độc mã |
| carbohydrate exchange unit (CEU) | đơn vị trao đổi đường |
| to extend one’s hand | đưa tay |
| to extend one’s hand | đưa tay ra |
| swing on a hammock | đưa võng |
| which has as a result (that) | đưa đến hậu quả là |
| in charge, in office, in action | đương chức |
| at that time | đương thời |
| saccharose | đường hóa học |
| channel | đường lòng máng |
| asphalted road | đường nhựa |
| stately, having a stately bearing | đường đường |
| (passive marker); can, be able, okay; that, which; to have, receive, obtain; to defeat, beat | được |
| haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss | được chăng hay chớ |
| to have a high price, cost more, go for a good price | được giá |
| to be interchangeable | được hoán chuyển nhau |
| more than | được hơn |
| after more than a year | được hơn một năm |
| is that okay?, is that possible?, alright? | được không |
| to have permission | được phép |
| to have a right | được quyền |
| to have free time | được rỗi |
| be content with what you have | được sao hay vậy |
| efficient (in minor jobs), being a handy man | được việc |
| to be characteristic, typical, special; especially | đạc biệt |
| attitude, characteristic, nature | đạc tính |
| great change | đại biến |
| chargé d’affaires | đại biện lâm thời |
| person in charge at a sacrifice | đại bái |
| great happiness | đại hạnh phúc |
| the conference has ended | đại hội đã bế mạc |
| grand marshal | đại nguyên soái |
| great happiness, good fortune | đại phúc |
| big merchant, big trader | đại thương gia |
| to evacuate the bowels, have bowel movements | đại tiện |
| overhaul | đại tu |
| big character, big calligraphic sing | đại tự |
| shaman | đạo nhân |
| to demolish, shatter, ruin | đạp đổ |
| to reach, obtain, have an orgasm | đạt cực khoái |
| to be in charge of, be responsible for, take responsibility | đảm trách |
| Minshato (Japanese political party) | đảng Dân Xã |
| party character, party spirit | đảng tính |
| (1) to punch, strike with the hand; (2) lake | đấm |
| each country has its own customs and | đất lề quê thói |
| to duel with somebody, exchange shots with somebody; gunfight, duel | đấu súng |
| there, at that place; that | đấy |
| cozy, sweet, happy | đầm ấm |
| with disheveled or tousled or unkempt hair | đầu bù tóc rối |
| white-haired | đầu bạc |
| seat on the right hand of any player (in Vietnamese card-games) | đầu cánh |
| since (the time something happened) | đầu tiên kể từ khi |
| hatless, bare-headed | đầu trần |
| shaved head | đầu trọc |
| head of hair | đầu tóc |
| to work very hard | đầu tắt mặt tối |
| having spent one’s period of abstinence | đầy cữ |
| experienced, having a lot of experience | đầy kinh nghiệm |
| full of hate | đầy ác cảm |
| plump, shapely, round, generous | đầy đặn |
| to hasten | đẩy nhanh |
| friendly, charming, warm | đậm đà |
| to shatter, crush, defeat completely | đập tan |
| to have the opportunity (to do something) | đắc thời |
| characteristic | đắc tính |
| have one’s wish fulfilled, be fully satisfied | đắc ý |
| that direction, over there | đằng kia |
| characteristic, typical, special, unusual; especially | đặc biệt |
| characteristic, special, of unusual excellence | đặc sắc |
| special, characteristic | đặc thù |
| local characteristic | đặc thù địa phương |
| to be in charge of, responsible for | đặc trách |
| characteristic relationship | đặc tuyến quan hệ |
| attribute, characteristic, particularity; special; especially, particularly | đặc tính |
| operational characteristics | đặc tính vận hành |
| characteristic, particular trait, special point | đặc điểm |
| special, characteristic, typical | đặt biệt |
| to place, put in someone’s hands | đặt trong tay người nào |
| having showy appearance | đẹp mã |
| handsome | đẹp trai |
| to bring forth, give birth to (child), hatch, lay | đẻ |
| hand count; to count by hand | đếm tây |
| to what extent, to what size | đến cỡ nào |
| the moment has arrived; to arrive at a (the) moment | đến lúc |
| up to that point, until then | đến lúc đó |
| until that moment, until then | đến lúc ấy |
| whatever, however, no matter how | đến mấy |
| to that extent, so much, to such a degree | đến như vậy |
| to such an extent that, such a degree that | đến nỗi |
| to that extent | đến thế |
| to the extent (that), the point (that) | đến độ |
| almost as if, almost to the extent that | đến độ hầu như |
| heading, head of chapter, title, subject | đề mục |
| to discharge | đề sạc |
| (1) in order to, so, so that; to allow, permit; to put, place, let (someone do something) | để |
| to have (something) in one’s mind | để bụng |
| in order that, in order to, so that, so as to | để cho |
| leave a top tuft of hair | để chỏm |
| in order to have | để có |
| for what, do what, why | để làm gì |
| for emphasis | để nhấn mạnh |
| to put by someone’s share, save a portion (of something) | để phần |
| (in order to) show one’s thanks | để tri ân |
| in exchange for 10 million dollars | để đổi lấy 10 triệu Mỹ Kim |
| in exchange for | để đổi lấy |
| to do what, in order to do what | đễ làm gì |
| jizo, kshitigarbha (Buddhist) | địa tạng |
| to decide beforehand; predetermined | định sẵn |
| have as one’s purpose, purpose, intend | định tâm |
| to read a charge, indictment | đọc cáo trạng |
| to read in the Vietnamese manner, Vietnamese reading (of a Chinese character) | đọc theo lối Việt |
| to challenge, pass (an exam) | đố |
| human behavior | đối nhân xử thế |
| to treat, behave towards, act towards | đối xử |
| to act, behave | đối xử với |
| to treat, behave | đối đãi |
| chart | đồ biểu |
| goods, merchandise | đồ hàng |
| hatch a plot, contrive a secret plot | đồ mưu |
| what a dullard! | đồ ngu ngốc! |
| have the same illness, be in the same case | đồng bệnh |
| to share joys and sorrows | đồng cam cộng khổ |
| one harvest rice field | đồng chiêm |
| cohabit (with), keep house together | đồng cư |
| what time is it by your watch? | đồng hồ ông mấy giờ rồi |
| shaman | đồng nam |
| live together, cohabit | đồng sinh |
| people of a group having different views | đồng sàng dị mộng |
| at that time, at the same time as, when | đồng thời khi đó |
| chaste, virgin | đồng trinh |
| to change, convert, alter, exchange, swap, cash (a check) | đổi |
| to exchange, trade, barter | đổi chác |
| change one’s tone, change the gamut | đổi giọng |
| to alter course, change direction | đổi hướng |
| to change | đổi khác |
| to exchange | đổi lấy |
| to change color, be discolored | đổi màu |
| to innovate, renovate, change for the better; innovation, renovation | đổi mới |
| to change | đổi thay |
| political change | đổi thay chính trị |
| societal change | đổi thay xã hội |
| to change money | đổi tiền |
| to change one’s character, one’s ways | đổi tánh |
| change one’s mind, change one’s opinion | đổi ý |
| to change the subject | đổi đề tài |
| have (live) a new life | đổi đời |
| harmonic distortion | độ biến dạng do sóng hài |
| (1) alone, solitary; (2) toxic, poison; poisonous, harmful, injurious | độc |
| harmful, noxious, poisonous | độc hại |
| having only a son | độc đinh |
| to wear a hat | đội nón |
| grateful, thankful | đội ơn |
| change one’s countenance | động dung |
| mutation, sudden change | đột biến |
| to have a stroke | đột quỵ |
| badly-behaved | đớn đời |
| stunned (with shame), dumb (with shame, amazement) | đờ người |
| a happy life | đời hạnh phúc |
| that’s life | đời mà |
| happy life | đời sống sung sướng |
| to answer for sb else, answer on sb’s behalf | đỡ lời |
| to fuck, screw, have sex | đụ |
| haystack | đụn rơm |
| haystack | đụn rạ |
| to confront, have a confrontation with | đụng độ với |
| that’s enough (already) | đủ rồi |
| to have enough to eat | đủ ăn |
| an orphan child | đứa trẻ mồ côi |
| righteousness and good character | đức hạnh |
| to stop, halt | đứng lại |
| to stand in the shadows | đứng trong bóng tối |
| to be the leader, be in charge of, be at the head of; chief, head | đứng đầu |
| feel unhappy (about), torment oneself | đứt gan đứt ruột |
| only when the hand is injured, does one | đứt tay hay thuốc |
| don’t worry about that | đừng lo chuyện đó |
| (1) really?, is that so?; (2) on, at, by, in | ư |
| advantage, upper hand, predominance, preponderance | ưu thế |
| hard-headed | ương bướng |
| to wish that | ước rằng |
| hallucination, have qualms | ạo ực |
| geisha, songstress | ả đào |
| geisha, songstress | ả đầu |
| (1) to defile, pass; (2) to mould, mildew, disintegrate, rot; rotten; (3) to hang; (4) pass (mountain); (5) trial, ordeal, obstacle, hurdle; (6) to make loose, aerate (soil) | ải |
| to execute by hanging, strangle to death | ải sát |
| to be strangled (to death), be hanged | ải tử |
| (1) image, picture, photograph; (2) he, him, that (young) man [=anh ấy] | ảnh |
| a half-length photograph | ảnh bán thân |
| changeable, fickle, variable | ảo hoá |
| changeable, fickle, variable; to change (like an illusion) | ảo hóa |
| comfortable, snug, cozy, warm; harmonious, united | ấm cúng |
| (1) hamlet, small town, settlement; (2) to brood, sit on eggs | ấp |
| strategic hamlet | ấp chiến lược |
| new life hamlet | ấp tân sinh |
| to stutter, speak haltingly | ấp ứ |
| that, those | ấy |
| that is | ấy là |
| and yet, nevertheless, despite that | ấy thế mà |
| to stammer, bluster, hem and haw | ầm ừ |
| to plod along, have indigestion | ậm ạch |
| to have difficulty finding a husband | ế chòng |
| to have few customers | ế chảy |
| to have difficulty finding or have no customers | ế hàng |
| to have difficulty finding or have no customers | ế thiu |
| to have difficulty finding a wife | ế vợ |
| to drawl out, hum and haw | ề à |
| to have diarrhea | ỉa chảy |
| (1) spotted, soiled, stained, smeared; (2) to hate, loath | ố |
| to have morning sickness | ốm nghén |
| badly beaten up, dead beat, exhausted | ốm đòn |
| ashamed, shy | ốt dột |
| hard disk drive | ổ đĩa cứng |
| hallo, hello | ớ này |
| to be fed up; to have the shivers | ớn |
| to have chills, shake, shudder (from cold) | ớn lạnh |
| have the shivers | ớn mình |
| there, in that place | ở chỗ đó |
| halfway around the world | ở cách nhau nửa vòng trái đất |
| in the shadows | ở trong bóng tối |
| in one’s hand(s); in the hands | ở trong tay |
| have one’s trousers off, have no trousers on | ở truồng |
| half-naked | ở trần |
| there, at that place | ở đấy |
| Oh, still that smell, huh! | Ủa, còn nhỏ vậy à |
| (1) sad, unhappy, gloomy; (2) to cover (food) | ủ |
| mandate, trusteeship; in charge of a territory | ủy trị |
| behave well in society | ứng thù |
| to behave (oneself), comport oneself, conduct oneself | ứng xử |
| there is as yet no information that | chưa có thông tin |
| to wave off, dismiss with a wave of the hand | xua tay |
| capital crime, crime punishable by death | tội chết |
| if not, that’s fine | còn không thì thôi |
| what is there to ..., why ... | có gì mà |
| to keep having to, to continue to have to | cứ phải |
| means that | muốn nói là |
| thank you very much | cám ơn nhiều lắm |
| what’s hard about that? | có gì khó? |
L002 half six L002 half eleven L002 half an hour L002 half-board L004 ham L006 handbag L009 half L011 hamburger L028 hat L032 happy L033 hair L033 hand L041 Have fun! L046 hammer L048 hard L049 hard L051 hat L052 harvest L052 hand towel L053 harmless L055 habit L056 harbour L057 happy L060 habit L060 hatred L065 hare L065 hard-working L066 harmful L072 hail L073 happy L075 hardly L076 hairdresser L079 hand of a clock L083 hairdresser L086 hand-written L088 hall L088 hall L090 half L095 hard drive, fixed disc L095 hardware L101 handicraft, craft work L103 hazelnut L110 half-way line L110 hasty L113 hard-wearing parquet floor L113 hammock L113 habitable L114 harp L117 hashish L119 hairy L122 half-brother L124 half-moon
half six half eleven half an hour half-board ham handbag half hamburger hat happy hair hand Have fun! hammer hard hard hat harvest hand towel harmless habit harbour happy habit hatred hare hard-working harmful hail happy hardly hairdresser hand of a clock hairdresser hand-written hall hall half hard drive, fixed disc hardware handicraft, craft work hazelnut half-way line hasty hard-wearing parquet floor hammock habitable harp hashish hairy half-brother half-moon
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