Global Times (a Chinese daily newspaper) ☊ 
Hoàn Cầu Thời Báo ☊ Nom (old Vietnamese writing system based on Chinese characters) ☊ Nôm ☊ Mandarin Chinese (language) ☊ Quan thoại ☊ simplified Chinese (characters) ☊ Trung Hoa đơn giản ☊ 3rd cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊ bính ☊ mung bean vermicelli, Chinese vermicelli, glass ☊ bún tàu ☊ to hold a written conversation (using Chinese characters) ☊ bút đàm ☊ (1) to build (across something), put up (2) north, northern, Chinese
(3) ferry boat ☊
bắc ☊ (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) re ☊
bộ ☊ (1) to stop, dissuade (2) to concern, involve
(3) to dissuade, stop someone from doing something, interfere, break up
(4) symbol of the Chinese zodiac
(5) shield
(6) liver
(7) to accuse ☊
can ☊ (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 ☊ ardeola, heron, Chinese pond heron, ardeola bacchus ☊ cò bợ ☊ (1) gradually, little by little, by degrees (2) third year of the Chinese zodiac (“tiger”) ☊
dần ☊ tenth year of the Chinese zodiac (“rooster”) ☊ dậu ☊ (1) bordering, near, adjacent, close to, before (2) 1st cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊
giáp ☊ horizontal lacquered board (engraved with Chinese characters) ☊ hoành phi ☊ waiter (in a Chinese restaurant) ☊ hầu sáng ☊ to study Chinese characters only for exams ☊ học chữ Hán không ngoài mục đích thi cử ☊ twelvth year of the Chinese zodiac (“pig”) ☊ hợi ☊ (1) frightened, terrified (2) capital city
(3) Chinese classics
(4) pass through, experience
(5) economics
(6) warp, longitude ☊
kinh ☊ ancient Chinese classic works ☊ kinh truyện ☊ (1) order, discipline (2) small table, bench
(3) self
(4) to write, record
(5) cycle, era
(6) 6th cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊
kỷ ☊ tone rules (for Chinese and Vietnamese ☊ luật bằng trắc ☊ heaven and earth (in Chinese philosophy) ☊ lưỡng nghi ☊ bright, clear; oath, alliance; Ming (1368-1644, last native Chinese dynasty in the history of China) ☊ minh ☊ person of mixed Chinese and Vietnamese blood ☊ minh hương ☊ fourth year of the Chinese zodiac (“cat” or “rabbit”) ☊ mão ☊ (1) smell, scent, odor, color (2) eighth year of the Chinese zodiac (“goat” or “sheep”) ☊
mùi ☊ 5th cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊ mậu ☊ an old-fogy of a Chinese scholar ☊ một ông thầy đồ nệ cổ ☊ (1) seventh year of the Chinese zodiac (“horse”) (2) noon, midday ☊
ngọ ☊ 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 ☊ (1) valuable, noble, precious, to esteem; valuable (2) quarter, three months
(3) 10th cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊
quí ☊ second year of the Chinese zodiac (“ox”) ☊ sửu ☊ following the Chinese model ☊ theo kiểu Trung Quốc ☊ in the Chinese style, manner, fashion ☊ theo kiểu mẫu Trung Hoa ☊ (1) expanse of land, stretch of land (2) Chinese ash tree ☊
thung ☊ Chinese herbs, Chinese medicine ☊ thuốc bắc ☊ pills (in Chinese traditional medicine) ☊ thuốc tễ ☊ (1) intimate, close, dear (2) person, body
(3) ninth year of the Chinese zodiac (“monkey”) ☊
thân ☊ fifth year of the Chinese zodiac (“dragon”) ☊ thìn ☊ agar, Chinese gelatin (isinglass, Japanese gelatin) isinglass ☊ thạch ☊ names of Chinese officials and governors in Vietnam during the ☊ thứ sử ☊ to be well-versed in Chinese characters ☊ tinh thông chữ Nho ☊ to spread across the Chinese border ☊ tràn qua biên giới Trung Quốc ☊ eleventh year of the Chinese zodiac (“dog”) ☊ tuất ☊ (1) ship, boat (2) stable
(3) China, Chinese
(4) (classifier for big leaves) ☊
tàu ☊ (1) modern, recent, fresh, up-to-date, new (2) 8th cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊
tân ☊ first year of the Chinese zodiac (“rat”) ☊ tí ☊ well versed in Chinese literature ☊ túc nho ☊ first year of the Chinese zodiac (“rat”) ☊ tý ☊ (1) jealous (2) tiny bit; small, tiny, little
(3) sixth year of the Chinese zodiac (“snake”) ☊
tị ☊ the four Chinese accents ☊ tứ thanh ☊ four books (ancient Chinese works) ☊ tứ thư ☊ (1) Chinese character (2) Buddhist temple, pagoda
(3) from, since
(4) oneself, on one’s own, self-
(5) otherwise known as, alias ☊
tự ☊ sixth year of the Chinese zodiac (“snake”) ☊ tỵ ☊ the study of Chinese characters ☊ việc học chữ Hán ☊ the Chinese character culture (countries which use(d) Chinese characters) ☊ văn hóa chữ Hán ☊ (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 ☊ black dragon brown tea (a kind of Chinese tea) ☊ ô long ☊ (1) to nail, nail (2) 4th cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊
đinh ☊ to drive Chinese troops out of VN ☊ đánh bật quân Trung Quốc ra khỏi Vietnamese ☊ to read in the Vietnamese manner, Vietnamese reading (of a Chinese character) ☊ đọc theo lối Việt ☊ teacher, tutor(of Chinese language) ☊ đồ nho ☊ (1) to elevate, lift (2) 2nd cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac ☊
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