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COMPOUNDS
am 
small pagoda, temple; cottage, shack, hermitage, secluded hut
am tự small temple, pagoda
be (1) flask, small wine bottle; (2) to bleat
be bé smallish
buôn thúng bán mẹt small vendor, merchant
bánh tày small cylindrical glutinous rice cake
bánh ú small pyramidal glutinous rice cake
bé little, small, tiny, young (before the name of a child)
bé bỏng little, small, tiny
bé con little child, small child
bé gái small, little girl
bé mọn small, little, young
bé nhỏ little, small, tiny
bé thơ small, little and young
bé tí very small, tiny, minute
bé tị very small, tiny
bạc cắc silver coin, small change
bạc hào small change
bản đồ tỷ lệ nhỏ small scale map
bắt nạt nước nhỏ to bully a small(er) country
bằm to chop up (into very small bits)
bụng ỏng đít beo bulging belly and small behind
cay (1) to be hot (spicy); (2) small crab
chai lọ small bottle, vial
chanh cốm deep green, small lemon, unripe lime, young girl
chinh phạt to mount a punitive expedition (against a smaller nation)
choèn choèn too small to be noticed, very small
chén tống large tea cup (used to pour tea into smaller ones)
chút quà nhỏ nhoi a small gift
chút ít a little bit, small, slightly
chật hẹp narrow, small
chữ con small letter
con (1) [CL for animals and other small objects]; (2) child; you (said to a child by a parent); I (said to a parent by a child), I (said by a believer to a religious figure); (3) young, small, baby
con bế con bồng have a lot of small children
con nít nhỏ small child
càng lúc càng nhỏ to become smaller all the time
cá cúi small sea puffer
cá lòng tong small fish fry, rasbora
các nước nhược tiểu the small and weak countries
cây có quả bé a tree bearing small fruit
có khi lớn, khi nhỏ sometimes big, sometimes, small
có một chút ít there is a little bit, there is a small amount
cỏn con small, insignificant, petty
cột con small pillar
dao chìa vôi small knife with sharp-pointed handle
diện tích chật hẹp narrow, small space
dáng người nhỏ bé to be of small stature
dã tràng sandcrab, small crab
dăm (1) small (stone); (2) some, few, several
dợ small string
gang tấc short, small distance
giuộc small handled-can measure (for fish sauce, oil)
gà ri small breed of fowl, bantam
gạo tám thơm fragrant rice (small-grained and fragrant)
gạo tám xoan kind of rice (small-grained and white)
hoa (1) flower, blossom, bloom; (2) earring; (3) smallpox; (4) to wave, gesticulate; (5) Chinese
hàn ôn converse after a long separation, small talk
hàng xén haberdashery, small wares vendor
hãng nhỏ small business
hòm đạn small-arm ammunition chest or box
hòn [CL for stones and stone-like objects, small islands]; ball
hạn hẹp (humble) opinion; limited, small, narrow
hẹp hòi small-minded, narrow-minded, insular, illiberal
hộ pháp cắn trắt assign great talents to small tasks
khó khăn không phải là ít to be no small problem
không nhỏ not small, no small ~
không phải là việc dễ làm not (something) easy to do, no small feat
kiếm chác live by one’s wits, make small profits by dishonest tricks
kể từ lúc nhỏ since childhood, since one was small
kỷ (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
li ti very small, tiny, microscopic
loắt choắt tiny, of small size, undersized
lên hoa be afflicted by small pox
lên đậu to have smallpox
lít nhít very small
lăm xăm running in quick and small steps
lơn tơn small and irregular steps
lược bí double edged comb, fine-toothed comb, small-tooth comb
lược dày double edged comb, fine-toothed comb, small-tooth comb
lắt mắt small, insignificant
lều quán small straw hut
lọ small bottle, vial
lỗ chỗ pock-marked, pitted with smallpox scars, full of holes
lớn nhỏ big and small, adults and children
miễu small shrine, chapel, temple
muôn một for the smallest part; if ever, one chance out of ten thousand; if by chance
màn ảnh nhỏ small screen, television screen, television
mưa bụi small drizzling rain
mảnh nhỏ small piece, fragment
mắm nêm a type of fish sauce, made from small fish or small shrimps
mắt lươn to have small eyes
mẻo small part, small piece
mọn tiny, very small, humble
một miếng đất nhỏ a small piece of land
một số ít a small number
một số ít người a small number of people
một trong số rất ít one of a small number of
một việc nhỏ something small
mủng small basket
mủng gạo a small basket or rice
nghè (1) holder of doctor’s degree in Sino-Vietnamese classics; (2) small roadside temple
nghê lion’s club, small lion (as a decoration on top of pillars or incense-burners)
ngoáy to get something out of a small hole
ngày càng giảm sút to get smaller every day
ngóc small branch (of a road)
ngóe marsh frog, small frog, young frog
ngõ gate, small street
ngõ ngách nook and cranny, minute detail, smallest detail
nho nhỏ small, tiny, quiet
nhái bén small frog, tree-toad
nhược tiểu weak, small and weak
nhắt very small, tiny
nhặt small; to pick up, gather, collect, take; fast, quick
nhỏ (1) small, young; (2) to drop
nhỏ bé small, diminutive, tiny, petite
nhỏ con small, petite
nhỏ hơn smaller
nhỏ li ti very small, tiny
nhỏ người little, slender, small, petite
nhỏ nhoi small, little, humble, petty
nhỏ thó small, tiny
nhỏ tí very small, tiny
nhỏ vóc small, petite
nhỏ xíu tiny, very small, diminutive
nhỏ yếu small and weak
niêu small pot
nít small wine-bottle
nói chuyện chơi to chit-chat, banter, make small talk
nón gõ small bamboo hat (once worn by soldiers)
nón tu lờ bamboo hat worn by Buddhist monks (with a long ribbon and a small knob on top)
nóp small bamboo lattice hut, small mat hut
năm bảy small amount, amount between five and seven
nải small bag
nậm small wine bottle
nậm rượu a small bottle of wine
nếp con small-size glutinous rice
nốc small boat; gulp
oằn tù tì one-two-three (game played by small children)
pháo tép small fire-cracker
quá ít very little, very small
quán cóc small, make shift shop
quèn small, low, worthless
quốc gia tiểu nhược smaller and weaker country
ruộc small dipper
ruột non small intestine
rắn gió small slender snake
rỉ (1) to rust, rusty; (2) small or gentle repetitions
rộc small arroyo, small ditch
sa trùng kind of very small worm living in water
sai vặt to send someone off on a small errand
sang tiểu place somebody’s remains in a small terra-cotta coffin
suồng small boat
sóng gợn ripple, small waves or undulation
thiểu to be small, little
thu nhỏ to make small, miniaturize
thuyền nan basket boat, small bamboo craft
thảo lư small thatched cottage, hut
thằng bé little boy, small boy
thằng tép riu small fry, insigifnicant person
ti hí very small, slit (of eyes)
tiểu (1) small, little, minor; (2) to urinate
tiểu bá small power (country)
tiểu bá lục địa (small) regional power
tiểu chủ small shopkeeper, yeoman, smallholder
tiểu công nghệ small industry
tiểu gia súc small cattle
tiểu khu sub-area, small section, sector
tiểu khê small brook, streamlet, rivulet
tiểu nhược small and weak
tiểu nông smallholder, small farmer
tiểu quy mô small scale
tiểu thương small business, company
tiểu thủ công home craft or industry, small scale industry
tiểu tự small name, given name, foreword
tiểu vương quốc small kingdom, emirate
tiểu địa chủ small landowner
trun (1) elastic, flexible; (2) small snake
trái giống smallpox
trẻ nhỏ small child
trống lệnh small drum with a handle
trở ngại không nhỏ no small obstacle
tép small shrimp
tép riu very small
tí tẹo very small, tiny bit
tí tị small, tiny
tí xíu very small
túi thơ small pocket (wallet) containing poetical compositions
túp hut, cabin, small house
tạp tụng small law-suit
tẻo teo very small
tế toái detail, small matter, trifle, complicated, troublesome
tị (1) jealous; (2) tiny bit; small, tiny, little; (3) sixth year of the Chinese zodiac (“snake”)
tọa thực sơn băng small expenses empty a full purse
tốp small group
tủn mủn small petty, mean
từ nhỏ tới lớn since when one was small, since childhood
vi (1) to surround; (2) to act as; (3) small, subtle, delicate, tiny, micro; (4) to disobey; (5) (shark’s) fin
vi thiềng give proofs of gratitude, a small gift
vê to roll (into a small ball)
vạt con small flap
vằm to mince, cut into small pieces
vịt đàn duck of small species
xin gửi anh một chút quà mọn I am sending you a very small present
xoài xiêm small and perfumed mango
xép secondary, small, supplementary, extra
xương giăm small fish-bone
xương hom small fish-bone
ô môi apricots (or other small fruits) preserved in salt, licorice,
ù suông smallest win (in mahjong or other game)
út smallest, youngest, little
đinh râu small boil round the mouth
đá vụn rubble, pebble, gravel, small rock
đèn hoa kì small kerosene lamp, kerosene lamp
đê quai small dyke surrounding a big one
đĩnh small boat
đại đồng tiểu dị generally the same except for some small
đậu mùa small-pox
đậu đỏ small red bean, adsuki
đỉa hẹ small leech
ấp (1) hamlet, small town, settlement; (2) to brood, sit on eggs
ỉa són to be incontinent, wet or mess one’s pants (small amount)
ổ chuột mouse’s nest, small cramped dirty place, rat-hole
ớt chỉ thiên hot red pepper (with small seed pointing upward)
am small pagoda, temple; cottage, shack, hermitage, secluded hut am tự small temple, pagoda be (1) flask, small wine bottle; (2) to bleat be bé smallish buôn thúng bán mẹt small vendor, merchant bánh tày small cylindrical glutinous rice cake bánh ú small pyramidal glutinous rice cake bé little, small, tiny, young (before the name of a child) bé bỏng little, small, tiny bé con little child, small child bé gái small, little girl bé mọn small, little, young bé nhỏ little, small, tiny bé thơ small, little and young bé tí very small, tiny, minute bé tị very small, tiny bạc cắc silver coin, small change bạc hào small change bản đồ tỷ lệ nhỏ small scale map bắt nạt nước nhỏ to bully a small(er) country bằm to chop up (into very small bits) bụng ỏng đít beo bulging belly and small behind cay (1) to be hot (spicy); (2) small crab chai lọ small bottle, vial chanh cốm deep green, small lemon, unripe lime, young girl chinh phạt to mount a punitive expedition (against a smaller nation) choèn choèn too small to be noticed, very small chén tống large tea cup (used to pour tea into smaller ones) chút quà nhỏ nhoi a small gift chút ít a little bit, small, slightly chật hẹp narrow, small chữ con small letter con (1) [CL for animals and other small objects]; (2) child; you (said to a child by a parent); I (said to a parent by a child), I (said by a believer to a religious figure); (3) young, small, baby con bế con bồng have a lot of small children con nít nhỏ small child càng lúc càng nhỏ to become smaller all the time cá cúi small sea puffer cá lòng tong small fish fry, rasbora các nước nhược tiểu the small and weak countries cây có quả bé a tree bearing small fruit có khi lớn, khi nhỏ sometimes big, sometimes, small có một chút ít there is a little bit, there is a small amount cỏn con small, insignificant, petty cột con small pillar dao chìa vôi small knife with sharp-pointed handle diện tích chật hẹp narrow, small space dáng người nhỏ bé to be of small stature dã tràng sandcrab, small crab dăm (1) small (stone); (2) some, few, several dợ small string gang tấc short, small distance giuộc small handled-can measure (for fish sauce, oil) gà ri small breed of fowl, bantam gạo tám thơm fragrant rice (small-grained and fragrant) gạo tám xoan kind of rice (small-grained and white) hoa (1) flower, blossom, bloom; (2) earring; (3) smallpox; (4) to wave, gesticulate; (5) Chinese hàn ôn converse after a long separation, small talk hàng xén haberdashery, small wares vendor hãng nhỏ small business hòm đạn small-arm ammunition chest or box hòn [CL for stones and stone-like objects, small islands]; ball hạn hẹp (humble) opinion; limited, small, narrow hẹp hòi small-minded, narrow-minded, insular, illiberal hộ pháp cắn trắt assign great talents to small tasks khó khăn không phải là ít to be no small problem không nhỏ not small, no small ~ không phải là việc dễ làm not (something) easy to do, no small feat kiếm chác live by one’s wits, make small profits by dishonest tricks kể từ lúc nhỏ since childhood, since one was small kỷ (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 li ti very small, tiny, microscopic loắt choắt tiny, of small size, undersized lên hoa be afflicted by small pox lên đậu to have smallpox lít nhít very small lăm xăm running in quick and small steps lơn tơn small and irregular steps lược bí double edged comb, fine-toothed comb, small-tooth comb lược dày double edged comb, fine-toothed comb, small-tooth comb lắt mắt small, insignificant lều quán small straw hut lọ small bottle, vial lỗ chỗ pock-marked, pitted with smallpox scars, full of holes lớn nhỏ big and small, adults and children miễu small shrine, chapel, temple muôn một for the smallest part; if ever, one chance out of ten thousand; if by chance màn ảnh nhỏ small screen, television screen, television mưa bụi small drizzling rain mảnh nhỏ small piece, fragment mắm nêm a type of fish sauce, made from small fish or small shrimps mắt lươn to have small eyes mẻo small part, small piece mọn tiny, very small, humble một miếng đất nhỏ a small piece of land một số ít a small number một số ít người a small number of people một trong số rất ít one of a small number of một việc nhỏ something small mủng small basket mủng gạo a small basket or rice nghè (1) holder of doctor’s degree in Sino-Vietnamese classics; (2) small roadside temple nghê lion’s club, small lion (as a decoration on top of pillars or incense-burners) ngoáy to get something out of a small hole ngày càng giảm sút to get smaller every day ngóc small branch (of a road) ngóe marsh frog, small frog, young frog ngõ gate, small street ngõ ngách nook and cranny, minute detail, smallest detail nho nhỏ small, tiny, quiet nhái bén small frog, tree-toad nhược tiểu weak, small and weak nhắt very small, tiny nhặt small; to pick up, gather, collect, take; fast, quick nhỏ (1) small, young; (2) to drop nhỏ bé small, diminutive, tiny, petite nhỏ con small, petite nhỏ hơn smaller nhỏ li ti very small, tiny nhỏ người little, slender, small, petite nhỏ nhoi small, little, humble, petty nhỏ thó small, tiny nhỏ tí very small, tiny nhỏ vóc small, petite nhỏ xíu tiny, very small, diminutive nhỏ yếu small and weak niêu small pot nít small wine-bottle nói chuyện chơi to chit-chat, banter, make small talk nón gõ small bamboo hat (once worn by soldiers) nón tu lờ bamboo hat worn by Buddhist monks (with a long ribbon and a small knob on top) nóp small bamboo lattice hut, small mat hut năm bảy small amount, amount between five and seven nải small bag nậm small wine bottle nậm rượu a small bottle of wine nếp con small-size glutinous rice nốc small boat; gulp oằn tù tì one-two-three (game played by small children) pháo tép small fire-cracker quá ít very little, very small quán cóc small, make shift shop quèn small, low, worthless quốc gia tiểu nhược smaller and weaker country ruộc small dipper ruột non small intestine rắn gió small slender snake rỉ (1) to rust, rusty; (2) small or gentle repetitions rộc small arroyo, small ditch sa trùng kind of very small worm living in water sai vặt to send someone off on a small errand sang tiểu place somebody’s remains in a small terra-cotta coffin suồng small boat sóng gợn ripple, small waves or undulation thiểu to be small, little thu nhỏ to make small, miniaturize thuyền nan basket boat, small bamboo craft thảo lư small thatched cottage, hut thằng bé little boy, small boy thằng tép riu small fry, insigifnicant person ti hí very small, slit (of eyes) tiểu (1) small, little, minor; (2) to urinate tiểu bá small power (country) tiểu bá lục địa (small) regional power tiểu chủ small shopkeeper, yeoman, smallholder tiểu công nghệ small industry tiểu gia súc small cattle tiểu khu sub-area, small section, sector tiểu khê small brook, streamlet, rivulet tiểu nhược small and weak tiểu nông smallholder, small farmer tiểu quy mô small scale tiểu thương small business, company tiểu thủ công home craft or industry, small scale industry tiểu tự small name, given name, foreword tiểu vương quốc small kingdom, emirate tiểu địa chủ small landowner trun (1) elastic, flexible; (2) small snake trái giống smallpox trẻ nhỏ small child trống lệnh small drum with a handle trở ngại không nhỏ no small obstacle tép small shrimp tép riu very small tí tẹo very small, tiny bit tí tị small, tiny tí xíu very small túi thơ small pocket (wallet) containing poetical compositions túp hut, cabin, small house tạp tụng small law-suit tẻo teo very small tế toái detail, small matter, trifle, complicated, troublesome tị (1) jealous; (2) tiny bit; small, tiny, little; (3) sixth year of the Chinese zodiac (“snake”) tọa thực sơn băng small expenses empty a full purse tốp small group tủn mủn small petty, mean từ nhỏ tới lớn since when one was small, since childhood vi (1) to surround; (2) to act as; (3) small, subtle, delicate, tiny, micro; (4) to disobey; (5) (shark’s) fin vi thiềng give proofs of gratitude, a small gift vê to roll (into a small ball) vạt con small flap vằm to mince, cut into small pieces vịt đàn duck of small species xin gửi anh một chút quà mọn I am sending you a very small present xoài xiêm small and perfumed mango xép secondary, small, supplementary, extra xương giăm small fish-bone xương hom small fish-bone ô môi apricots (or other small fruits) preserved in salt, licorice, ù suông smallest win (in mahjong or other game) út smallest, youngest, little đinh râu small boil round the mouth đá vụn rubble, pebble, gravel, small rock đèn hoa kì small kerosene lamp, kerosene lamp đê quai small dyke surrounding a big one đĩnh small boat đại đồng tiểu dị generally the same except for some small đậu mùa small-pox đậu đỏ small red bean, adsuki đỉa hẹ small leech ấp (1) hamlet, small town, settlement; (2) to brood, sit on eggs ỉa són to be incontinent, wet or mess one’s pants (small amount) ổ chuột mouse’s nest, small cramped dirty place, rat-hole ớt chỉ thiên hot red pepper (with small seed pointing upward)