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ác mộng	nightmare
ác quỷ	demon, fiend
ách tắc giao thôn	traffic jam
ai	(1) anyone, someone, who, whoever, everyone, anyone; (2) to pity, sympathize, empathize with; (3) dust, fine dirt
Ai Cập	Egypt, Egyptian
ấm	(1) (pleasantly) warm; (2) teapot, coffeepot, kettle; (3) [CL for containers]; (4) son of a mandarin
âm	(1) sound; (2) lunar; (3) Yin, female, negative, minus; (4) reading (of a Chinese character)
ẩm	(1) to drink; (2) humid, muggy, wet, damp, moist
ấm áp	warm (air, climate)
âm nhạc	music
âm thanh	sound, tone, voice
ấm trà	teapot
ẩm ướt	humid, wet, damp; humidity
ăn	(1) to eat (away at), attack, corrode, cost; to attend, celebrate, take part in (a event where food is served); (3) to e
ăn cắp	to rob, steal, filch, pilfer
ăn chặn	to extort, squeeze, make money dishonestly
ăn cướp	to rob, burglarize, raid, hold up, hijack
ẩn dụ	metaphor
ăn mặc	to dress, be dressed; to live
ăn mừng	to celebrate
ăn ngon	to have a tasty meal; tasty, delicious
ăn nói	to talk, speak up
ăn sáng	to eat breakfast
an táng	to bury
an toàn	safety, security; safe, secure
ăn tối	to eat dinner, eat the evening meal
ăn trộm	to burglarize, rob, steal
ăn trưa	(to eat) lunch
ấn tượng	printing, impression, imprint
an ủi	to comfort, console, mitigate, ease, alleviate; comfort, solace
ăn uống	to eat and drink; to consume (food); cuisine, food and drink
ân xá	amnesty, pardon, indulgence; to grant amnesty
ăn xin	to beg, panhandle
anh	(1) young man, elder brother, first cousin (son of parent’s older sibling), form of address to a young man; (2) England,
ảnh	(1) image, picture, photograph; (2) he, him, that (young) man [=anh ấy]
anh ấy	he
anh chàng	guy, fellow, young man, he, him
anh em	brothers and sisters, siblings, brothers, comrades
anh hùng	hero; heroic
ảnh hưởng	influence, effect, impact; to influence, affect
ánh nắng	sunlight
ánh sáng	light beam, beam of light, ray of light
anh ta	he
anh túc	marijuana, poppy
anh đào	cherry
áo	(1) Austria, Austrian, Austrio-; (2) shirt, jacket, coat, tunic, gown, dress, garment worn on upper body, case, wrapping
áo khoác	overcoat
áo sơ mi	shirt (Western-style)
ập	to break, burst, rush in
áp giải	to bring, lead, escort (prisoner)
áp lực	to pressure; pressure
ấp ủ	to cherish, dream (of, about), entertain (idea); to plan, consider (seriously)
ấy	that, those
ấy là	that is
ba	(1) three, tri-; (2) father; (3) wave, ripple
bà	grandmother; Mrs. (form of address for a woman)
bã	(1) waste, residue; (2) exhausted
bà già	old woman, old lady
ba lê	ballet
ba lô	field bag, field kit, knapsack, kit-bag
bà ngoại	maternal grandmother
bắc	(1) to build (across something), put up; (2) north, northern, Chinese; (3) ferry boat
bạc	(1) silver, money, unit of currency; (2) faded, discolored; (3) ungrateful; (4) thin; (5) peppermint
bậc	(1) step, rung, rank, level, grade, degree; (2) [CL for famous, great people, heroes]
Bắc Cực	North Pole
Bắc Kinh	Peking, Beijing
bác sĩ	medical doctor
bậc thang	rung of ladder, stair
bậc thầy	master
bãi	(1) field, flat area, plain; (2) to stop, cease, halt, cancel, annul, disperse
bài báo	newspaper article
bãi biển	seashore, beach
bãi cỏ	lawn, green, grass-land
bài hát	song
bài học	lesson
bài phát biểu	statement
bài tập	exercise, homework
bài thơ	poem
bài toán	problem
bám	to hang on to, clutch, cling
bấm chuông	to ring the bell
bạn	friend, associate, companion, comrade (in something)
bàn	(1) to discuss, debate, deliberate, talk over; (2) table; (3) [CL for games]
bận	(1) busy, occupied; (2) to dress, wear clothes; (3) time, occurrence
bẩn	(1) dirty, filthy; (2) stingy, miserly
bán	(1) to sell; (2) half, demi-, semi-, hemi-
bản	(1) edition, version, tablet, block, copy, print, piece, document, edition, impression; (2) [CL for scripts, songs, play
bắn	(1) to fire, shoot, launch; (2) to splash
bạn bè	friends (collectively), friendship
bàn cãi	to discuss, debate
bàn chân	foot
bản chất	by nature, in essence; essence, substance, nature
bắn chết	to shoot dead, shoot to death
bản ghi	record
bán hàng	to sell goods
ban hành	to issue, pass (laws, etc.), publish
bản nhạc	piece of music, song
bản nháp	(rough) draft
bàn phím	keyboard
bận rộn	bustling, busy
bản thân	personal, person, self
bản thảo	manuscript, outline, sketch, (rough) draft
bạn trai	male friend
bắn vào	to shoot at
ban đêm	at night, during the night
bản đồ	map
bằng	(1) equal to, the same as, even, level, flat, calm, peaceful, safe; (2) to use, be made of; to travel by (means of), be
băng	(1) ice; (2) straight; (3) bank; (4) ribbon, strip, band, bandage, tape
bảng	bulletin, board, notice, placard, sign, table (of figures, etc.)
bằng cách	through, by means of
bằng cấp	degree, diploma
bằng không	if not, else, otherwise, as if nothing had happened
bằng kim loại	metallic, made of metal
bằng phẳng	evenly, smoothly; flat, level, even, flush
bằng sắt	made of iron, made of steel
bằng tay	by hand, manually
bánh	(1) cake, bread, pie, pastry; (2) wheel
bánh bao	dumpling
bánh mì	bread, sandwich
bánh mì phết bơ	bread spread with butter, bread and butter,
bánh quy	biscuit
bánh trung thu	mid-autumn festival pie, moon cake
bánh xe	tire, wheel (of a vehicle)
bao	(1) how much, many, so much, so many, some, any; (2) envelope, bag, pack, case, sleeve; to cover, enclose
báo	(1) to announce, report; (2) newspaper; (3) panther; (4) to return, give back
bão	(1) hurricane, storm, typhoon; (2) to be full after eating
bạo bệnh	fatal illness, sudden grave illness
bảo bối	precious object; valuable, gem, treasure
báo cáo	to report; report
báo cáo về	report on
bão cát	sand-storm
báo chí	the press, newspapers and magazines, the press
bao gạo	bag of rice
bao giờ	when, (at) what time, every time, always, any time, whenever
bao gồm	to consist of, include, embrace, have, be made up of, comprise
báo hàng ngày	daily (news)paper
bảo hiểm	to assure, guarantee, insure; insurance
bao la	huge, immense, tremendous, vast
bạo loạn	civil war, internal struggle, strife, riot, rioting, civil disturbance
bạo lực	violence, tyranny, force
bao nhiêu	how much, how many, all, ever, however much, however many
bao nhiêu tuổi	how many years of age
bao phủ	to cover up, wrap, envelope, include
bảo quản	to maintain, keep (in good condition), preserve, store
bao quanh	to surround, be surrounded by, circle, encompass
bảo tàng	treasure
bảo tồn	to preserve, conserve, keep, maintain
bao trùm	to cover, embrace, include, wrap
bảo vệ	insurance, protection, defense; to preserve, guard, defend, protect
bát	(1) bowl (for food); (2) [CL for bowlfuls]; (3) eight
bắt	(1) to get, obtain, catch, seize, arrest, take, capture; (2) to forge, oblige, constrain, compel
bắt chước	(1) to imitate, copy, mimic, forge; imitation, copying; (2) cloning
bắt cóc	to kidnap, hijack
bất công	unjust, unfair; injustice
bất cứ khi nào	whenever (something happens)
bất cứ điều gì	anything (at all)
bắt gặp	to run across, meet by surprise
bất hạnh	unfortunate, unlucky, poor; misfortune
bất hòa	discord, disagreement, disharmony; in disagreement, at odds with each other
bất hợp pháp	illegal, illicit, illegitimate, unlawful
bất kỳ	(1) any, arbitrary; (2) unexpected, unintended
bất lợi	adverse, unfavorable, disadvantageous; negative; useless, harmful
bất lực	incapable, incompetent, ineffective, impotent, powerless, helpless; impotence
bắt nạt	to bully, push around
bắt tay	(1) to shake hands; (2) to begin, start
bất thường	irregular, unusual, extraordinary, abnormal, special
bắt đầu	start, begin, beginning; to start, begin
bất động sản	real estate
bắt được	to find something by chance; to seize, catch
bầu không khí	atmosphere
bầu trời	sky, vault of heaven, firmament
bảy	(1) see bẩy; (2) seven
bay	(1) to fly; (2) trowel; (3) you (plural); (4) to fade (of color)
bẫy	snare, trap, pitfall
bày biện	to arrange
bây giờ	now, at present, at the present time, right now
bay lên	to fly away, fly off
bay lượn	to fly, hover, glide
bay màu	fade
bày tỏ	to express, make clear
bè	(1) party, faction, band, group, circle, gang, society, alliance; (2) raft, float
bé	little, small, tiny, young (before the name of a child)
bể bơi	swimming pool
bê bối	to leave things undone, be disorderly or sloppy
bề mặt	area, surface, face, heads (on a coin)
bê tông	concrete
bến	dock, wharf, pier, landing place, station, terminal
bên	(1) side, face, party, team, area, place; (2) in, at (place, country)
bén	sharp; to touch, set
bền	durable, long-lasting, firm, solid, strong, solid
bến cảng	wharf, port, harbor
bên cạnh	near, next door, alongside, neighboring, adjacent, next to, beside
bên dưới	below, under, inferior; the lower part
bên kia	across, beyond, over, (on) the other side of
bên ngoài	outdoors, outside, outer, on the outside, exterior; without
bên nhau	beside each other, next to each other
bên phải	the right hand side
bên trái	the left hand side
bên trong	in, inside, inner, within, on the inside, indoors, interior
bến xe buýt	a bus station
bên đường	side of the road, roadside
bệnh	disease, sickness, ailment; sick
bệnh nhân	sick person, patient
bệnh tật	ailment, illness, sickness, disease
bệnh viện	hospital, infirmary, clinic
béo	fat, plump, obese; greasy (food)
béo phì	fat, chubby, obese
bếp	(1) kitchen, stove; (2) cook
bị	(1) bag, (knap)sack; (2) to suffer, undergo, experience, (suffering passive marker); (3) to prepare for in advance
bí ẩn	mysterious, secret, hidden, concealed; mystery, secret
bị bắt	to be arrested, be caught, be under arrest
bị bệnh	to be sick, become ill
bị cấm	to be forbidden, prohibited
bị cắt	to be cut
bị cháy	to be burned (out)
bị gãy	to be broken
bị giết	to be killed
bị hư	to be out of order
bị kết án tù	to be sentenced to prison
bị làm nhục	to be dishonored, be disgraced
bí mật	secret, classified, confidential, unknown; secretly, stealthily
bị mất	to lose
bí mật quốc gia	national secret
bí ngô	pumpkin
bí quyết	secret (formula)
bị rò rỉ	to be leaked (report, etc.)
bị thương	to be wounded, be injured
bị trúng đạn	to be shot
bị vỡ	to be broken, ruptured
bị đánh	to be hit, be beaten
bị đau	to hurt, be painful, be injured
bị đe dọa	to be threatened, menaced
bị đứt	to be broken
bịa	to invent, fabricate, make up
bia	(1) tombstone, stone, slab, stele; (2) target, bull’s eye; (3) beer
biển	(1) ocean, sea, mare (lunar sea); (2) placard, sign; (3) miserly, stingy
biến	(1) to disappear, vanish; (2) to change, convert; variable; (3) catastrophe, disaster, calamity; (4) to spread, distribu
biện	(1) to offer (ritual food); (2) to argue, debate, discuss
biển cả	ocean, oceanus
biên giới	border, frontier
biên tập viên	editor, writer
biết	to know, know how to do (something) be aware of
biểu	(1) table, chart, meter, scale, index; (2) to express, manifest, display, show, demonstrate; (3) to say, tell, order; (4
biểu diễn	to exhibit, display, show, perform, act
biểu hiện	to show, reveal, manifest; revelation, symbol
biểu thị	to express
biểu tình	to demonstrate; demonstration
biểu tượng	to represent, stand for, symbolize; representative, emblem, symbol, (computer) icon, symbol, representation
bình	(1) average, plain, level, equal, balanced, calm, peaceful; (2) bottle, jar, pot, vase; (3) to criticize, comment on, ex
binh lính	soldiers, troops
bình luận	to comment, criticize, editorialize; commentary, editorial
bình minh	early morning, dawn
binh sĩ	solider, serviceman, troops
bình thường	normal, ordinary, customary; normally, ordinarily
bình tĩnh	calm, composed; to be, keep, remain calm
bố	(1) father; chap, fellow, guy, buddy; (2) to terrorize; (3) to spread, disseminate, publish; (4) cloth
bộ	(1) section, part department, ministry; (2) gear, part, device; (3) radical (of a Chinese character); (4) collection, se
bò	(1) cow, bull, ox; (2) to crawl, creep
bọ	insect, bug, flea, worm
bờ	shore, bank, fence, rim, edge, border, limit, side
bỏ	(1) to leave, quit, abandon (a policy), drop, divorce; (2) to insert, put, invest (into)
bó	to tie (in a bunch), bundle; bundle, bunch
bờ biển	seashore, seaside, seacoast
bồ câu	pigeon
bỏ công	to put effort into
bố cục	outline, plan, plot, arrangement
bỏ cuộc	to quit, give up, throw in the towel
bỏ dở	to leave something unfinished
bổ dưỡng	to nourish, build up, fortify
bỏ học	to quit school
bố mẹ	mother and father, parents
bọ ngựa	praying mantis
bỏ nhà	to leave home
bộ phận	gear, part, device, section
bỏ phiếu	to vote, cast a vote; vote, ballot
bỏ qua	to overlook, pardon, let go
bộ quần áo	(set of) clothes
bỏ rơi	to abandon, give up, drop
bờ sông	river bank, river shore, river side
bỏ trốn	to run off, away
bộ trưởng	secretary, minister; ministry, department
bỏ tù	to jail, imprison
bỏ đi	to leave, leave out
bộ đồ	pair of clothes
bốc	(1) to rise, emanate; (2) to draw (a card), take with one’s fingers; (3) boxing; (4) to discharge, unload; (5) divine
bốc lên	to lift up, rise up
bởi	because of, on account of, by (means of)
bơi	to swim, row, paddle
bội	(1) to violate, break; (2) to double, multiply; (3) opera, classical theater
bôi	(1) to smear, rub out, blot out, be careless; (2) cup
bơi lội	swimming
bối rối	embarrassed, bewildered, disconcerted, ashamed, uneasy, perplexed, troubled, nervous
bồi thường	compensation, damages; to compensate, make up for, pay damages
bói toán	fortune telling
bọn	crew, crowd, gang, group
bốn	four
bổn phận	business, duty, obligation
bọn trẻ	young people
bóng	(1) balloon, ball; (2) shadow, shade, light, photograph; (3) shiny
bong	to become loose, come off, detach
bông	(1) cotton; (2) flower, blossom, [CL for flowers]; (3) coupon; (4) to joke, jest, kid around
bóng bàn	table tennis, ping pong
bong bóng	balloon, bladder, bubble
bòng bong	something mixed up
bong gân	to strain
bông gòn	absorbent cotton
bông hoa	flower
bông hồng	rose
bóng rổ	basketball
bóng điện	light (bulb)
bóp	(1) wallet, purse, handbag; (2) to squeeze, grab, press with the hand; (3) police station
bột	(1) flower, meal, powder, cereals; (2) suddenly
bọt	foam, bubble, spray, scum
bột mì	wheat flour
bột ngô	corn meal
bú	to suck, suckle
bữa	day; meal
bữa sáng	breakfast
bữa tiệc	banquet, feast, dinner party
bữa trưa	lunch
bức	(1) hot, torrid; (2) to oppress; (3) [CL for walls, paintings, etc.]
bức ảnh	picture, image
bực bội	irritated, angry, upset
bức tranh	picture, painting
bức tường	wall
bức vẽ	picture
bức xạ	radiation
bụi	(1) dust, dusty; (2) mourning, grieving; (3) thicket, brush, shrub
bùn	mud, muddy, dirt
bưng	to carry with both hands
bụng	stomach, abdomen, waist, belly, heart
bùng cháy	burst into flames
bùng lên	to flare up
bùng nổ	break out
buộc	to force, compel, oblige; to tie up
bước	to step, stride. walk
buộc phải	to have to, be forced to
bước ra khỏi	to step out of
buộc tội	to accuse, charge, incriminate
bước vào	to come in, go in, enter, step into
buổi	[CL for performances, events]; session, event; half a day
buổi sáng	morning, in the morning
buồn	sad, boring
buồn bã	sad, unhappy
buông thả	loose, self-indulgent, unrestrained, dissolute; to release, let go, free
búp bê	doll, puppet
bút	pen, pencil, brush (writing instrument)
bút chì	pencil
bút lông	pen brush, quill, (writing) brush
bưu kiện	parcel
bưu điện	post office, Post, Telephone, and Telegraph Office (PTT)
cả	(1) oldest, biggest; old; (2) both, everyone, all (of), entire, whole; (3) even, also, as well; (4) at all
ca	(1) to sing; (2) case
cá	(1) fish; (2) individual, part, unit; (3) to bet, gamble, wager
cà chua	tomato
cả gia đình	whole, entire family
cả hai bên	both sides, both parties
cá mập	shark
cá nhân	personal, private, individual; personally
cà phê	coffee
cà rốt	carrot
cà vạt	tie
các	(1) (pluralizer); these, various; (2) council chambers; (3) card; (4) to pay (additionally) as part of a deal
các bạn	you (familiar plural)
cách	(1) distant, distance from, separated by; (2) way, manner, fashion, method; (3) to change, alter
cách chức	to dismiss, fire, relieve of one’s duties
cách giải quyết v	(method of) problem solving
cách nào	how, (using) what method
cách xa	distant
cách đây	from here, ~ ago
cái	(1) [CL for most inanimate objects, isolated events]; (2) object, thing; (3) female; (4) main, principle; (5) solid subs
cải	(1) to change, reform, tap; (2) cabbage
cải cách	to reform, renovate; reform
cái gì	what, what kind of thing?
cái nào	which (thing)
cãi nhau	to fight, quarrel; fight, quarrel
cái quần	pants
cai sữa	to wean (from milk)
cải thiện	to improve, reform, raise the standard of
cãi vã	to argue
cài đặt	implementing
cấm	to forbid, prohibit, ban; no ~, do not ~ (on signs, etc.)
cam	(1) to resign oneself to; (2) orange; (3) sweet, pleasant
cảm	(1) to catch cold, have a cold; (2) to feel, feeling; (3) to dare
cầm	(1) to hold, take hold of, arrest, capture; (2) to pawn; (3) guitar, lute, musical instrument; (4) bird
cắm	to plant, pitch
căm	(1) to bear, hold a grudge; (2) spoke (of a wheel)
cầm lái	to drive (a car), land (a plane), take the helm, be at the wheel
cảm ơn	to thank, thank you
cảm thấy	to feel
cảm thông	to communicate, understand, be understanding, sympathize; communication, understanding
cắm trại	to camp, go camping
cảm xúc	feeling(s)
cảm động	to thank, thank you; moved, touched
cân	(1) to weigh; equal, balanced; balance, scales; (2) tendon, muscle, nerve; (3) towel, handkerchief; (4) one kilogram
cần	(1) to be urgent, pressing; to need (to), want; to care; (2) hard working, industrious; (3) rod, pole, staff; (4) celery
cạn	dry, shallow, empty, out of; to go dry, exhaust
cắn	to sting, bite, bark
cản	to stop, block; bumper, fender
cần câu	fishing pole, fishing rod
căn hộ	flat, apartment
cạn kiệt	to become exhausted
căn nhà	house, apartment
cân nhắc	to consider, deliberate, debate, weigh (pros and cons)
cằn nhằn	to complain, grumble
cần phải	to need to, have to, must
căn phòng	room
cẩn thận	attentive, watchful, careful, prudent, cautious
can thiệp	to intervene, interfere, meddle; intervention, meddling
can đảm	brave, courageous; bravery, courage
cảng	(sea) port, harbor
càng sớm càng tốt	the sooner the better, as quickly as possible
cánh	(1) wing, pedal; (2) [CL for sails]
cảnh	(1) to warn; (2) to warn; (3) scenery, scene, view, site, landscape, situation, condition; (4) border, limit
cành	(1) branch, limb (of a tree); (2) landscape, view, scenery, scene
cảnh báo	alarm, warning, alert; to warn
cành cây	branch (of a tree)
cánh cửa	door
cảnh giác	vigilance; vigilant, aware
cảnh sát	police; policeman
cánh tay	arm
cạnh tranh	to contend, compete; competition
cánh đồng	field
cao	(1) tall, high; to be ~ tall, active; to excel; lofty, noble; (2) ointment
cào	to scratch, claw, rake; rake
cao cấp	high ranking, high level
cao hơn	taller, higher
cao lớn	tall (of stature)
cao quý	noble
cạo râu	to shave
cao su	rubber
cao tốc	high speed
cao tuổi	advanced in years, elderly, old
cập	to reach, come to
cấp	(1) degree, grade, level, rank, step; (2) to confer, obtain, get, issue; (3) urgent, pressing
cáp	cable
cắp	(1) to steal, swipe; (2) to carry under one’s arm
cấp cao	advanced, upper, high (level)
cấp dưới	inferior, subordinate, junior, low(er)-level
cập nhật	to revise, update; up to date
cấp trên	higher, senior, superior, higher authorities
cặp đôi	twin, double
cắt	to cut, reduce, chop
cát	(1) sand; (2) lucky, happy
cất	(1) to hide, store, put away; (2) to lift, elevate, pick up, erect, build, construct; (3) to distill
cắt bỏ	to cut out
cất cánh	to take off (plane)
cất giữ	to save, keep, store
cắt tóc	to cut hair, give a haircut
cậu	mother’s brother, uncle
cầu	(1) bridge; (2) to request, demand, desire; (3) toilet; (4) sphere, ball; birdie (badminton)
câu	(1) phrase, expression, sentence; (2) to fish, go fishing
cậu bé	boy, young man
câu cá	to fish
cầu cảng	bridges and ports, quay, wharf
cầu chì	fuse
câu chuyện	story, conversation, tale
câu hỏi	question, demand
cầu hôn	to ask for (a girl’s) hand
câu lạc bộ	club, casino, mess (hall)
cầu nguyện	to pray; prayer
cầu thang	stairs, staircase
cầu thủ	ball player
câu trả lời	answer, reply
cấu trúc	architecture, structure
cầu trượt	children’s slide
cầu vồng	rainbow
cay	(1) to be hot (spicy); (2) small crab
cày	see cầy
cây	(1) plant, tree; (2) [CL for long thin objects, firearms]
cây bút	writer
cây cối	tree, vegetation
cây con	sapling, nursling
cây trồng	crop plants, cultivated crops
cây xanh	verdure
cay đắng	hot and bitter, painful, miserable
centimet	centimeter
cha	father (also as a title for a priest), mister
chà là	date, date-palm
cha mẹ	parents, father and mother
chắc chắn	certain, sure, firm, stable, reliable, solid
chai	bottle, bottleful
chai rượu	bottle of alcohol
chải tóc	to brush, comb one’s hair
chậm	to delay, do something slowly; slow
chăm chỉ	assiduous, laborious, industrious, studious, hard working
chăm học	studious, hard working; to study diligently, study hard
chậm rãi	(of speech) slow and posed
chăm sóc	care, attention, supervision; to see to, look after, take care of, attend on (upon), care for
chạm vào	to bump against, collide into
chăn	(1) blanket; (2) to herd
chân	(1) foot, leg; member; (2) true, sincere, real, honest
chắn	to halt, stop
chán	(1) to have a lot of, plenty of; (2) to be sick of, tired of; dull, boring, uninteresting
chăn bông	quilt
chặn bóng	to make a save, save a goal
chán nản	disheartened, dispirited; to discourage, depress
chăn nuôi	to rear, breed; animal raising, husbandry
chân thành	loyal, sincere
chấn thương	trauma
chân trời	horizon
chẩn đoán	diagnostic; to diagnose, make a diagnosis
chẳng hạn như	for instance, for example, such as, like
chàng rể	son in law
chàng trai	(young) fellow, lad
chạng vạng	dusk, evening, twilight
chanh	lemon, lime
chào	hello, goodbye; to greet
chảo	wok, type of frying pan
chao	(1) (exclamation); (2) lamp shade
cháo	rice gruel
chào mừng	to welcome
chấp nhận	to accept, approve, admit
chấp thuận	to approve, clear, grant, allow
chất	matter, material, substance, matter, agent
chật	narrow, tight
chặt	(1) fast, close, tight; solid; (2) to cut, chop down
chắt	great grandchild
chất béo	fat, fatty matter, lipid
chặt chẽ	tight, close
chất lỏng	liquid
chất lượng	quality
chất rắn	solid
chất độc	toxic, poison
châu	continent, pearl
Châu Á	Asia, Asian continent
Châu Âu	Europe, European Continent
cháu gái	daughter, female child
châu Mỹ	America, American continent
châu Phi	Africa, the African continent
chạy	to run, drive, flow, go, operate; to rescue, save
cháy	to burn
chảy	(of a liquid) to run, flow
chảy máu	to bleed
chạy quá tốc độ	to speed, go over the speed limit
chảy ra	to run out
chạy vào	to connect to; to run in
chảy xuống	to flow down
che	to cover, hide, take shelter
chế giễu	to ridicule
che khuất	to conceal, cover, hide
chén	(1) cup, bowl, cupful; (2) to eat and drink
chèo	oar, paddle; to row, paddle
chết	to die, stop working
chết vì	to die of, from
chết đói	to starve to death, die of hunger or starvation
chỉ	(1) only; (2) to lead; (3) to point, indicate, show, point out; (4) thread
chị	older sister, you (to young woman), your wife, Miss
chị ấy	she
chỉ có	alone, only, none but ~, nothing but
chị dâu	sister-in-law (wife of one’s elder brother)
chị em	sisters (young women fellow members of the same community)
chỉ là	to only be
chi phí	cost, expense, expenditure
chi tiết	details
chi tiêu	to spend; spending
chỉ trích	to criticize; criticism
chỉ vào	to point at
chỉ định	indication; to designate, assign, name, appoint
chia	divided, separate; to split, divide, separate, distribute, share
chia cắt	to separate, break up, divide, partition, isolate, partition
chìa khóa	key
chìa khóa xe	car key
chia tay	to depart, leave, wish farewell
chiếc	(1) [CL for vehicles, machines]; (2) only, one, sole
chiếc xe	car
chiếc xe hơi	car, automobile
chiếm	to occupy, take up, make up, seize, take possession, gain, usurp, win
chiếm đóng	to occupy (territory); occupation
chiên	(1) to fry; (2) sheet; sheep, struggle; to be good
chiến	(1) conflict, war; (2) good, terrific
chiến lược	strategy, strategic
chiến sĩ	fighter, warrior
chiến thắng	to win victory over, triumph over; victory
chiến tranh	war, conflict
chiến trường	battlefield, battleground
chiến đấu	to fight, struggle
chiếu	(1) projection; to project, show, air (a program); (2) sleeping mat; (3) to shine
chiêu	to welcome, announce, proclaim
chiều cao	height
chiều dài	length
chim	bird
chìm	to sink (a ship), become submerged; hidden, concealed
chim cánh cụt	penguin, aptenodytes
chim én	swallow, swift
chín	nine
chín giờ	9 o’clock
chính	main, principle, chief; self, own; exactly, just, precisely
chỉnh	(1) right, straight; to correct (2) to be set, arranged
chính khách	politician, statesman
chính mình	oneself
chính phủ	government
chính phủ Hoa Kỳ	American government, U.S. government
chính sách	policy
chính thức	official, formal, legal
chính trị	politics, political, policy
chính trị gia	politician
chính xác	precise, exact, accurate
chịu	to be influenced by; to sustain, bear, accept, be subject to, experience (something unpleasant, difficult), endure, stan
chịu đựng	to bear, carry, withstand, endure, stand
chó	dog
cho	add, give; to, for; to say, claim; in order to; let, allow, permit
chợ	market, marketplace
chở	to transport, carry, convey, move
chờ	to expect, wait for
cho anh	for you
chó cảnh	pet dog
chó con	puppy
chở hàng	to transport good, merchandise
chở hàng hóa	to transport good, merchandise
cho mình	to oneself, for oneselfoneself, for oneself
cho nghiên cứu	to do scientific research
cho phép	to permit, allow, authorize, give permission (to do something)
cho rằng	to say (that), state (that)
cho tôi	for me, to me
cho tôi biết	to show me, teach me
cho đến	up to, into
cho đến khi	until when, until that time
chờ đợi	to wait (for)
chọc	to annoy, bother, provoke
chói	to shine, glisten
chổi	(1) broom; (2) camphor
chơi	to go out, be out, go for a walk, have a good time, play, amuse oneself (with); fun, amusement, play, game
chơi bài	to play cards
chói chang	blazing, intense
chọn	to select, choose
chôn	to bury
chốn	place, location, spot
chôn vùi	to bury, enshroud
chống	oppose, against; anti-
chồng	(1) husband; (2) stack
chống cằm	hand on one’s chin
chồng chất	to accumulate, gather; superposition
chống lại	to resist, oppose, be against
chóng mặt	dizzy
chú	(1) uncle, father’s younger brother; (2) to note, annotate, explain, mark; (3) to pour; (4) incantation, spell
chủ	manager, director, boss, owner, chief
chu	see châu
chữ	word
chữ cái	letter (of an alphabet)
chữ hán	Chinese characters
chứ không	cannot, must not
chủ nhà	landlord; master, lord of the house, homeowner
chú rể	groom, bridegroom
chú thích	to annotate, note, edit, make a note; note, annotation
chủ tịch	chairman, president
chủ trì	to manage, direct, sponsor, be responsible for; management, direction, supervision
chữ viết	writing system, written language
chứa	to contain, hold, store, keep, lodge (persons)
chưa	not yet, yet (to happen)
chúa	(1) God; lord, master; (2) very, extremely
chua	acid, tart, sour, sharp
chùa	pagoda, Buddhist temple
chữa	to cure, repair, correct
chưa bao giờ	never, not yet, not as of the present
chưa biết	to not yet know
chữa cháy	to fight or extinguish fire, get fire under control
chúa tể	chief, master, lord
chuẩn bị	to prepare, make ready; preparation; ready
chúc	to wish (someone something)
chức	office, duty, rank (military), role, position
chúc mừng	to congratulate
chúc mừng năm mới	happy new year
chửi rủa	to curse at, revile
chứng	disease, ailment, symptom, sickness, illness; proof, evidence
chúng	group, people; (pluralizer for persons)
chừng	about, approximately; rough measure, rough extent, rough estimate
chứng khoán	securities, bonds, stocks, shares, certificates
chứng minh	to prove, demonstrate
chúng ta	we (includes the speaker and the person spoken to)
chung thân	entire life, lifelong, for life
chúng tôi	we, us (excluding the person addressed)
chuộc	to buy back, bribe
chuỗi ngọc trai	pearl necklace
chướng	offensive (sight), unseemly, unsound
chuồng	shed, shelter, stall, cage, stable, sty
chương	(1) laws, rules, regulations; (2) chapter
chướng ngại vật	barricade, barrier, object, obstacle, obstruction
chương trình	program (also computer), project, plan
chương trình truy	television show, program
chuột rút	cramp
chụp	to spring upon and seize; to take (photographs)
chụp ảnh	to photograph, take a photograph of
chuyến	journey, trip, voyage
chuyên	(1) to transfer, transport, carry; (2) to concentrate on, specialize in, focus on
chuyển	to take, transfer, move, transmit, convert, change, pass, shift, switch (over)
chuyện	story, conversation, situation, issue, matter; to talk, converse, communicate
chuyến bay	flight (of a plane)
chuyện gì	what (thing, issue)
chuyên gia	specialist, expert
chuyên mục	column
chuyện này	this (matter)
chuyển sang	to translate into
chuyến đi	trip, voyage, journey
chuyển động	to move, transmit, agitate, disturb
có	to be, have, exist; there is, there are
cô	(1) aunt (father’s sister); Miss (form of address for a young lady), etc.; (2) lonely, isolated, solitary
cổ	(1) neck, collar; (2) ancient, old, out of date, old fashioned; (3) drum; (4) merchant; (5) blind; (6) leg; (7) share, s
co	to contract, shrink, pull back
cố	(1) to make an effort, try (very hard); (2) great grandfather; (3) to pawn; (4) reason; (5) old, former, late (deceased)
cỏ	grass
cờ	(1) flag, banner, colors; (2) chess
cọ	(1) to rub, polish; (2) palm tree
cổ áo	collar
cô ấy	she (said of a young woman)
cờ bạc	to gamble; gambling
cơ bản	base, foundation, fundamentals; fundamental, basic, elementary
cỏ cây	vegetation
có chứa	to have, contain, hold
cô dâu	bride
cô gái	young lady, girl, woman
cố gắng	to try, strive, struggle, attempt, make an effort; effort
có giá	of great worth, valuable
có giá trị	valid, conclusive
cô giáo	(female) teacher
có hại cho sức kh	to be hazardous to one’s health
có hạn	limited, scanty
cơ học	mechanics (field of study)
có học	educated, cultivated
cơ hội	chance, occasion, opportunity; opportunistic
cổ họng	throat
có ích	useful
có lỗi	to be in error, be wrong, be mistaken
có một	unique
có mùi	to give off a smell of ~, smell of ~, smell
có nghĩa là	this means, which means
có nhiều	there is (are) much or many; to have much or many, be numerous
có nhiều kinh ngh	to have much experience
cổ phiếu	coupon, share certificate, share (of stock)
có quá nhiều	there are too many
có quyền	to have authority, right, power (to do something)
có rất nhiều	to have a lot of
cơ sở	(1) base (also math); (2) installation, establishment, basis, branch, facility
cổ tay	wrist
có thể	can, perhaps, maybe, may, might, could
cơ thể	organism, body
có thể nói	one could say
có thói quen	to have, be in the habit (of doing something)
cổ tích	trace, vestige
có tình	taking into consideration others’ feelings, feeling
có vẻ như	to appear to be, seem that
cổ vũ	to cheer, encourage
cỗ xe	carriage, chariot
cổ đại	classical period, era
có điều	only, only that
cố định	fixed, set, stationary
Cơ Đốc	Christ, Christian, Christianity
Cơ Đốc giáo	Christianity
cô đơn	alone, solitary, isolated, lonely, lonesome, solitary
cổ động viên	fan, supporter
có đức	virtuous
cọc	stake, post, stack (of coins)
cốc	(1) glass, cup, glassful; (2) to hit on the head with one’s finger; (3) cormorant; (4) ravine, valley; (5) cereal, grain
coi	to look at, see, consider, watch
còi	horn, siren, whistle
cởi	to take off, loosen, unfasten, unwrap
cội nguồn	root, source
cơm	rice, cooked rice, food (in general)
cồn	(1) sand dune; (2) alcohol; (3) collar; (4) gum, paste
còn	(1) to be, remain, be left, have left; (2) also, as for, still, in addition
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 chi
cơn	attack, outburst, fit, bout; period, crises
cơn bão	twister, storm, typhoon
con bé	little girl
con cá	fish
con cái	sons and daughters, children, offspring
con chim	bird
con chó	dog
con chuột	mouse
con gà	chicken
con gái	daughter, girl, female child
con hổ	tiger
con khỉ	monkey; “my ass”, “my foot” (expressing disagreement with a statement)
còn lại	to remain, be left; remaining
con ma	ghost
con nai	deer
con người	person, human being
con nhỏ	little child, young person
con rể	son in law
con sông	river
còn sống	still alive
con tàu	boat, ship, vessel
con trai	son, male child, young man
còn trẻ	to still be young
côn trùng	insect
con út	youngest child, last-born
con vật	animal
côn đồ	gangster, ruffian, hooligan
con đường	way, road, door, path
cộng	(1) common, collective, communist; (2) to add (up)
công	(1) labor, effort, work; (2) (bank) account; (3) peacock; (4) duke; (5) wages, salary, pay; (6) fair, equal, just; (7) p
cổng	gate, entrance, port
cong	curved
cống	(1) sewer; (2) to offer in tribute; (3) student who has passed village level examinations
công bố	to publish, make public, proclaim, announce
công chúa	princess
công chức	government worker, civil servant
công chúng	the public; (in) public
công cụ	tool, object
công dụng	to use; use
cống hiến	to contribute
cộng hòa	republican; republic
công lý	justice
công nghiệp hóa	industrialization
công nhân	worker, employee, workman
công suất	power (of motor), output capacity, capacity
công tác	work, task, job, operation, assignment, mission, business, responsibility
công thức	formula
công trình	to work; undertaking, engineering, (literary) work, project
công ty	company, firm
công việc	job, affair, task, work, matter
công viên	(public) park, (public) garden
cột	(1) pole, column, rod, pillar; (2) to bind, tie up
cứ	(1) to continue to, go on, keep on (doing something); (2) evidence, proof; (3) still
cũ	old, former, used
cự	to delegate, raise, move; to scold, oppose, resist
cử	to appoint, send, delegate; to lift; to begin
củ	bulb (of a plant)
cử hành	to celebrate, perform, begin to do
cư trú	residence, inhabitance; to live, reside
cú đá	punches and kicks
của	(1) (possessive marker), of; (2) property, possessions, belonging; (3) belong to
cửa	door, window, entrance, opening
của ai	whose?
của anh	(possessive of anh)
của bà	her, hers
của công	public funds, public property
của em	(possessive of em)
cửa hàng	shop, store
cửa kính	glass door, glass window
của mình	one’s own
của Mỹ	of American, of the United States, American, U.S.
cửa nhà	house, household
của nhau	each other’s
của nó	of him, of her, of it, his, hers, its
của ông	his
cửa quay	revolving door
của riêng	individual property, private property, personal property
cửa sổ	window
của thế giới	of the world, in the world
của tôi	mine, my
cúc	chrysanthemum
cực kỳ	extremely, very
củi	firewood
cung	(1) to supply; (2) bow (used with arrows)
cưng	to pamper, coddle
cũng	also, too
cùng	same, together; to act together (with), and; to follow
cứng	hard, firm, rigid, tough
cung cấp	supply (in a market); provide; to furnish, supply, provide
cung cấp dịch vụ	to supply, provide a service
củng cố	to consolidate, unite
cũng không thể	also cannot
cùng lớp	same grade, class
cùng nhau	with each other, together
cùng với	accompanied with, together with, along with
cứng đầu	stubborn
cung điện	palace
cũng được	that’s ok, that’s alright
cuộc	[CL for meetings, gatherings); office, action
cuộc chiến	fight, struggle, war
cuộc gọi	(telephone) call
cuộc họp	meeting, sitting
cuộc sống	life, existence
cuộc sống hàng ng	everyday life
cuộc thi	examination, contest, competition
cuộc thương lượng	discussion
cuộc đàm phán	discussion, negotiation
cuộc đời	life, existence
cuộc đua	race
cười	to laugh, smile
cuối	end, bottom, last
cưới	to marry, wed
cưỡi	(1) to ride, straddle, mount; (2) see cỡi
cuối cùng	final, last; finally, ultimately, in the end, at last
cuối tuần	weekend
cuộn	(1) roll, bale, spool; (2) to roll
cuốn	(1) [CL for units of bound volumes]; (2) to sweep; (3) to roll, coil, wrap
cuốn sách	book
cuốn sổ	notebook
cưỡng bức	to force, compel
cướp ngân hàng	bank robbery
cúp	to cut, disconnect, cut in (traffic)
cúp máy	to hang up the phone
cụt	cut off, blind, lame, crippled
cừu	sheep
cứu	(1) to save, rescue, deliver, relieve; (2) to study, research, examine, investigate
cứu hộ	to rescue, salvage, save and protect
cứu hỏa	to put out a fire
cứu tinh	salvation, savior
cứu trợ	aid, assistance; to aid, help, assist, relieve
da	skin, hide
dạ dày	stomach
dã man	savage, barbarian, brutal, barbarous
dã ngoại	in the open air, outdoor
dài	long; to last (time)
dải	band, range, strip, belt, ribbon
dải đất	belt of land, peninsula, strip of land
dặm	mile
dám	to dare (to do sth)
dần	(1) gradually, little by little, by degrees; (2) third year of the Chinese zodiac (“tiger”)
dặn	advice, recommendation; to advise, recommend, entreat
dẫn	to guide, take, conduct, quote, cite; according to
dán	to stick, paste, glue, rivet
dẫn chứng	to quote, cite; quotation, example
dân cư	population, inhabitants
dẫn dắt	to guide, lead, direct
dân số	population
dàn ý	arrangement of ideas (in writing or in speech)
dẫn đầu	to lead (a crowd, a race), take the lead; leading
dẫn đến	to lead to, cause, create
dẫn đường	to show the way, guide
dạng	form, shape, format, air, appearance
dang	to spread out, stretch, extend
dâng	to offer (tribute or gift), submit (to a king); to rise (of water)
dáng	air, appearance, shape
dáng người	posture, statue
danh	name, reputation, fame
dành	to set aside, put aside, reserve; to save, rescue
dành cho	to set aside for
danh dự	honor, honorary
danh sách	list, roll, roster
dao	knife; switch
dao ăn	table-knife
dao mổ	scalpel
dạo này	these days, lately, time, this time
dạo này thế nào	How have you been lately?
dập	to bury, stamp out, bang, batter
dắt	to guide, lead, bring along
dâu	daughter in law
dầu	(1) oil, petroleum; (2) though, although
dấu chân	footprint
dấu chân trên bãi	foot prints on the seashore
dấu hiệu	sign, index, signal, marker
dầu là	although
dâu tây	strawberry
dấu vết	trace, vestige
dãy	row, line
dậy	to wake up, get up, rise (up)
dạy	to teach (a person, a subject)
dày	thick
dây	fiber, string, wire, cord, rope
dây dẫn	conductor wire, conducting-wire
dây giày	shoe-lace, shoe-string
dậy muộn	to get up late
dày đặc	heavy, thick, dense
dễ	easy, likely
dế	cricket
dễ chịu	comfortable, pleasant, convenient
dễ dãi	easy, tolerant, open, accommodating, easy-going
dễ dàng	easy, fluent, unhindered, simple
dễ thương	lovely, amiable, agreeable
dễ tính	easy-going, easy to please, complaisant
dễ đọc	easy to read
dệt	to weave
dì	aunt (mother’s sister); mother’s younger sister
di chuyển	to move, transfer, displace, commute
di cư	to migrate, emigrate, evacuate
di tích lịch sử	a part, piece of history
dị ứng	allergy
dịch	(1) translation; to translate, turn, decode, transmit; (2) epidemic
dịch vụ	service
diễn ra	to take place, occur, happen, unfold
diễn tập	to perform maneuvers, conduct war games
diễu	to march past, parade
dính	to stick, cling, adhere to, be sticky
dịu	soft, gentle
do	because of, caused by, due to; derived from; on; by (a person); to derive from, cause
dỡ hàng	unload merchandise
dốc	(1) slope, slide, incline; (2) to empty
dọc theo	along, alongside
dọn	to arrange, put in order, move (change residences), clear, prepare
dồn	to crowd, cram, accumulate, herd (cattle, children)
dọn đi	to move (to), move out
dòng	Baptist; course (of a river), stream, current; line, lineage, order
dòng sông	river, stream
dốt nát	ignorant
dù	(1) umbrella, parachute, sunshade; (2) although, (even) though, however, whether
dự án	draft, project, mission, plan
dự báo	to predict; prediction, guess
dữ dội	violent, terrible
du lịch	tourism, travel; to travel, visit; house, dwelling, forgive, pardon, bow deeply
dư luận	public opinion
dự luật	draft law, bill
dự phòng	backup; to provide for (some undesirable event)
dự định	to plan, expect; intention
dựa	to lean on, stand against, incline, be based (on)
dưa hấu	watermelon
dựa vào	to lean against, rely on, be based on; using
dùi cui	club, baton, truncheon, bludgeon
dựng	to set up, erect, raise, found
dừng	to stop, hold, halt
dùng	(1) to use, resort to; (2) to eat (polite)
dung	to tolerate, bear, hold
dũng cảm	brave, courageous, bold, fearless
dừng lại	to halt, come to a halt, stop
dung thứ	to excuse, pardon
dưới	below, under
duỗi	to stretch, spread out (arms, legs, hand)
dưới áp lực	under pressure
dương	(1) ocean; (2) Yang - positive; (3) to show off, make known; (4) to open; (5) goat
dưỡng khí	oxygen
duy nhất	single, only, unique, sole
duy trì	to maintain, keep (open), preserve
duyên dáng	charming, graceful
e rằng	it is feared that
ếch	frog
em	younger brother or sister; you (to child), I (of children)
em bé	baby
em gái	younger sister
em trai	younger brother
eo	(1) curved; straights (water); (2) waist, back; (3) horrible
ép	to force, squeeze, press, choke, compel, crush
ép buộc	to constrain, oblige, force, compel
ga	(1) accelerator, gas pedal; (2) railway station
gà	chicken, cock, hen, fowl
gà mái	hen
gà quay	roasted chicken
ga xe lửa	train station
gạc	antlers; crotch; to cross out
gác xép	attic
gạch	brick; to strike through, draw a line, scratch, cross out, strike through
gạch men	ceramic tile, enameled tile
gãi	to scratch
gái	female (as opposed to male)
gam	gram (unit of weight); gamut, scale
gặm	to gnaw, nibble
gan	(1) liver; brave, courageous, tough; (2) palm (of hand), sole (of foot)
gần	near, close to (place, time)
gần như	nearly, almost
gần sáng	almost morning
gần đó	near there
găng	tense (tight)
gánh	to carry (on one’s shoulder)
gánh nặng	weight, burden, load
gạo	raw (uncooked) rice
gặp	to meet, see, encounter, find
gấp	(1) to be X times more than; (2) to fold, close; (3) urgent, pressing, in a hurry
gập ghềnh	rough, rocky, bumpy
gặp gỡ	to meet (with), encounter
gặp nhau	to meet (each other), see each other
gặt	harvest, reap
gấu	bear
gấu trúc	panda
gây	(1) to cause, bring about, create, set up; (2) to quarrel
gãy	to be broken, break
gay	tense, tough, hard, heated
gây án	to commit a crime
gay gắt	blazing hot, heated, severe, sharp, critical
gây quỹ	to raise funds
gây ra	to cause, engender, bring about
gây sốc	to shock
ghế	(1) chair, post, bench seat (in a meeting, body); (2) to stir with big chopsticks
ghen	jealous, envious
ghép	to attach, join, collect, group, connect, couple
ghét	to hate
ghi âm	to record
ghi chép	to write down, take a note
ghi chú	to note
ghi nhớ	to engrave, impress deeply, remember, imprint (on one’s memory)
ghim	to pin
gì	what
gì đó	something like that
giá	(1) cost, price; to cost; (2) if
giả	(1) false, fake, counterfeit; (2) to pay, return
già	old
gia cầm	poultry, domestic fowl
giá sách	bookshelf
gia sư	tutor, family preceptor
gia súc	cattle, livestock, domestic animals
gia vị	spice
giả vờ	to fake, pretend
gia đình	family, household
giấc	to sleep, slumber
giải cứu	to save, rescue
giải quyết	to solve, resolve, overcome, settle; solution (to a problem)
giải quyết vấn đề	to solve a problem, issue
giải thích	to clarify, explain, interpret
giải thưởng	prize, award
giải tỏa	to raise a blockade, release (funds, documents, etc.)
giải trí	to be entertained, relax, unwind, amuse oneself
giai điệu	melody
giảm	to decrease, cut down, reduce, lessen, drop, fall
giảm bớt	to lessen, reduce, lower
giảm cân	to lose weight
giảm giá	to reduce or lower or cut the prices, discount
giam giữ	to detain, keep in prison
giám đốc điều hàn	chief executive officer
giận	angry
gián	(1) cockroach, black beetle; (2) to stick, glue
gian	(1) dishonest, underhanded, tricky; (2) apartment, room; (3) difficult, hard; (4) danger, peril
giản dị	simple, easy, plain, unaffected
giàn giáo	scaffold, scaffolding
gian khổ	arduous, hardship
gian xảo	artful, crafty, designing
giáng sinh	(1) to incarnate; (2) Christmas
giành	to dispute, secure, reserve, set aside
giáo	(1) to teach; (2) spear
giao	to entrust, bestow, deliver, join, exchange, communicate
giao dịch	exchange, transaction; to deal, do business, trade, exchange
giáo dục	education; to educate
giao lộ	crossroads, interchange, road junction
giao thông	transportation, communication, traffic; to communicate
giao thừa	watch-night time
giao tiếp	to be in contact, be in touch, communicate
giáo viên	(primary school) teacher
giặt	to wash, launder
giật	(1) snatch, steal; (2) to win; (3) to give a shock; (4) to pull; (5) to recoil; (6) borrow money temporarily
giặt là	wash and iron, wash and press
giật mình	surprised, startled; to (give a) start
giàu	to be wealthy, rich
giấu	to hide, conceal, camouflage
giàu có	rich, wealthy
giấu mình	hide oneself
giấy	[CL for sheets]; paper
giày	shoe
giây	(1) second (unit of time); (2) to sift; sieve; (3) stained, spotted
giấy tờ	paper, document(s)
giấy vệ sinh	toilet paper
giếng	well
gieo	to sow, spread
gieo rắc	to scatter, disseminate
giết	to kill, murder
giết người	to kill, assassinate (a person); homicide, murder
giờ	time (of the clock), hour, o’clock; now is the time (for sth)
gió	wind
giỏ	basket
giơ cao	to raise, lift up
giơ tay	to raise one’s hand
giỏi	good, skilled, clever, capable, adept
giới	(1) (classifier); limit, border; (2) group of people, family, community, group
giới hạn	limit, term, bound; to limit, restrict
giới thiệu	to introduce (friends)
giống	species, race; to resemble, look like, sound like
giống hệt	completely, exactly alike
giống nhau	to be similar, resemble each other
giọt nước mắt	tear(drop)
giũ	(1) to keep, guard, hold, protect; (2) to shake
giữ	to keep, hold, stay, guard, maintain, protect, reserve
giữ lời	to keep one’s words, live up to one’s word
giữ vững	hold fast
giữa	between, center, (in the) middle, among
giục	to urge
giường	bed
giúp	to help, aid, assist
giúp đỡ	to help, assist
giúp đỡ lẫn nhau	to help each other
gỗ	wood, lumber, timber
gỡ	to unravel, untangle, disentangle; to win back
gõ	(1) to knock, hit; (2) to enter, type
gõ cửa	to knock on a door
gốc	(1) foot (of a tree); (2) of ~ origin
góc	angle, corner, position
gốc cây	trunk, foot of a tree
góc vuông	right angle
gọi	to call, summon, order
gối	(1) pillow, cushion; (2) knee
gói	packet, parcel, package; to pack, wrap, bundle
gợi	to arouse, waken, stir, evoke, conjure up, revive, rouse, excite
gội	to wash (hair)
gợi cảm	suggestive
gọi là	to be named, called
gợi ý	to suggest
gọn	to be neat, tidy, orderly, systematic, concise
gôn	golf
gọn gàng	neat, slender, compact
gọt	to pare, whittle, sharpen (pencil), peel (fruit, etc.)
gục	to bend down
gửi	to send, give, entrust, leave in someone’s care
gừng	ginger
gương	(1) mirror; (2) example, pattern, model
hạ	(1) summer; (2) to lower, let down (price, flag); to land (a plane)
ha	exclamation of joy
hạ cánh	to land (plane), touch down
hai	two; both
hái	to pick
hai bên	bilateral; both sides; both sides
hai bên đường	the two roadsides
hai chân	both legs, both feet
hài hòa	harmonious; harmony
hài hước	comic, funny, amusing
hai lần	twice, two times
hài lòng	happy, satisfied, content
hai mươi	twenty, a score
hai người	two people, both people
hải quân	navy, naval forces
hải đăng	lighthouse
hầm	cellar, basement
hàm lượng	content(s), quality
ham muốn	to desire, covet
hâm nóng	to make warm, hot
hạn	deadline, expiration date
Hán	Chinese
hạn chế	limit, restriction; to bound, limit, restrict
hạn hán	drought
Hàn Quốc	Korea
hàng	row, rank; merchandise, goods, wares; many; place; several
hăng	ardent, eager, enthusiastic, strong
hang	den, cave, cavern, hole
hàng hóa	goods, merchandise
hàng loạt	in series, en masse, serial
hạng mục	article
hàng ngày	daily, day after day, every day
hàng rào	fence
hàng rong	hawker, peddler
hàng tháng	each month, monthly
hàng triệu	several million
hàng xóm	hamlet, town; neighbors, neighbor; neighboring
hang động	grotto, cave
hạnh	luck, happiness
hành	(1) scallion, spring onion; (2) to act, execute, carry out; (3) stem; (4) to go, travel (on foot); (5) one of the five e
hành lang	corridor, passage, hallway
hành lý	baggage, luggage
hạnh phúc	happiness, happy
hành tây	onion
hành tinh	planet
hành trình	trip, journey, route, itinerary, agenda
hành vi	act, action, deed, behavior, gesture; to behave, act
hành động	act, deed, action, activity; to act
háo hức	enthusiastic, eager
hảo tâm	kindness, kind heart
hấp dẫn	interesting, attractive; to attract, tempt
hát	to sing; stage performance
hạt	(1) grain, bead, corn; (2) province, area
hắt hơi	to sneeze
hạt lúa mì	grain of wheat pip, seed
hạt mưa	drop of rain, raindrop
hạt nhân	atom; atomic, nuclear
hạt tiêu	peppercorn
hầu	(1) almost, nearly, virtually; (2) to wait upon, serve; (3) in order to; (4) monkey
hậu	after, behind, back, rear
hậu duệ	offspring, descendant
hầu hết	nearly (all), almost (all)
hầu như	almost, almost as if, almost to the extent that
hãy	let us, be sure to; still
hay	(1) interesting, well; or; (2) have the habit of doing; often, frequently
hệ	branch, system; generation
hề	(1) to matter; (2) sound of laughing; (3) clown, funny-man
hệ thống	system; network; channel; net
hẻm	(narrow) lane, (narrow) street, alley
hẹn	to have an appointment with, promise, agree
hèn hạ	vile, mean, despicable
hẹn hò	appointment, rendezvous; to make a date
heo	pig, hog, swine, pork
héo	to wilt, dry up, wither, fade
hẹp	narrow, tight
hẹp hòi	small-minded, narrow-minded, insular, illiberal
hét	to shriek, scream, yell
hết	finished, exhausted, finish, exhaust; completely, totally, all, of all, everything
hét lên	to yell loudly
hết sức	physically exhausted; extremely, very
hiếm	rare, scarce
hiện	(1) to appear, become visible, rise, come into sight; (2) at present
hiến pháp	constitution
hiện tại	at present, at the present time, present, existing
hiện thực	realistic; realism; real, actual
hiểu	to understand
hiếu chiến	combative, bellicose, warlike
hiếu kính	to honor and respect (one’s parents)
hiệu quả	effect, result; effective; efficient
hiểu rõ	to understand clearly
hiệu thuốc	drug store
hình	form, shape, appearance, photograph, picture
hình ảnh	image, photograph; graphic(s)
hình chữ nhật	rectangle
hình dạng	form, shape, description, appearance
hình dáng	figure, stature
hình thành	to take form or shape, come into being
hình thức	measure, dimension, means, form, formality, way, symptom
hít	to inhale, sniff
họ	(1) family, clan; (2) they
hồ	lake, lacus (lunar lake)
hố	ditch, hole, crater, lake, pit, gap
hộ	in place of, for; to help, assist
ho	to cough
hồ bơi	swimming pool
hộ chiếu	passport
hồ chứa	reservoir
họ hàng	family, clan, kin, relative; to be related
hò hét	shout and scream (for something)
hò reo	to acclaim
hồ sơ	document, file, record
hỗ trợ	to support, help (one another); help, support; aid, assistance; mutual
hoa	(1) flower, blossom, bloom; (2) earring; (3) smallpox; (4) to wave, gesticulate; (5) Chinese
hoa anh đào	cherry blossom
hòa bình	peace; peaceful
hòa bình thế giới	world peace
hòa giải	to mediate, conciliate, reconcile
hỏa hoạn	to burn; fire, blaze
hóa học	chemistry
hoa hồng	(monetary) commission
Hoa Kỳ	United States, America
hoa quả	fruits
hòa thuận	harmony, agreement, accord; to live in peace or in harmony
hóa trang	makeup; to camouflage, disguise oneself
hóa đơn	bill, check, invoice
hòa đồng	condescending; union
hoặc	or
hoãn	to defer, postpone, delay, put off
hoàn chỉnh	fully done, fully made; to perfect
hoàn hảo	perfect, excellent
hoan nghênh	to welcome
hoàn nguyên	revert to the original state
hoàn tất	to finish, complete, be completed; finished, complete
hoàn thành	to accomplish, carry out, complete, finish, end
hoàn thiện	to perfect
hoàn toàn	perfect, clean, entirely, flawless, entire, complete; completely, totally
hoàn trả	to return (money)
hoàng	king, emperor; yellow
hoang dã	wild
hoang mang	confused, puzzled
hoang vắng	deserted, unfrequented
hoàng đế	emperor, king
hoành tráng	on a large scale
hoạt động	action, activity; to operate, be active
học	to study, learn (how to); field of study
hóc búa	difficult, hard
học kỳ	term (of an academic year), quarter, semester
học sinh	student
học sinh trung họ	high school student
học tập	to study, train, drill, learn
học trò	student, pupil
hôi	to stink, be foul-smelling, have a bad smell
hơi	(1) a little, slightly; (2) steam, breath, gas
hỏi	(1) to ask, inquire, question; (2) low-rising tone
hối hận	to regret, repent
hối lộ	to bribe, corrupt; bribe, bribery
hơi nước	steam
hồi phục	to restore, recover
hội trường	meeting-hall, assembly-room, conference room
hội tụ	to converge
hồi tưởng	to remember, recall
hỏi về	to ask about
hối đoái	exchange
hội đồng quản trị	board of directors, management council
hôm nay	today
hơn	additional, more than, -er
hôn	to kiss
hồn	spirit, soul
hôn nhân	marriage
hòn đảo	island
hỗn độn	chaotic, confused
hỏng	to break down, fail, miss
hồng	pink, rosy; persimmon
Hồng Kông	Hong Kong
hộp	tin, can, box, case, carton
họp	to gather, meet, assemble; gathering, meeting
hợp	to suit, fit, be compatible, go together, unite
hợp lệ	legal, lawful
hợp tác	to cooperate, collaborate, work together; cooperation, collaboration
hợp thời trang	in fashion, fashionable, stylish, up-to-date
hợp với	to match, fit with, suit
hợp đồng	contract
hứa	to promise
huấn luyện	to train, instruct; training
huấn luyện viên	training officer, trainer, instructor, drill master
hun khói	to smoke out
hung dữ	ferocious, fierce, cruel, wicked
hùng mạnh	strong, weighty
hùng vĩ	great, imposing, grandiose
hướng	way, direction
hướng dẫn	to guide, lead, conduct; guidance, direction
hướng dẫn viên	guide
hương hoa	joss-sticks and flowers
hương liệu	spice, condiment
hương vị	flavor, taste
hút	to inhale, smoke, suck (air, smoke) absorb, take up (water)
hút thuốc	to smoke
hủy	to destroy, cancel, reverse
huy chương	decoration, medal
huy hiệu	badge, insignia
huyền thoại	legend, myth
huyết áp	blood pressure
huỳnh	fire-fly, glow-worm
hy sinh	to sacrifice (oneself)
hy vọng	to hope
ị	to defecate, crap, poop, shit
im lặng	silent, quiet; Silence! (as an order)
in	to print, to strike off, imprint, engrave
ít	little, few, rare
kể	(1) to include; (2) to list, mention, declare, consider; to relate, tell (a story); (3) individual, person
kệ	(1) shelf; (2) to ignore, leave alone, pay no attention to
kẻ	individual, single, person, man; to write (on a sign)
kẽ	crevice
kể chuyện	to tell a story
kế hoạch	plan, program
kẻ thù	enemy, adversary, foe
kế toán	accountancy, accounting, accountant
kẻ trộm	thief, burglar
kem	cream, ice cream
kém	to be less than, inferior, poor, lack, be missing, be short of, weak, not very
kèm	to go along with, guide; to include, add, enclose
kem đánh răng	toothpaste
kênh truyền hình	television channel, tv channel
kéo	to pull, drag, draw, tow
kẹo	(piece of) candy
kéo dài	to stretch, extend, lengthen; to last (time)
keo kiệt	stingy, miserly
kéo lên	to pull up; to go up
kẹp	pliers, pincers, tongs; to press together
kếp	crepe
kết hôn	to get married
kết nối	joint; to join, connect, link
kết quả	result, outcome; as a result
kết quả bầu cử	election results
kết thúc	to conclude, end, finish
kêu	to shout, call, cry
kêu gọi	to appeal (to), call (up)on
kêu meo meo	to meow
khá	very, rather; well, good, enough
khá giả	to be well off
khả năng	ability, capablity, competence
khả nghi	doubtful, suspicious
khá tốt	reasonably good
khác	another, different; to differ from
khắc	(1) immediately; (2) to carve, engrave, chisel
khác nhau	different (from each other)
khác thường	special, extraordinary, unusual
khách	guest; customer, stranger
khách hàng	customer, consumer, client, patron
khách sạn	hotel
khai mạc	to open, start, raise a curtain
khai thác	to develop, exploit, use; exploitation, development
khám phá	to discover, find out (secret, plot)
khăn	towel
khán giả	audience, spectator, onlooker, viewer
khán phòng	projection room
khăn quàng	scarf, muffler
khán đài	reviewing stand, bleachers, grand stand
khao khát	desirous, covetous; to thirst for, crave for, long for
khảo sát	to study, do research, examine, investigate, explore; investigation, poll, study
khắp	all over, everywhere
khát	thirsty
khẩu súng	gun
khay	tray
khen	to congratulate, praise, compliment
khen ngợi	to praise, congratulate
khéo léo	to be skillful, clever
khét tiếng	to be very famous
khi	occasion, time (when something happens), when, at the time of, if
khí hậu	climate
khiêm tốn	modest
khiến	(1) to direct, order, command, bid; (2) to cause
khiên	shield
khiêu khích	to provoke, arouse; provocation
khiêu vũ	to dance; dance, ball
khinh khí cầu	balloon, airship, dirigible
khinh thường	to underestimate
khó	hard, difficult
khô	dry
kho	store, room, storage, storehouse, warehouse
kho báu	treasure
khó chịu	uncomfortable, unpleasant
khó khăn	difficulty; hard, difficult
khó xử	difficult, problematic
khoa	subject of study, specialty; classifier for exams, course
khóa	(1) school year, academic year, term; (2) to lock, fasten; lock
khoa học tự nhiên	natural science
khỏa thân	nude, naked
khoác	(1) to wear on one’s shoulders; (2) to brag, boast, talk big
khoai lang	sweet potato, batata
khoai tây	potato
khoản	condition, article, clause, situation, item, term
khoan	(1) to drill, bore, auger, splice; (2) wide, broad, generous; (3) relaxed, slow, adagio; (4) wait, hold on
khoảng	approximately, around; distance
khoang	hold (of a ship, airplane, boat)
khoảnh khắc	instant, moment, short space of time
khóc	to cry
khốc liệt	violent, fierce
khỏe	fine, well, healthy, strong
khoe khoang	to boast, brag
khỏe mạnh	strong, vigorous, robust, healthy, well
khối	mass, block, square, cubic, volume
khỏi	(1) to avoid, escape from, not help but (do sth); (2) to recover (from illness)
khói	to smoke
khơi	to enlarge, widen; open sea
khối lượng	volume, amount, mass, weight
khốn khổ	miserable, wretched
khôn ngoan	clever, wise, prudent
không	(1) no, not; (question tag); (2) air; (3) empty
không ai	no one, nobody
không ai bị thươn	no one was injured
không bao giờ	never
không biết	to not know
không biết phải l	to not know what to do
không chịu	cannot (stand, bear, endure)
không có	otherwise, or, before; there is not; without (having)
không có ai	(there is) no one, nobody
không có nghĩa là	doesn't mean that
không khí	atmosphere
không làm	to not do
khổng lồ	huge, giant, tremendous, colossal
không muốn	to not want
không nên	should not
không ngờ rằng	to not expect that
không ngớt	ceaseless, continual
không nhận	airspace
không ổn	unstable
không phải	there is not, there are not; not correct
không phải là	is not, are not
không thể	cannot
không tin	disbelief; to not believe
không trung	air; space, atmospheric
Khổng Tử	Confucius
không vui	unhappy
không để	to not allow, not let sth happen
không được	don’t have; is not; can’t
khớp	to jibe, agree with each other
khu	area, zone, section, site, district, quarter
khu phố	quarter, section, district, block (of a city)
khu rừng	forest area
khu vực	area, zone, section
khuất	dead, deceased; hidden; to give in, yield, cave in
khuất phục	to comply, yield, submit oneself to
khung	frame
khủng bố	terror, terrorist act; to terrorize
khung cảnh	framework, background, backdrop, setting, scenery
khủng long	dinosaur
khuôn mặt	(shape of a) face, person
khuya	late at night, midnight
khuyên	advice; to advise, council, recommend
khuyến khích	to encourage, stimulate
khuyết	wanting, lacking, missing, vacant
kích thước	measure, size, dimension, measurement; to measure
kiếm	to look for, search, obtain
kiềm	(1) to hold back, restrain; (2) basic, alkali
kiểm soát	to control, check, enforce, examine
kiếm sống	to make a living, earn a living
kiếm tiền	to find money, raise money, make money
kiểm tra	to control, inspect, examine, check
kiếm được	find
kiến	(1) to see; (2) ant
kiên cố	strong, solid
kiên nhẫn	to be patient, wait patiently, persevere; patient; patience, perseverance
kiến thức	knowledge, learning
kiên trì	keep firmly (to), hold (stand, keep) one’s ground, stick to
kiên định	firm, consistent
kiệt	(1) stingy, miserly; (2) exhaused, worn out, spent, used up; (3) outstanding, excellent; (4) blind alley
kiệt sức	worn out, exhausted
kiểu	model, pattern, make, design, style
kiều	to live, reside
kiêu ngạo	arrogant, haughty, proud
kiểu tóc	hairstyle, haircut
kìm	(1) to restrain; (2) pliers, pincers
kim	needle, pin; metal, gold, hand (on a watch)
kim cương	diamond
kim loại	metal
kim tự tháp	pyramid
kín	secret, private, confidential
kính	(1) to (show) respect; (2) glass, (eye)glasses
kinh	(1) frightened, terrified; (2) capital city; (3) Chinese classics; (4) pass through, experience; (5) economics; (6) warp
kinh doanh	to carry on business, conduct (trade, commerce)
kinh doanh thương	business and commerce
kinh hãi	scared, terrified
kính hiển vi	microscope
kinh hoàng	frightened, scared, terrified
kinh khủng	frightening, terrifying, scared; very (much)
kinh kịch	Chinese opera theatre
kinh tế	economy; economic, economical
Kinh Thánh	the Bible
kinh tởm	horrible
kính trọng	to respect, venerate
kinh điển	canon
kinh đô	capital, capital city
kinh độ	longitude
kỵ	(1) death anniversary; (2) opposed to, against, abstain from, phobia; (3) jealous
ký	to sign; sign symbol
kỳ	(1) term, period, session; issue, number (of a periodical); (2) strange, odd, eccentric; (3) until; (4) chess; (5) flag;
kỳ diệu	marvelous, wonderful
ký họa	to sketch
ký hợp đồng	to sign a contract
kỳ lạ	strange, extraordinary, kinky (of sex)
kỷ luật	discipline; to discipline
kỷ lục	record (as in a world record)
kỹ lưỡng	careful, thoughtful, thorough
kỹ năng	ability, skill, competence
kỳ nghỉ	holidays
ký nhận	acknowledge receipt (of something) by signing one’s name
kỷ niệm	memory, remembrance, anniversary, reminiscence; to commemorate, remember
kỳ quan	wonder (of the world)
kỹ sư	engineer
ký tên	to sign
kỳ thi	examination
kỹ thuật	technology, technical
ký tự	letter, character, number, symbol
ký túc xá	boarding school, dormitory
là	that; to be
lá	leaf
lá cây	leaf (of a plant)
lá cờ	flag
la hét	to scream, shriek, shout, roar
lá thư	letter
lạc	peanuts; to be lost, go astray, lose one’s way
lắc đầu	to shake one’s head
lạc đường	to lose one’s way, be lost, go astray
lách	(1) to swerve (through), make one’s way (through); (2) spleen
lãi	profit, interest, dividend; to earn a profit
lái	to drive (a vehicle)
lại	(1) again; against, over again, back towards; resume, re-; (2) to come, reach, get to; (3) (indicates something is contr
lãi suất	interest rate
lái xe	to drive (a car)
làm	to do, work, make, function as, serve; to cause something to happen
lam	(1) temple, (2) dark blue, indigo blue
lắm	very, quite
lâm	(1) neighbor; forest, woods; (2) to be on the verge of, about to
làm bài tập	to do exercises, homework
làm bạn với	to make friends with
làm bằng	serve as evidence
làm bằng thép	made of steel
làm bếp	to do the cooking, cook
làm cho	to cause, make
làm chủ	to own, manage
làm gì	to do what; why?
làm giả	to counterfeit
làm hư	to ruin, spoil
làm nghề	to do a job, work
làm ơn	to do a favor; please
làm ơn cho	to do sb a favor
làm phiền	to disturb, annoy, bother
làm ra	to create, produce, make, put out
làm rối	to entangle, tangle, complicate matters
làm thế nào	to do what; what to do; how
làm theo	to follow suit, do likewise
làm việc	to work
làm vườn	to garden, do the garden
làn	(1) basket; (2) [CL for waves, winds, trails]
lăn	to roll in, over
lần	time, turn, round, occurrences
lan	to spread
lân cận	neighboring, adjoining
lan can	banister, handrail (of stairs)
lần này	this time
lẫn nhau	each other, one another
lan rộng	to spread widely; widespread, difficult to stop, rampant
lần thứ	n-th time
lần đầu tiên	the first time
lạng	to cut into thin slices
lắng	to deposit, list
lãng	(1) wave; (2) to waste, squander; (3) bright
láng giềng	neighbor(ing)
lặng lẽ	quiet, silent
lăng nhăng	purposeless, hapless, irresponsible
lang thang	to wander (aimlessly), roam
lạnh	cold
lành mạnh	sound, healthy, wholesome
lãnh thổ	territory, domain
lao	(1) to throw, plunge, slam; dart, javelin; (2) tuberculosis; (3) jail, prison
lão	(1) old, old man; (2) Dao (of Daoism)
lao vút	to sink one’s claws, talons into
lấp	to fill, cover
lập	to form, establish, erect, set up
lập trường	position, viewpoint, standpoint
lạp xưởng	Chinese sausage
lát	instant, moment; slice
lật	to turn upside down, turn over; to cross, double-cross
lật đổ	to overthrow, subvert
lau	to wipe, clean
lâu đài	durable, lasting, permanent; palace
lâu đời	long-standing, old
lấy	by, to, for oneself; to take adopt, charge a price; seize; to pick up, take, charge (a price)
lây lan	to spread (disease)
lê	(1) pear; (2) to drag; (3) bayonet; (4) black, people
lẻ	remainder
lễ	religious ceremonies, festival, holiday
lễ an táng	burial service
lễ hội	carnival, festival, festivities
len	wool
lên	to go up, arise, come up
lên chân	(football game) play better, become a better player
lên cơn	to have a fit
lên tới	to increase, go up to
lên xe	to get into a car
lên đến	to increase, go up to
lên đường	to depart, set out, start a journey, leave, go away
lênh đênh	to float, drift
leo	to climb, creep
leo lên	to climb up
lều	tent, shed, hut, cottage
lịch	calendar, agenda; to pass, experiment
lịch sử	history, historical
lịch trình	history, development, evolution, schedule, timetable
Liên Hiệp Quốc	United Nations
liên hợp	to conjugate
liên kết	to unite, associate, link; unit
liên lạc	communication, contact, liaison, get in contact, connect, communicate
liên minh	to unite, allied, alliance
liên quan đến	related to
liên tiếp	continuous, successive, one after another, in a row
liên tục	to continue, continuous
liệt	to enumerate, put in a category
liệt sĩ	martyr, hero, war dead
liều lượng	dosage, dose, amount
linh	effective
lính	soldier, private, policeman; military
linh hồn	soul, spirit
linh mục	(Catholic) priest
lít	liter
lô	hired, rented; series
lỗ	loss (in business); hole
lọ	small bottle, vial
lò	(1) furnace, kiln, oven, reactor; prison, jail; (2) to stick out
lọ là	there is no need
lo lắng	worried, concerned, anxious, uneasy; to worry; worry, concern, anxiety
loa	megaphone
lóa mắt	to dazzle, be dazzled
loại	(1) category, sort, kind, species; (2) to remove, reject, eliminate, fail
loài	species, type
loại cây	plant species
loài người	human race, mankind, humankind
lọc	to filter, screen, choose, select
lồi	convex
lỗi	error, fault, mistake
lời	(1) spoken words, statement; (2) interest, profit
lợi	(1) to be profitable, advantageous, gainful; profit; (2) gum (tissue in mouth)
lời chào	words of greeting
lời khai	declaration, statement, testimony
lời khen	praise, compliment
lời khuyên	(piece of) advice, council
lợi nhuận	gains, profits
lời nói	spoken word(s), statements, speech
lối ra	way out, exit
lời tựa	preface, foreword
lối vào	way in, entrance
lối đi	way, path, alley
lớn	big, elder, large, loud
lợn	(1) pig, hog, swine; (2) to flirt
lớn lên	to grow up
lớn tuổi	older, advanced in years, elderly
lông	fur, hair
lồng	to enclose, include, contain
lòng	heart, spirit, feeling(s), innards, bowels, intestines
lộng lẫy	luxurious, magnificent, splendid
lòng thành	sincerity, candor
lớp	(1) class, grade, rank, layer, bed; (2) classroom
lớp học	course; classroom
lớp năm	1st grade
lớp sơn	paintwork
lột	(1) to skin; (2) to strip, deprive of; (3) to shed, cast off; (4) to strip, bear
lọt vào	to sneak into
lũ	torrential rain, downpour, flood
lũ lụt	flooding; to flood; flood
lúa	rice (as a cereal); rice paddy
lụa	silk
lừa	(1) donkey; (2) to cheat, swindle, deceive
lùa	to slide into, penetrate, drive
lửa	fire, flame
lựa chọn	to select, choose, pick, sort, triage
lúa mì	wheat
lừa đảo	fraud, swindle; to defraud, swindle
luận án	thesis, dissertation
luật	law, regulation, rule
luật pháp	law
lúc	moment, instant, time; when, at the moment that
lục	(1) to search; (2) six; (3) to record, copy; (4) (dry) land; (5) green
lực	force, energy, strength, ability
lúc bảy giờ	at 7 o’clock
lực lượng	force, strength; strong, robust
lúc nào cũng	always
lùi	to step back, move back
lúm đồng tiền	dimple
lùn	short, dwarf-like
lưng	(1) back; (2) capital, funds
lưới	net, screen, network
lưỡi	tongue; blade, sickle, (classifier for bladed objects)
lười biếng	lazy, idle, insolent
lưới đánh cá	fishing net
luôn	continuously, non-stop, on and on, often, frequently, right away, immediately, at once, all at the same time, all in one
lượng	amount, capacity, quantity, number, amount, dose, dosage
lương	food, salary, wages
lương thực	foods, rations, provisions
lướt	to glance through, surf (the web), glide, pass by (quickly)
lụt	to flood, inundate
lưu	to stop, detain, keep
lưu giữ	to stop, keep, detain, hold, store
lưu thông	traffic, circulation, communication; to circulate, communicate
lưu trữ	to save, keep, conserve, archive, retain; to live, reside, stay
luyện tập	drill, exercise; to drill, practice, train
lý	physics; reason, principle, law
ly	cup, glass; millimeter
lý do	cause, reason, argument; why?
ly kỳ	blood-and-thunder, sensational, thrilling
lý lịch	personal history, curriculum vitae, résumé, background
ly nước	drinking glass
ly rượu	(alcoholic) drink, glass of alcohol
lý thuyết	theory
mà	but, which, where, that, and
má	cheek; mother, mom
Ma Cao	Macao or stroke lightly, graze
ma túy	narcotics, drugs
mặc	to leave alone, not care for, ignore; to wear, put on
mắc	(1) to be expensive; (2) to be caught (in a trap, disaster), hang on a peg
mặc dù	though, although
mắc kẹt	to be caught, cornered
mặc quần áo	to get dressed, put on clothes
mặc đồng phục	to wear a uniform
mạch	circuit; pulse
mài	to rub, file, whet
mái	(1) roof; (2) (of a bird) female
mai	tomorrow
mái hiên	veranda, porch roof
mái nhà	roof
mái tóc	hair
mận	plum-tree
mặn	salty
man rợ	barbarous, savage
mang	to carry, wear, bear
mạng	network; life
mắng	to scold, reproach, reprove
mang lại	to bring
mạng lưới	network
mạng sống	person, people
mang thai	to be pregnant, carrying a child
mang theo	to bring along
mạnh	strong, healthy, well, robust
mảnh	(1) piece, fragment, part, scrap; (2) [CL for furniture]
mạnh khỏe	to be well, healthy
mảnh mai	slim
mạnh mẽ	strong, powerful, vigorous
mập	(1) fat, plump, chubby; (2) shark
mặt	(1) right; (2) face, surface, dial; (3) side, aspect
mất	(1) to die, pass away, vanish; (2) to lose, spend, take (money, time)
mắt	eye
mật	(1) honey, molasses; (2) gall, bile; (3) secret, confidential, classified; (4) dense, thick, close, intimate
mắt cá	ankle
mặt hồ	surface of the lake
mật khẩu	password, countersign
mất mát	loss; to lose
mặt nạ	mask
mặt trăng	moon
mặt trời	sun; solar
mặt trời mọc	the sun rises
mặt đất	the face of the earth, ground; terrestrial
mẫu	(1) hectare (c. 3600 sq. meters); (2) model, pattern, sample, form, specimen
màu	color
máu	blood
mấu chốt	key, clue
mẫu giáo	motherly instruction, nursery, kindergarten
màu mỡ	pick, fat (land)
màu sắc	color
mâu thuẫn	to contradict, conflict; conflicting, contradictory, inconsistent; contraction, inconsistency, conflict, confrontation
màu trắng	white
mẫu tử	mother and child
màu vàng	yellow (colored)
màu xanh	blue, green
mẫu đất	soil sample
màu đen	black (colored)
mấy	how much, how many, what, how?; several, some, a few; and, with
máy	(classifier for computers, radios); engine, machine, motor
mây	(1) cloud; (2) rattan
mày	you (used by a superior to an inferior)
máy ảnh	camera
máy bay	airplane, plane, aircraft
máy bay trực thăn	chopper, copter, helicopter
máy gặt	mower, mowing-machine, reaper, harvester
mấy giờ	how many hours?; what time?
máy kéo	tractor
máy lạnh	air conditioning
may mắn	lucky, fortunate
máy móc	machine, machinery; mechanical
máy tính	calculator, computer
may vá	to sew and mend, do the sewing, do needlework
mây đen	dark, black clouds
mẹ	mother
mẹ con	mother and child
mê hoặc	to charm, enchant, delude, deceive
mềm	soft, tender, flexible
mềm mại	soft, flexible, supple, pliant
mệnh lệnh	order, command, dictate, instructions
mèo	cat
mèo con	kitten, kitty
mét	meter; to strop, set (razor), tell tales; pale
mệt	tired, fatigued, weary
mệt mỏi	tired, weary
mì	Chinese noodles
mía	sugar cane
miễn phí	free (of charge)
miễn thuế	exempt from taxes
miếng	(1) fragment, piece, bit, morsel, bit, mouthful; (2) (fighting) trick, technique, move
miệng	mouth, opening
mỉm cười	to smile
mịn	smooth, sleek, silky
mình	body, oneself, I, we (inclusive)
mờ	dim, blear, blurred, opaque, blurred
mơ	(1) to dream; (2) apricot-tree
mỏ	mine, quarry; mouth, beak, bill, spout
mở	to open, start, begin, turn on, set up
mổ	to operate, cut up, perform surgery, dissect
mở cửa	to open a door, open business
mô hình	model
mồ hôi	sweat, perspiration
mở mắt	to open eyes to
mở miệng	to open one’s mouth to speak
mở ra	to open; unfold, open out, spread out, unwind, uncoil, unroll, unfurl
mở rộng	to widen, enlarge, expand, extend; expansion
mọc	to grow, flourish, rise (moon, e.g.)
mốc	(1) moldy, musty, mildewed; mildew, mold; (2) landmark, boundary
móc	to hook, crotchet, clasp, hook, seize, pick, pull
mọc lên	to rise, spring up, pop up
móc túi	to take something out of one’s pocket
mời	to invite; please (do sth)
mỗi	each, every
mới	new, fresh, recent, first; only then, have just
mọi	all, every
mối	(1) termite, white ant; (2) house lizard; (3) end (of entangled thread or string), beginning (of an involved story); [CL
môi	lip
mỗi buổi sáng	every morning
mỗi lần	each time
mối liên hệ	relationship
mỗi ngày	each day, everyday
mọi người	every person, everyone, everybody
mỗi người	each person
mọi người đều	everyone
mới nhất	newest, latest, most recent
mới tinh	brand-new
môi trường	environment, medium
mọi vật	everything
mọi việc	everything
món	(1) dish, course, (2) item, article, thing, sum, amount
môn	(1) band, gang, clique; (2) field or subject of study
món ăn	dish, course, food
môn học	subject of study
món quà	present, gift
mong	to expect, wait, hope
mỏng	thin, slender, slim
Mông Cổ	Mongolia
mong manh	faint, slender, slim, weak, thin, delicate
mỏng manh	very thin, frail, fragile
mong muốn	hope, expectation; desired, hoped for; to hope for, want, desire
móng tay	fingernail
mong ước	eagerly wish for, eagerly long for; to wish, hope
móng vuốt	claws, talons
móp	flattened, hollow, sunken
một	one; a, an
mốt	mode, style, fashion; one (in compound numbers); day after tomorrow
một bãi cát	beach
một bài học	a lesson
một bát cơm	a bowl(ful) of rice
một bó hoa	a bouquet (of flowers)
một bức ảnh	a picture, image
một bước	a step
một cách	in a ~ manner, ~ly
một cái	once, one time, one thing
một cặp	a couple
một câu	phrase, sentence
một câu chuyện	story, tale
một chút	a little, a tiny bit, a short while, moment, instant
một cuốn sách	a book
một giờ	one o’clock, one hour
một hơi	in a row, at a stretch
một ít	a little bit, a tiny bit, a dash
một kẻ	guy, person
một kế hoạch	a plan
một lần	once, at the same time, simultaneously
một lần nữa	once again, one more time
một lời	a word
một luật sư	lawyer
một lúc	(for a) moment, instant, short while
một mặt	on the one hand
một mình	alone, by oneself, solitary, single-handed, solo, on one’s own
một mớ	a lot, a bunch, a set, a group
một năm	a year, per year
một ngày	a day
một người	a person
một người bạn	a friend
một người bạn cũ	an old friend
một người vợ	a wife
một người đàn ông	a man, a male person
một nửa	one half
một phút	one minute
một sáng	one morning
một số	a number (of), certain, several, some
một số tiền	some (amount of) money
một tách cà phê	a cup of coffee
một thời gian	a period of time, a while
một thứ	(1) a guy; (2) a kind of
một tiếng	a sound, a noise
một trăm	one hundred
một triệu	(1) one million; (2) omen; (3) to recall
một trong	one of
một trong những	one of several, one of many, some; one of these
một vài	a few, several, some
một vòng	once, one time around
một đám	group of, crowd of
một đêm	a night
một điều	one thing
một đôi	a few, some
mũ	hat, cap, bonnet
mù	(1) fig; (2) mist; (3) blind, sightless
mùa	season, period, time
mưa	to rain; rainy
mua	to buy, purchase, get
mua chuộc	to bribe, buy over
mùa hè	summer
mùa màng	harvest, crop
mùa mưa	rainy season
múa rối	puppetry, art of puppet-showing
mua sắm	to buy, acquire, go shopping, shop
mùa thu	autumn, fall
mùa xuân	spring (season)
mua đồ	to buy things
mùa đông	winter
mức	level, amount, degree, measure, extent, standard
mức lương	salary grade, salary level
mực nước	sea, river, water level
mục tiêu	aim, purpose, object, objective, goal, target
mùi	(1) smell, scent, odor, color; (2) eighth year of the Chinese zodiac (“goat” or “sheep”)
mũi	nose, front, tip
mũi tên	arrow, pointer
mùi thơm	pleasant smell, perfume, fragrance, aroma
mười	ten
muối	salt; salted, salty; to salt, pickle
mươi	ten (in 20, 30, 40, etc.)
muỗi	mosquito
muội	soot
mười giờ	ten o’clock
mười hai giờ	12:00
mười lăm	fifteen
muốn	(1) to desire, want; (2) to look like (weather)
mượn	to borrow
muộn	late, tardy
muốn nói	to mean
mương	ditch
mướp	Loopah, luffa
mứt	jam, sugar-coated fruit, sugar, preserved fruit
Mỹ	America, USA, American
nam	(1) south; (2) male
nằm	to lie (down), be located in
năm	(1) five; (2) year
nắm	to grab, take, seize, hold, grasp; handful, fistful
nắm bắt	to grasp, catch
nam châm	magnet, magnetic
nắm chặt	to grab tightly
nam cực	antarctic pile, south pole
nắm giữ	to seize, hold
nằm giữa	to lie between
năm mới	new year, upcoming year
năm nay	the present year, this year
nắm tay	fist
nằm trên	to lie on, lie on top of
nạn nhân	victim
nang	follicle
nắng	sunny
nặng	(1) heavy, weighty, serious, ponderous; (2) low-constricted tone
nâng cao	to lift, raise, enhance
năng lực	ability, capacity, efficiency, power
năng lượng	energy, power
nàng tiên	fairy
nào	which, any, every
não	brain, cerebrum
nấp	to hide, lie in hiding
nấu	to cook, boil
nấu ăn	to cook, do cooking
nấu cơm	to cook (rice), prepare a meal, do the cooking
này	here; this, these; (expression) by the way, say
nếm	to taste (food), try (food)
ném	to throw, cast, fling, cast, chuck
ném lựu đạn	to throw a grenade
nên	(1) ought to, should, had better; (2) candle; (3) so, that’s why, consequently, so, therefore, (4) become
nến	candle, wax
nền	[CL for political, social ideals, concepts, institutions]; foundation, base, basis, surface, background; basic
nền kinh tế	economy, economic foundation
neo	anchor
nếp	(1) crease, fold; (2) glutinous
nếp nhăn	line, wrinkle, crease
nét	stroke, line (of pen), line, feature
nếu	if, in case; unless, in the event of
nếu có điều gì	if there was anything
nếu không	if not, otherwise, unless
ngã	to fall down, collapse, tumble down; crossroads, cross, crossing, turning point
nga	Russia
ngã nhào	to tumble, topple over, fall over
ngạc nhiên	to surprise; be surprised, wonder, be astonished
ngại	to worry, fear, be troubled by; worried, hesitant, fearful
ngai vàng	throne
ngắm	to behold, view, gaze upon, contemplate; to take aim at
ngầm	secret, underground, tacit
ngâm nga	to croon
ngân	money; to vibrate
ngắn	short, brief
ngăn	(1) to prevent, hinder; (2) to separate, divide, part; partition, compartment, drawer; (3) to prevent, hinder
ngăn chặn	to hinder, block, prevent, stop
ngắn gọn	brief, concise, succinct
ngân hàng	bank
ngấn lệ	traces of tears
ngăn nắp	orderly, well-kept, well-ordered
ngắn ngủi	short (time), brief, fleeting, transient, ephemeral
ngân sách	budget, estimate
ngang	across, horizontal, through; level, equal
ngẩng đầu	to hold one’s head up, hold one’s head high
ngành	branch, arm, section, sector; twig, branch, phylum
ngáp	to yawn, gape
ngập	flooded, submerged, inundated; to flood
ngập lụt	flooded, inundated; flood
ngất	to faint, pass out, become unconscious
ngất xỉu	to faint, pass out, swoon, lose consciousness, fall into a faint
ngay	immediately, at once, right away; to be straight, righteous, honest, exact
ngày	day, daytime, date
ngay bây giờ	right now, at this very moment
ngay cả	even
ngày càng	more ~ every day
ngày hôm qua	yesterday
ngay khi	as soon as, just, right at the time (when)
ngay lập tức	immediately, at once, right away
ngày mai	tomorrow
ngày nay	nowadays, currently, present-day, today
ngay thẳng	straightforward, honest
ngày đầu	first day, beginning
nghe	to hear, listen, feel, obey
nghề	occupation, calling, trade, craft, profession, work, craft
nghe nhạc	to listen to music
nghệ sĩ	artist
nghệ thuật	art
nghèo	poor, needy; poverty
nghẹt thở	nearly strangled, suffocated
nghỉ	to rest, relax
nghĩ	to think
nghỉ hè	summer holiday
nghỉ hưu	to retire
nghi ngờ	to doubt, be suspicious of, suspect
nghỉ ngơi	to (take a) rest, relax
nghĩ sao	to think how, think what (about)
nghỉ việc	to quit one’s job
nghĩa là	that is (to say), that means
nghĩa trang	cemetery, burial-ground, churchyard, graveyard
nghịch ngợm	playful, mischievous
nghiêm khắc	severe, stern, hard
nghiêm trọng	serious, grave, critical
nghiêm túc	serious, diligent, disciplined
nghiện	addict; be addicted to
nghiền	to crush, pound, grind
nghiên cứu	to do research, study, investigate; study, investigation, research
nghiêng	to lean, tilt, slope, incline, slant
nghìn	thousand
ngõ	gate, small street
ngớ ngẩn	to be stunned, surprised
ngoài	besides, outside, aside from, in addition; without, exterior, external; up north (referring to the northern part of VN)
ngoại hối	foreign exchange
ngoại ngữ	foreign language
ngoại ô	suburbs, outskirts (of a town)
ngoại tệ	foreign currency
ngoại thương	foreign trade
ngoại tình	to have an affair, commit adultery
ngoài trời	outside, outdoors, (in the) open-air
ngoan	nice, sweet, well-mannered, well-behaved, obedient
ngoạn mục	pleasing to the eye, nice-looking
ngoan ngoãn	to behave (nicely); well-behaved, obedient, docile
ngoằn ngoèo	meandering, full of twists and turns, zigzagging, squiggly, winding
ngọc	precious stone, gem; beautiful, precious, regal
ngọc trai	pearl
ngôi	(1) throne; (2) [CL for for temples, graves]
ngồi	to sit, be seated
ngồi bên	to sit beside
ngôi làng	community
ngôi mộ	grave, tomb
ngôi nhà	house
ngôi sao	star
ngồi vào bàn	to sit (down) at a table
ngồi xuống	to sit down
ngon	good, tasty, delicious, nice
ngọn	[CL for mountains, hills]; peak (of a mountain), top, tip, end, summit
ngón chân	toe
ngọn lửa	fire, flame
ngôn ngữ	language
ngọn núi	mountain top, peak
ngón tay	finger
ngọn đuốc	torch
ngỗng	goose
ngọt	sweet (tasting), fresh (water)
ngủ	to sleep, be asleep
ngũ cốc	cereal, grain
ngư dân	fisherman
ngu ngốc	dull, dull-headed, stupid, foolish
ngủ ngon	to sleep well
ngủ quên	to oversleep
ngủ thiếp	to be out (sleeping)
ngựa	horse
ngứa	itchy; to itch
ngựa vằn	zebra
ngực	chest, breast, bosom
ngừng	to stop (short), cease
ngừng nói	to stop speaking
ngược đãi	to persecute, mistreat, maltreat, abuse; mistreatment, maltreatment
người	man, person, people, individual, body
người Ai Cập	Egyptian (person)
người bạn	friend
người bảo vệ	guard, security person
người cảnh sát	policeman
người cha	priest
người con	child
người dân	inhabitant, citizen, people
người gác cửa	a gate keeper
người già	senior citizen, old folk or people, the elderly, the old
người hầu	servant
người Hoa	Chinese (person)
người khác	other, different person, people
người kia	that person
người lái	driver (of a vehicle)
người làm	servant, domestic help, staff member, employee
người lao động	worker, laborer
người lính	soldier
người lớn	adult, grown-up
người mẫu	model (person)
người mẹ	mother
người Mỹ	American (person)
người ở	servant, domestic help
người phụ nữ	woman
người phụ trách	person in charge
người ta	people (in general), they, one, you
người thân	loved one, dear friend, good friend
người Trung	Central Vietnamese
người đàn ông	a man, a person
người đó	that person
người đứng đầu	leader, head, chief
nguồn	source, spring
nguồn gốc	source, origin, roots
ngưỡng mộ	to look up to, admire; admiration
nguy hiểm	dangerous, risky, perilous, awkward
nguyên	acting, holding a post temporarily; to be intact, unaltered, brand new, original; in full; all, whole, entire
nguyên liệu	raw material(s)
nguyên soái	field marshal, marshal
nguyên thủy	primitive, original
nguyên tử	atom, atomic, nuclear
nhà	(1) [CL for experts]; (2) building, house; (3) house, family, clan, home
nha	(public, government) office, service, bureau
nhà bếp	(1) cook, chef; (2) kitchen
nhà của	home of
nhà ga	railroad station, railway station
nhà giàu	wealthy (rich) family-the rich
nhà hàng	restaurant, hotel, shop, store
nhà kho	storage room, warehouse, storehouse
nhà khoa học	scientist
nhà kim hoàn	goldsmith
nhà lãnh đạo	leader
nhà lập pháp	legislator, lawmaker
nhà máy	factory, plant
nhà máy điện	electricity generation plant, power plant, power station
nhà nghiên cứu	researcher
nhà nước	government, state
nhà tôi	my house, my wife, my husband
nhà trọ	boarding-house, lodging-house
nhà trường	school
nhà vệ sinh	toilet
nhà xuất bản	publisher, publishing house
nhạc cụ	musical instrument
nhắc lại	to repeat, reiterate
nhạc sĩ	musician, composer, songwriter
nhạc trưởng	leader or conductor of an orchestra, bandmaster
nhầm	to make a mistake; wrong
nhắm mắt	to close one’s eyes, ignore
nhằm vào	to aim at, target towards
nhắm vào	to aim at, target
nhận	to acknowledge, admit, accept, confess, receive, recognize to claim (land)
nhân	(1) at the time of; (2) core, kernel, almond; (3) to multiply; (4) man, person; (5) to cause
nhấn chìm	to immerge, plunge
nhân chứng	witness, proof, evidence
nhân dân	people, citizens
nhân dân tệ	people’s currency (Chinese currency), renminbi
nhẫn kim cương	diamond ring
nhân loại	mankind, humanity, the human kind
nhân lực	human strength, force, power, manpower
nhàn nhã	easy, free, unoccupied, casual
nhăn nheo	wrinkled up
nhân sâm	ginseng
nhân sự	human affairs, human resources, personnel, staff, workforce
nhân từ	clement
nhân vật	figure, personality, character, person
nhân viên	member, staff, employee, personnel, worker
nhân viên bán hàn	salesperson
nhận định	observation, comment; to judge, evaluate, (make a) comment
nhanh	fast, rapid, quick, speedy
nhánh	branch, limb, bough
nhanh chóng	quick, fast, rapid, prompt; quickly, swiftly, promptly
nhanh nhẹn	agile, nimble, dexterous
nhạo	to laugh at, mock
nhập	to bring in, put in, import; to join, enter, add; to receive
nhập cư	to immigrate, enter and take up residence
nhập khẩu	to import; importation
nhất	one; (the) first, most
nhặt	small; to pick up, gather, collect, take; fast, quick
nhật	day; Japan, Japanese
nhạt	light, faded (color), not salty enough, tasteless
Nhật Bản	Japan, Japanese
nhật ký	diary, journal
nhất quyết	determined, resolute; to decide, make up one’s mind, resolve
nhật thực	solar eclipse
nhất định	(1) certainly, definitely; (2) to decide, determine, resolve, fix, set; fixed, set
nhau	(1) together, in company, each other; (2) placenta
nhảy	to dance, jump, leap, skip over
nhạy cảm	highly discerning, very sensitive, tender, delicate
nhảy cao	high jump
nháy mắt	to blink, wink
nhảy qua	to jump over
nhẹ	light, gentle, soft
nhé	(mild command, request)
nhẹ nhàng	light, mild, gentle, soft
nhện	spider
nhét đầy	to be packed, crammed full of something
nhí nhảnh	joyful, playful
nhiệm vụ	duty, mission, responsibility, task, function
nhiên liệu	fuel, combustible, firing
nhiếp ảnh	photography; to photograph, take a photograph
nhiệt liệt	warmly, vehement, wild
nhiệt tình	enthusiasm, zeal, fervor, ardor; enthusiastic, zealous, fervent
nhiệt độ	temperature, degree of heat
nhiều	much, many, a great deal, plentiful, often, numerous, abundant, a great deal
nhiều lần	many times
nhiều người	many people, persons
nhiều nơi	many places
nhiều việc	many things
nhìn	to look (at), see, regard, appear
nhìn lên	to look up
nhìn ra ngoài	to look out(side)
nhìn thấy	to see, perceive
nhìn vào	to look at, look into
nhịp	(1) span, bay; (2) rhythm, cadence, (musical) measure, time, span; to drum
nhỏ	(1) small, young; (2) to drop
nhớ	to remember, recall, miss
nhờ	(1) thanks to, owing to; (2) to turn over, be dependent on, reply on; (3) to ask (a favor), request, please
nho	(1) grape; (2) Confucian
nhổ	to spit; to pull up, pull out, extract
nhỏ hơn	smaller
nhớ lại	to remember, reminisce
nhổ răng	to extract, pull a tooth
nhớ đến	to remember
nhóm	to gather, group, collect; group
nhôm	aluminum
nhộn nhịp	lively, bustling, busy
nhốt	to confine, lock up, imprison
nhú	begin to show, sprout
như	like, for example, as, such as, similar
như thế nào	how, in what way?, is like what?
nhuận	leap (as in leap year)
nhục	dishonor, disgrace, insult; to be disgraced, dishonored
nhức đầu	to have a sore head, have (a) headache
những	(pluralizer); several, various; to be only; certain number of, some; as much as, as many as
nhưng	but, yet
những cảm xúc	feelings (about something)
những gì	things
những lời	words
những người	people, those who
những người dân	citizens
những người khác	other people
những nơi khác	other places
những thứ	things
những điều	things
nhuộm	to dye
niềm	feeling, sentiment
niêm phong	to seal
niềm vui	pleasure, joy
no	gorged, stuffed, full
nợ	debt; to owe, be indebted to
nó	he, she, it, they
nơ	bow
nổ	to explode, blow up, burst, shoot
nở	(1) to develop, blossom, open up; (2) to hatch; (3) rise, expand
nô lệ	slave, slavery
nỗ lực	to try, endeavor, strive, attempt; effort, struggle, attempt
nợ nần	to owe; debt
nổi	(1) to rise, surface, become; in relief; (2) to be able to
nói	to speak, talk, say, tell
nơi	place, location, spot
nội	(1) inside, interior, paternal; (2) field, prairie, plain
nồi	pot
nổi bật	to set off, stand out, bring into relief
nội các	cabinet (government)
nói chuyện	to talk, converse; conversation
nói dối	to lie, tell lies
nói gì	to say something
nói là	reportedly, supposedly
nổi loạn	to rebel, revolt, riot; riot
nói lớn	to say loudly
nói một câu	to say something, say anything
nói nhảm	to talk nonsense
nói rằng	to say that
nội thất	inside (a house), indoors, interior
nổi tiếng	famous, well-known
nội trợ	housewife
nói về	regarding, with regards to; to refer to
nói với	to speak with, talk to
non	(1) slightly less than, just under; (2) young, inexperienced, tender, premature; (3) mountain
nôn mửa	to vomit, nauseous
nóng	hot, burning, anxious (to do something), hot-tempered, quick-tempered
nông	shallow, superficial, not deep
nông dân	farmer, cultivator
nông nghiệp	agriculture, farming
nồng nhiệt	warm, ardent, fervid
nòng nọc	tadpole
nông sản	agricultural produce, farm produce
nữ	woman, female
nụ cười	smile
nữ thần	goddess
nửa	additional, further, more; half
nữa	more, anymore, further, another
nửa năm	biannual; half-year, semi annual
nức nở	sob
núi	mountain
núi lửa	volcano
nước	country, nation, state; water, liquid (for drinking); gum(s) (flesh surrounding teeth)
nước khoáng	mineral water
nước mắt	tear(drop)
nước mũi	nasal mucus, snot, snivel
nước Mỹ	America
nước ngoài	foreign country; abroad
nước phát triển	developed country
nước sông	river water
nước trái cây	fruit juice
nước đá	ice
nuôi	to nourish, feed, keep, bring up, take care of
nuôi dạy	to rear, bring up
nuôi dạy con cái	to bring up children, child-rearing
nuôi dưỡng	to bring up, rear, nurture, foster
nướng	to grill, bake, roast
nuốt	to swallow
nuốt chửng	to swallow up
ở	to live, be, stay, remain; in, at
ô	(1) suburb, (2) umbrella
ồ	to rush (upon), pounce
ổ bánh mì	loaf
ở bên cạnh	to be on the side of, beside
ở biên giới	on the border
ở chân trời	on the horizon
ở cuối	at the end
ô dù	protector, shield, umbrella
ở giữa	between, in between
ở lại đây	to stay here
ở nhà	at home
ở nhà một mình	home alone
ô nhiễm	pollution; to pollute
ở nơi này	here, in this place
ở phía	on the side, beside
ở quảng	in, around
ô tô	automobile, car
ở trên	above, on top
ở trong	inside, in
ở đây	here
ở đó	(is) there
oải hương	lavender
oát	watt
óc	brain, spirit, mind
ốc sên	snail
ốm	(1) sick, ill; (2) lean, thin, skinny
ôm	to embrace, hug, grab; an armful
ôm nhau	to hug each other
ồn ào	noisy, loud; with much noise, fanfare
ổn định	fixed, steady, stable, settled; stability
ông	Mr., you (m)
ống	pipe, duct, tube
ong	bee
ông ấy	he, him
ông chủ	manager, director, boss, owner, chief
ông già	old man
ống khói	chimney
ống nghiệm	test tube
ông ta	he
ốp	to goad, to prod
ớt	(red) pepper, chili pepper, hot sauce, paprika
pha lê	crystal, glass
phá lên cười	to burst out laughing
phải	(1) correct, right (opposite of left), right (opposite of wrong); (2) must, have to
phạm	(1) to take; (2) to commit (a crime), offend
phẩm	(1) dye; (2) quality, class; thing, product, good, article
phàm ăn	to eat in an uncultured way, gobble down one’s food
phạm tội	to commit a crime, sin; crime offence; sinful, guilty
phần	part, section, portion, share
phấn	chalk, powder, flour
phân biệt	to discriminate, discern, distinguish
phấn hoa	pollen, anther-dust
phấn khích	excited, emboldened
phàn nàn	to complain, grumble
phân phát	to distribute, divide
phán quyết	decision, sentence; to decide
phần thưởng	prize, recompense
phân tích	to analyze; analysis
phản ứng	to react; reaction
phản đối	to oppose, object, protest; opposition
phẳng lặng	calm, quiet, uneventful
phanh	(1) to open up, dissect; (2) brake
phanh phui	to bare, expose, reveal
pháo	fire-cracker
pháo hoa	fireworks
pháo đài	fort(ress), bunker
pháp	(1) law, rule, order; (2) France, French
pháp luật	law
phạt	to punish; penalty, punishment, fine
phát biểu	to express, voice, state, show
phát biểu ý kiến	to express, voice an opinion
phát hiện	to discover; discovery
phát huy	to develop
phát nổ	to explode
phát ra	to start, break out, emit, send forth
phát sáng	photogenic
phát sóng	to put (a play) on the air, broadcast, telecast
phát triển	to develop, evolve, expand, grow, enrich (uranium); development, evolution, expansion
phát triển nhanh	rapid development, develop rapidly
Phật Tử	Buddhist (person)
phát điên	go crazy, go mad
phẫu thuật	surgery
phép	permission, authorization
phép trừ	substraction
phí	to waste, squander; expenses
phía	side, way, direction
phía bắc	in the north, in a northern direction
phía nam	southern direction, southern side
phía tây	western side, west
phía trước	front, in front (of)
phích	thermos flask, vacuum flask; plug
phiền	to disturb, bother, annoy; bothersome
phiên bản	reproduction, version
phiếu	card, vote, ballot; form, paper, registration form, [CL for forms]
phiêu lưu	to venture, wander (into)
phim	film, movies
phim truyền hình	television film or movie
phố	business district, downtown; street
phổ biến	to distribute, diffuse, make public, announce, spread, disseminate; popular, widespread, universal
phó giám đốc	deputy director, vice-president
phô mai	cheese
phổi	lung
phơi	(1) to display, explain; (2) to dry (in the sun), expose (to the sun)
phơi nắng	to put out in the sun, expose to the sun
phồn vinh	prosperous
phồng	to swell, bloat
phong	to give, bestow, confer
phòng	(1) room, office; (2) to prevent
phong bì	envelope
phong cảnh	landscape, scenery, sight
phòng khách	guest room, living room, sitting room
phòng ngủ	bedroom
phòng ngự	to defend
phòng tắm	bathroom
phong tỏa	to block, blockade, besiege
phong tục	custom(s), manners, practice
phỏng vấn	interview; to interview
phóng viên	reporter, correspondent
phóng xạ	radiation, radioactivity; radioactive
phụ	to help, assist, aid; secondary, attached, assistant, auxiliary
phủ	to cover, overlay; palace, residence; not, not, against
phù hợp với	to agree with, be in accordance with
phụ nữ	woman
phụ thuộc	secondary, dependent, subordinate, dependent on; accessory
phụ trách	to undertake, assume responsibility for, be in charge of
phúc	happiness, good fortune
phức	(1) complicated, complex; (2) fragrant, flavored, sweet-smelling
phức tạp	complicated, complex, diverse, intricate
phục vụ	to serve, help, assist; service
phục vụ trong quâ	to serve in the military
phun	to eject, erupt, squirt, spray, throw out
phụng dưỡng	to support, maintain (one’s parents)
phương châm	line, direction, policy, guideline
phượng hoàng	male phoenix and female phoenix-phoenix
phương pháp	method, means, way
phương tây	western, occidental, European
phương tiện truyề	means of communication
phương đông	the East, Occident
phút	minute
pin	battery
quá	(1) very, extremely; excessive; (2) to go beyond, go past; past
quả	(1) fruit, result, [CL for fruits, mountains, hills, balls]; (2) exactly, honestly; honest, exact, true; (3) betel box,
qua	after, by, through, over; last (week, day, etc.); to pass by, go across, cross over
quà	(1) present, gift; (2) snacks
quạ	crow
quả bom	bomb
quả bóng	balloon, ball, football
quá hạn	overdue; to expire, pass a deadline
quá khứ	the past
quả là	truly, in truth, definitely
quá nhiều	very much, many, too much, excessive
quá tải	overloading, overloaded
quà tặng	present
quá trình	process, stage
quả trứng	egg
quân	troops, army
quần	trousers, pants
quán	inn, restaurant, shop, kiosk
quấn	to roll, wind up, wrap (up)
quần áo	clothes, clothing
quán cà phê	café, coffee shop
quan chức	official, dignitary
quần chúng	mass, group, crowd, people; the masses, public
quan hệ	relation, connection; to be important, affect, concern, correlate
quan hệ giữa	relation, connection between
quan hệ ngoại gia	diplomatic, foreign relations
quản lý	manager, manage, administer
quân nhân	servicemen (military)
quan sát	to look at, look around, observe, watch
quan tâm	to pay attention, take an interest, concern; interest (in something)
quản thúc	to watch, put under surveillance
quan trọng	to be important, vital
quan điểm	standpoint, viewpoint, position, point of view, position
quân đội	army, armed forces, troops, military
quảng	about; wide, large
quăng	to fling, throw, hurl, toss
quảng trường	square
quảng đông	Canton, Cantonese
quanh	around, surrounding, about; winding, crooked
quanh co	winding, twisting
quanh quẩn	to turn around, go around in circles
quạt	fan
quay	(1) to roast (fowl, pig); (2) to turn (wheel, crank), revolve, go around, swivel, spin
quầy	display, counter, stall
quầy hàng	counter, stall
quay lại	to turn round, come back, return
quay mặt	to turn
quấy rối	to disturb, harass
quê	native village, home town
quế	cinnamon (tree, bark)
quên	to forget
quên lãng	to forget
quên mất	to forget
quen với	to be acquainted with, know
quét	to sweep, scan
quở trách	scold severely, dress down
quốc	nation
quốc bảo	precious national object
quốc gia	nation, state, country; national
quốc kỳ	national flag, national colors
quốc tế	international
quốc tịch	nationality, citizenship
quỳ	(1) to kneel down; (2) species of lotus, sunflower
quý	(1) valuable, noble, precious expensive; to esteem, value; (2) quarter, three months
quý mến	to esteem, hold in esteem
quy định	specification; to provide, fix, stipulate, define, specify
quyến	glossy black silk gauze
quyền anh	(Western-style) boxing
quyên góp	raise a subscription, subscribe
quyền lực	power, influence
quyến rũ	to seduce; seductive
quyết liệt	drastic, decisive, resolute, desperate
quyết tâm	determined, decisive, resolute; determination, resolution, resolve
quyết định	decision, resolution; to decide, resolve, determine
ra	to go out, exit, give, issue, emit, leave
ra khỏi	from; to go out, exit, leave
ra khơi	to head for the open sea, get to the open sea, put or go
ra ngoài	outside
ra đời	to be born, come into being, come into existence
rác	garbage, refuse, waste, trash
rắc rối	complicated, complex, involved; complication, complexity
rải rác	scattered, sparse
rậm rạp	bushy, dense
rắn	(1) snake; (2) hard, rigid; to harden
rán	(1) to fry; (2) to try, strive, endeavor, make an effort
rắn độc	venomous or poisonous snake
rằng	that; to answer, speak up
răng	tooth
rảnh	free, unoccupied
ranh giới	frontier, border, limit
rảnh rỗi	unoccupied, idle, free
rào	fence; to enclose, shut in
rất	very, quite
rất ít	very few
rất lâu	for a (very) long time
rất nhiều	very much, many
rất quan trọng	very important
rất thích	to really like
rất tiếc	very sorry
rất tốt	very good, excellent
rau	(leafy) vegetable
ráy tai	ear-wax, cerumen
rể	son in law; bridegroom
rẻ	cheap, inexpensive
rẽ	to turn (right or left)
rễ	root (of a tree)
rỉ	(1) to rust, rusty; (2) small or gentle repetitions
rỉ sét	to rust, rusty
rìa	fringe, edge, border
riêng	alone, only, separate, particular, private, personal, independent; as for
ríu rít	to chatter, chirp, warble, twitter, prattle
rõ	clear, distinct; clearly, distinctly; to know well, understand clearly
rô	diamond
rổ	basket
rõ ràng	clear, distinct, obvious, evident, plain
rời	to leave, break off, detach
rồi	already, then, after that, afterwards, next
rơi	to fall, drop, come down, slide down
rời khỏi	to depart, leave
rơi xuống	to fall down
rồng	dragon
rộng	roomy, spacious, loose, large; to measure, be (a certain size)
ròng	pure
rỗng	empty, hollow
rộng lớn	big, large, broad, wide
rộng rãi	broad, extensive, spacious, widespread, roomy, wide, generous, free
rót	to pour (from a bottle)
rủ	(1) to invite, ask; (2) to hang down, droop
rửa	to wash, clean
rửa tay	to wash one’s hands
rực rỡ	brilliant, spectacular
rủi ro	accident, incident, failure (of a business); unlucky, unhappy, unfortunate
rừng	forest, jungle
rụng	to fall (leaves, flower, fruit, hair)
rùng mình	to shiver, tremble (with fear)
rừng thông	pine forest
rụng xuống	to fall down
rước	to receive, greet, welcome
ruộng	field, paddy
rượt	to follow after, chase, pursue
ruột	(1) intestine, bowel, stomach; (2) core, blood; (3) blood
rượu	alcohol, wine
rút	to draw (gun), pull out, recede (crowd), withdraw
rút khỏi	to withdraw from, unsubscribe
rút lui	to pull out, step back, withdraw, stand down; withdrawal
rụt rè	timid, coy, shy, meek
sa mạc	desert
sa sút	to lose one’s wealth, become impoverished
sắc	color, look, appearance; iron; sharp
sạc	to charge
sắc lệnh	decree, order
sắc đẹp	beauty, glamour
sách	(1) book; (2) list (of names); (3) to demand, insist; (4) policy; (5) mountain village
sạch	(1) clean; (2) completely, entirely, everything
sạch sẽ	clean, neat, tidy
sai	(1) to order, command; (2) wrong, incorrect, off by
sai lầm	to make a mistake, be mistaken; mistaken, incorrect, wrong; mistake
sai sót	error, mistake, shortcoming
sấm sét	thunderbolt
sân	yard, courtyard, lot
sàn	wooden floor
sẵn	to be ready, prepared, have on hand
sân bay	airport, airfield, airstrip
sân chơi	playground
san hô	coral
sân khấu	stage, scene
sân nhà	yard (of a house)
sàn nhà	floor
sản phẩm	product, produce, production, result, outcome
sẵn sàng	ready, prepared, willing to
sần sùi	lumpy, rough, scaly
sân vận động	stadium
sản xuất	to produce
sản xuất ô tô	automobile production
sang	(1) luxury; (2) to come or go over, cross to, towards, into, transfer; (3) to sublet
sáng	(1) shiny, sparkling, bright; (2) (to become) dawn, morning
sàng	bed
sảng khoái	cheerful, happy
sáng sủa	bright (full of light), clear, well-lit, intelligent
sáng tác	to create, be creative, compose; creativity
sang trang	turn over a page (of history)
sang trọng	splendid, rich, luxurious
sành	glazed pottery
sao	how?, what manner?, why? (is that); to matter
sáo	(1) magpie; (2) bamboo blinds; (3) stock phrase, cliché; (4) flute; (5) cook meet with bamboo shoots and spices
sao chép	to copy, transcribe
sao chổi	comet
sao Hỏa	Mars (planet)
sắp	(1) to be about to, going to; (2) to arrange, put in order, set; (3) group, band
sắp xếp	to plan, arrange (in some way)
sắt	iron
sát	(1) to stay close to; close, tight; (2) to kill; (3) scratched, bruised; (4) to examine
sát cánh	to stand or work side by side
sáu	six
sau	again; next; after, behind, afterwards
sâu	(1) worm; (2) deep, profound
sầu	sad, melancholy
sau khi	following; after (something happens)
sâu sắc	profound
say	drunk, intoxicated, high
sẽ	(future tense marker), shall, will
sẽ có	will have, will be
sẽ không	will not
sẽ không bao giờ	will never
sếp	boss
sét	rusty; thunderbolt, lightning bolt
sĩ	scholar
sỉ	(1) (at) wholesale; (2) shame; (3) tooth
siêng năng	diligent, assiduous
siêu nhân	superman
siêu thị	supermarket
sinh	to give birth; to be born, create
sinh hoạt	life, living, activity, existence; lively
sinh nhật	birthday
sinh sản	to produce, reproduce, generate, beget
sinh sôi nảy nở	to grow, multiply
sinh sống	to (be born and) live, make a living, earn for living
sinh viên	(university) student
sinh động	alive, lively, vivid
số	(1) amount, number, figure, quantity, size (of clothing), digit, edition; digital; (2) gear (of a car); (3) destiny, fat
sợ	to be afraid, fear
sổ	notebook
sô cô la	chocolate
sợ hãi	fearful, frightened, afraid
sở hữu	property; to own, hold
số liệu	data, number
so sánh	to compare, liken; comparison
sở thích	hobby, taste, liking
số tiền	sum, amount of money
sở trường	strength, strong point, forte
số điện thoại	telephone number
soạn thảo	to edit, write, author, compile
sọc	stripe, streak
sồi	floss, floss silk oak
sợi	fiber, thread, string, strand
sói	(1) wolf: (2) bald; (3) chloranth
sôi	to boil, rumble
sợi dây	cord, rope, string
sôi nổi	lively, spirited, scandalous, racy
sôi động	(1) eventful, excitement (2) choppy, rough
sớm	early
sớm hơn	earlier, sooner
sớm mai	early morning tomorrow morning
sơn	(1) mountain; (2) to paint, color, lacquer; paint, lacquer
sống	to live, exist; life
sông	river, stream
sóng	wave, radio wave
sống lâu	to live a long time
sống một cuộc đời	to live a life
sống ở	to live in
sóng thần	tsunami
sốt	(1) hot, feverish, impatient, anxious; (2) at all
sọt rác	garbage can, trash can, wastebasket
sư	(1) division (military); (2) monk, priest
sự	deed, act, action event, occurrence, (classifier for actions, states)
sứ	(1) envoy, ambassador; (2) porcelain, china
sự bắt chước	imitation, copying
sự cố	fault(y)
sử dụng	to use, employ
sự giám sát	inspection, supervision
sự giúp đỡ	help, assistance
sự khác biệt	difference
sự khác biệt rõ r	a clear, obvious difference
sự phát triển	development, expansion, evolution
sự suy sụp	weakness, decline
sự thật	fact, truth, veracity
sự tích	story, history
sự tiến bộ	improvement, progress
sư tử	lion
sửa	to fix, repair, mend, change, modify, alter
sữa	milk
sửa chữa	to repair, fix, mend, correct, update
sửa đổi	to modify, mend, reform; correction
sức	force, strength, might, power
sức khỏe	strength, health
sức mạnh	force, strength, power
sức nặng	weight
sưng	to swell, bloat; swollen
sừng sững	motionless
suối	stream, brook
suối nước nóng	hot or thermal spring
sườn	rib, flank, side, slope
suôn sẻ	flowing, smooth
sương giá	frost
sương mù	mist, fog
suốt	throughout, for (a length of time); to go through
suốt đêm	all night
súp	soup
sụp đổ	to collapse, tumble, fall down, crumble
sưu tầm	to collect, search for, hunt, look for, gather
sưu tập	to collect, gather
suy nghĩ lại	reconsider
suy thoái	recession, slump, decline, drop; to degrade, regress, recess, decline, drop
tã	nappy, napkin, diaper
ta	we (inclusive), us
tác	(1) job, task, work; (2) to make, do
tạc	to carve, engrave on (upon), cherish
tác dụng	action, effect
tắc nghẽn	jammed, blocked
tác phẩm	creative work, literary work, artistic work, handiwork
tách	(1) cup, cupful; (2) to split, divide, separate
tách cà phê	a cup of coffee
tại	at, in; because (of)
tải	to transport, convey, carry, manage
tai	ear; mishap, accident, calamity
tài	skill, talent, gift; skilful, talented
tài chính	finances, financial
tại hiện trường	at the scene, on the scene
tai họa	disaster, catastrophe, calamity
tài khoản	account, sum, amount of money
tài liệu	document, information, literature, material
tai nạn	disaster, accident, tragedy
tài năng	talent, ability, capability, efficiency
tai nghe	to hear with one’s ears; headphones
tài nguyên	resource
tài sản	property, asset
tại sao	how?, what manner?, why? (is that)
tài trợ	to fund, finance, sponsor
tại đây	here, in this place
tám	eight
tắm	to have a bath, bathe
tấm	[CL for boards, signs, bolts of cloth, maps, photographs, mirrors]
tạm	temporary, provisional
tằm	silkworm
tăm	bubble, trace, toothpick
tạm biệt	to part, say goodbye; goodbye, bye-bye, bye
tám mươi	eighty
tắm nắng	to sunbathe
tầm nhìn	view, vision
tâm sự với	to confide in
tạm thời	temporary, provisional, interim; in the meantime
tầm thường	commonplace, mediocre, ordinary, mundane, everyday
tâm trạng	state of mind, mood, attitude
tâm trí	mind, spirit, heart
tấn	(1) metric ton; (2) see tiến; (3) standing position (in kung fu); (4) play
tàn	ashes, remains; to decline, decrease, fade, draw to an end, decay, crumble
tan	to dissolve, disperse, evaporate, break up, rout, dissipate, melt, thaw, be over, be close to
tán	(1) to flatter, court, flirt; (2) to help, aid, assist; (3) to crush, grind, pulverize; (4) loose, scattered; (5) paraso
tan chảy	to melt
tấn công	to attack, assail, assault; attack, assault, offensive
tận hưởng	to enjoy fully, make the most of
tàn nhẫn	heartless, ruthless, atrocious, cold, blunt
tàn phá	to devastate, ravage, destroy
tan tành	broken up, smashed, in pieces; to break into pieces
tan thành	to dissolve, melt, turn into
tầng	story, floor layer, stratum, stage (of a rocket)
tặng	to present, give, offer, award, donate
tăng	(1) to increase, raise; (2) tank, (armored vehicle); (3) Buddhist priest, Buddhist monk; (4) to hate
tâng bốc	to raise, (over)praise
tang lễ	funeral, burial rites
tăng lên	to increase, go up
tảng đá	(large) stone
tanh	(1) very, absolutely, quite; (2) fish-smell
tạnh	to stop (raining)
táo	(1) jujube; (2) constipated; (3) kitchen god; (4) bold, daring
tạo	to create, make, form, establish
tao	(1) I (arrogant or familiar); (2) trouble, disorder, (3) elegant; (4) time, round; (5) to chance to meet; (6) dregs in w
tảo	(1) to manage to get, dig up; (2) early; (3) sweep; (4) jujube; (5) seaweed, algae
táo bạo	bold, reckless, daring
tao nhã	refined, cultured, elegant
tạo ra	to create, bring about
tạo thành	to make, create, form
tập	(1) to practice, drill, edit; (2) ream of paper, volume (of prose)
tập bắn súng	to practice shooting
tạp chí	magazine, digest, review, journal
tập hợp	to assemble, group, gather, collect; collection
tập luyện	to train, practice
tập thể dục	to exercise (physical)
tập tin	file
tập trận	military exercise; to hold maneuvers, hold military exercises
tập trung	to concentrate, centralize, gather, focus, mass (up); concentration
tật	infirmity, disease, illness, (bad) habit, vice
tạt	to dash, splash (into), lash against
tắt	(1) to be shortened, abbreviated; (2) to turn off, extinguish, switch off, turn off; (3) to die out, be extinct
tất	certainly, sure(ly)
tất cả	all, everything, total, together, any, whole
tất cả các	all, each, every
tất cả mọi người	all people, everyone, everybody
tất cả mọi người	all people, everyone, everybody
tất cả những	all
tất cả những gì	whatever
tất nhiên	natural; naturally, of course
tắt thở	to breathe one’s last, stop breathing
tàu	(1) ship, boat; (2) stable; (3) China, Chinese; (4) (classifier for big leaves)
tàu chiến	warship
tàu thuyền	ship, boat
tàu đánh cá	fishing boat
tàu điện	tram, tramcar, streetcar
tay	(1) hand, sleeve; (2) person, party, group
Tây	West, Western, Occidental, French
tấy	to fester to make a chance packet
tay áo	sleeve
tây nam	southwest
tay phải	right arm, right hand, right (hand side)
tay săn ảnh	paparazzi, person chasing celebrities in order to take pictures
Tây Tạng	Tibet, Tibetan
tẩy trang	to remove one’s make-up
tệ	my, our; quite, extremely
tề	village temporarily under the French control
tế bào	cell (biology)
tê giác	rhinoceros
tem	stamp
tên	(1) name; named; (2) [CL for spies, robbers]; (3) arrow
tên cướp	robber
tên tôi là	my name is
tệp	file
tết	festival, New Year’s Festival
thả neo	to (weigh) anchor
tha thứ	to forgive, excuse, pardon
thác	waterfall
thạc sĩ	doctorate, PhD (degree)
thạch	agar, Chinese gelatin (isinglass, Japanese gelatin) isinglass
thải	to discard, eliminate, dismiss, fire
thái	to slice
thái cực quyền	tai chi, tai chi chuan
Thái Lan	Thailand
thái độ	behavior, attitude
thẩm	to suck up
thâm	black; deep, profound
thảm	(1) carpet; (2) tragic, sad
thăm	to call on, visit, see
tham dự	to participate, take part, attend; participation
tham gia	to adhere, participate, take part, contribute to, attend; contribution, participation
thám hiểm	to explore; exploration
thảm họa	catastrophe, calamity, disaster, tragedy
thâm hụt	shortfall, deficit
tham khảo	reference; to review, refer, consult
thảm khốc	highly destructive, devastating, terrible, awful
tham nhũng	corrupt; corruption
thẩm phán	to judge; judge
tham quan	to observe and visit, sightsee
thẩm quyền	authority, competence, jurisdiction
thảm sát	to slaughter, massacre
thẩm vấn	to interrogate, investigate, enquire, examine, question; enquiry, examination
tham vọng	ambition
thân	(1) intimate, close, dear; (2) person, body; (3) ninth year of the Chinese zodiac (“monkey”)
thận	kidney
than	(1) coal, charcoal; (2) to lament, complain, moan; (exclamation)
thân ái	affectionate
thân cây	trunk (of a tree), stem (of a plant)
thân hình	physical appearance
thân nhất	dearest
thân thiện	friendly
thần tiên	magic, enchanting; the immortals, the gods
than đá	coal
thang	ladder; scale, range, gamut
tháng	month
thẳng	straight, direct
thắng	(1) brake (pedal); to stop, brake, harness; (2) to win, conquer; victory, conquest
thăng bằng	balanced, even, steady, level; balance, equilibrium
thắng cảnh	scenic spot
thắng cuộc	to win the game, win or carry the day
tháng giêng	January, first lunar month
tháng hai	February
tháng này	this month
tháng sau	next month
thẳng thắn	straightforward
thẳng đứng	vertical
thành	(1) citadel, fortress, wall; (2) to, into; (3) to succeed; (4) to become; (5) honest, sincere
thành công	to succeed; be successful
thành lập	to form, found, establish, create
thành phố	city, town
thành tâm	sincere, sincerity
thanh toán	to clean up, close (account), dispose of, liquidate, murder
thành viên	member
tháo	to dismantle, take apart, open, unwrap, untie, release, unbind
thảo luận	to discuss, debate, talk; discussion, debate
thảo nguyên	steppe
tháo rời	to take apart, take to pieces, disassemble
tháp	(1) to graft (tree); (2) tower
thấp	short (of height), low, poor
thập cẩm	miscellaneous
thấp kém	to be low, inferior
thắp sáng	to light, illuminate
thật	true, real, actual, very, (ammunition) live
thất bại	to be defeated, lose, fail, be unsuccessful; defeat, failure
thật chặt	very tight, very close
thất hứa	to fail to keep (or break) one’s word
thật là	really, quite, truly
thắt lưng	belt (around the waist)
thất nghiệp	unemployed, out of work; unemployment
thật sự	(in) truth, (in) reality; real, reality, actual
thất vọng	disappointed, disappointing, dismayed; to despair, be disappointed
thấu	(1) to pass, penetrate, get through, understand; (2) to mix; to collect, gather
thấy	to see, perceive, feel
thay	(interjection) how!; to change, replace, substitute
thầy	teacher, master, father, dad
thay phiên	to rotate, do by turns
thay đổi	to change, be changed; variable, varying; change
thể	(1) body, group; (2) ability, capability; (3) card
thế	(1) manner, way, fashion, position, situation, posture; (2) so, thus, like that, such
thẻ	badge, card
thè	to put out, stick out (one’s tongue)
thế chấp	to pawn, use as collateral
thể dục	exercises, gymnastics, physical education
thế giới	world, universe
thế hệ	generation
thế kỷ	century
thế nào	how; whatever it is, at any rate
thể thao	sport
thẻ tín dụng	credit card
thế vận hội	Olympic games
thêm	more, additional, further; to add, increase
thèm thuồng	to desire, long for
theo	to follow, believe in; according to, on, at, in
theo dõi	to follow, pursue, observe, watch, monitor
theo thời gian	over time
theo đuổi	according to; to follow, pursue, imitate, copy
thép	steel, iron
thì	(1) time; (2) then, as for, however, in that case, certainly, for sure
thi	to take an examination or a test, take part in contest or race, compete
thị lực	eyesight
thí nghiệm	experiment
thí sinh	applicant, candidate (academic)
thị thực	visa, certify
thị trấn	town, community
thị trưởng	mayor
thị trường chứng	stock market
thi đậu	to pass an examination
thìa	spoon, spoonful, handle (on a grenade)
thích	(1) to like; (2) (surname name taken by Buddhist monks)
thích hợp	to fit, suit; appropriate, suitable
thiếc	tin
Thiên An Môn	Tiananmen
thiên nga	swan
thiên nhiên	nature, natural
thiên tai	natural calamity, natural disaster
thiên thần	angel
thiên đường	paradise, heaven, Elysium
thiêng liêng	sacred, holy
thiết	to display, show
thiết bị	to prepare, get ready, make ready, build up, build out; device, equipment
thiệt hại	loss; to damage, harm, lose
thiết kế	to plan, design; design
thiết lập	to establish, set up, found
thiếu	to be insufficient, lack, owe (sb money for sth); deficit, shortage, deficiency; minus
thiêu	to burn, cremate
thiểu số	minority
thịnh hành	popular, in vogue
thịnh soạn	ample, plentiful, abundant
thịt	(1) meat, flesh; (2) to kill (an animal)
thở	to breathe, respire
thỏ	rabbit, hare the moon
thờ	to worship, adore, venerate
thợ	artisan, workman, worker
thờ cúng tổ tiên	to worship, venerate one’s ancestors
thở dài	to sigh
thô sơ	rough, crude, coarse, rudimentary, primitive
thô tục	vulgar, crude, coarse, gross
thoa	to rub (on), appoint
thỏa thuận	to agree, consent; agreement, accord
thoái hóa	to degenerate, decline
thoải mái	at ease, relaxed, easy; to relax
thoát khỏi	to escape, get out, break out
thổi	to blow
thời	time(s), era
thối	to withdraw, give change
thôi	just, only; to cease, stop, separate
thổi bay	to blow off
thời gian	(period of) time
thói quen	habit, custom
thối rữa	to decompose, become rotten or putrescent
thời tiết	weather
thời trang	style, fashion
thơm	to smell
thon	tapering, tapered, dainty, slender, slim
thông	(1) message; (2) pine tree
thông báo	announcement, report, statement, message; to inform, announce, make known, advise, warn
thông minh	intelligent, clever, smart
thông qua	by, through, via; to approve, ratify, pass
thông tin	information, report; to inform
thốt	to say, speak, utter
thứ	(1) (ordinalizer); order, type, suit, kind; (2) thing, item
thư	letter; to write
thu	(1) autumn; (2) to collect, gather, take in, record
thú	(1) animal, quadruped; (2) pleasureable, delightful; pleasure, delight; (3) to confess, admit; (4) garrison force
thử	to try, test, attempt
thu dọn	to clear away, tidy up
thu hoạch	to harvest, reap, obtain
thư ký	secretary, clerk, teller
thủ môn	goalie, goalkeeper
thử nghiệm	to test, try, attempt; test, trial
thu nhập	income; to receive, collect
thu nhỏ	to make small, miniaturize
thư pháp	calligraphy, penmanship
thủ phủ	capital city, metropolis
thử thách	to try; test, trial, ordeal
thu thập	to collect, gather
thứ tự	order, position
thủ tục	formality, procedure
thủ tướng	premier, prime minister
thú vị	pleasant, agreeable, interesting, enjoyable
thư viện	library
thù địch	adversary, enemy, foe; hostile
thủ đô	capital city
thừa	(1) left over, superfluous, extra; (2) to take advantage of; (3) to inherit; (4) to receive (from above); (5) to take ch
thua	to lose, be defeated
thừa kế	to inherit, take over
thua trận	to be defeated in battle
thuật	to tell, report
thực	to grow, develop, reproduce, colonize; to eat (up); (2) true, real
thức	(1) manner, form, pattern; (2) to wake, awaken
thức ăn	food
thức dậy	to wake (someone), get up, rise
thúc giục	to push, urge, hasten, hurry, press
thực hành	to (put into) practice, be practical, affect, carry out, accomplish
thực hiện	to achieve, accomplish, fulfill, realize, provide, create, carry out, implement
thực phẩm	food product, foodstuff, food
thực sự	real, indeed, actual; truth, reality
thực vật	vegetation, flora
thúc đẩy	to push, urge, promote, speed up
thuê	rent, hire
thừng	rope
thung lũng	valley
thùng rác	trash can, garbage can, dumpster
thuộc	(1) to belong, of, part of, occupation; (2) to know by heart; (3) to tan, cure
thuốc	cigarette, medicine (also as a field of study); product
thước kẻ	ruler
thuốc lá	tobacco, cigarette
thuộc quyền quản	under its management
thuộc về	to belong to, be on, part of
thuộc địa	colony
thưởng	to reward, award, enjoy; to gaze at
thường	frequent, usual, ordinary, common, average, customary, normal; ordinarily
thường dân	average citizen, everyday people, the populace; civilian
Thượng Hải	Shanghai
thương lượng	to discuss, arrange, negotiate
thường sử dụng	to normally use
thưởng thức	to enjoy, appreciate
thương tiếc	to regret, mourn over
thương xót	compassion; to have compassion for, take pity on
thường xuyên	regularly, usually, unceasingly, incessant, without a break, non-stop
thủy thủ	mariner, sailor, seaman
thủy triều	tide
thuyền	boat
thuyền rồng	imperial boat (to have the form of a dragon)
thuyết phục	to convince, persuade, preach
tị	(1) jealous; (2) tiny bit; small, tiny, little; (3) sixth year of the Chinese zodiac (“snake”)
tỉ mỉ	meticulous, minute, detailed
tị nạn	refugee; to flee from danger
tỉa	to prune, trim
tia chớp	lightning bolt
tia sáng	beam or ray of light
tích lũy	to hoard, gather, accumulate, store up, stockpile
tích trữ	to hoard, store up
tích tụ	to assemble, agglomerate, mass together, pile up
tiệc	banquet, party, feast, dinner
tiệm	(1) shop, store; (2) gradual
tiêm	to inject
tiện	convenient, handy, useful
tiền	money
tiến	to advance, move forward, progress
tiền bạc	money, currency
tiền giấy	paper money, paper currency
tiến hành	to advance, move forward, continue, carry out, execute, operate
tiện lợi	convenient, handy, user-friendly
tiền lương	wages, pay, salary
tiền mặt	cash (money)
tiền sinh	previous life (Buddhism)
tiên tiến	advanced, developed
tiền tiêu	pocket money, spending money, allowance; expenses
tiếng	(1) language, sound, voice, reputation; (2) hour
tiếng Anh	English (language)
tiếng súng	(sound of a) gunshot
tiếp khách	to receive guests or visitors
tiếp sức	to give strength
tiếp theo	continuous, following, subsequent; after(wards)
tiếp tục	to continue; continuous
tiếp xúc	connection, relation, contact; to contact, get in touch with
tiết kiệm	to save, be thrifty, economize; economical
tiết lộ	to divulge, disclose, reveal; disclosure
tiết tấu	rhythm
tiêu	(black) pepper; to spend (money)
tiêu chuẩn	standard, norm, criterion, ration, portion
tiêu cực	negative, passive
tiểu sử	biography, history
tiêu thụ	to consume, use up
tiểu thư	to miss
tím	purple, violet
tim	(1) heart; (2) to look for, search for, pursue
tìm	to find, look for, seek
tìm cách	to try to, seek to, endeavor
tìm kiếm	to hunt for, search for, look for
tìm thấy	to find
tin	news, report; to believe, trust
tín dụng	confidence, trust, credit (economic)
tin tức	data, news, tidings, intelligence
tin tức mới nhất	latest news
tin tưởng	to believe, have confidence, be confident, trust
tín đồ	believer, follower of a religion
tin đồn	rumor
tinh	(1) intelligent, smart, clever; (2) fine, pure; (3) only, nothing but; (4) sign; (5) star; (6) essence; (7) flag; (8) de
tỉnh	(1) province, prefecture; city; (2) to wake up, awaken, recover consciousness
tính	(1) to intend, contemplate, plan to; (2) to count, calculate, compute
tình bạn	companionship, comradeship, friendship
tính cách	character, nature, trait
tình cảm	emotional, sentimental; sentiment, affection
tình cờ	accidental, coincidental, random; by chance, by accident
tình hình	situation
tình hình chính t	political situation
tinh hoa	essence, best part, crème de la crème
tinh khiết	pure, clean
tình nguyện	to volunteer; voluntary
tình nhân	lover
tinh tế	fine, precise, subtitle, discerning
tinh thần	mind, mental sense, spirit, nerve; morale; spiritual
tình tiết	detail, particular episode
tính toán	to calculate, count, figure, weigh the pros and cons
tình trạng	situation, state, condition(s)
tình trạng sức kh	health situation, state of health
tình tứ	lovable
tình yêu	love, passion
to	large, big
tờ	(work)sheet, piece of, sheet of
tơ	(1) silk, fine thread; (2) young, tender
tô	(1) to coat, cover; (2) (large) bowl, (large) bowlful
tỏ	to express, declare
tổ	(1) nest; (2) only; (3) group, team
tờ báo	newspaper
tố cáo	to accuse, denounce, charge, report
tổ chim	bird’s nest
tổ chức	to organize, set up, establish; organization
tổ chức một cuộc	to organize a press conference
tờ giấy	sheet, piece (of paper)
to hơn	bigger, louder
tỏ ra	to exhibit, express, give, show
tỏa	to spread, diffuse, pervade, radiate, emit, send out
tòa án	court (of law), tribunal
tòa nhà	building
toán	gang, group, party, team; mathematics
toàn	all, entire, whole
toàn bộ	whole, all, entire
tóc	hair (on head)
tộc	family, clan
tốc độ	rate, speed, velocity
tôi	I (first person singular pronoun)
tối	(1) night, evening, dark; (2) very
tới	to come, arrive, reach; until, to; next
tỏi	garlic
tồi	poor, bad, mediocre
tội ác	crime, atrocity, evil
tôi biết	I know
tôi có	I have
tôi không biết	I don’t know
tối nay	this evening, tonight
tội phạm	criminal; crime
tôi sẽ	I will
tồi tệ	mean, bad
tom	tom-tom (noise of drum); to collect, gather; to arrest somebody, be in custody, be arrested
tóm	to nab, seize, catch
tôm	prawn, shrimp
tôn giáo	religion; religious
tôn trọng	respect, compliance; to respect
tông	ancestor, family, relation
tống	to drive out, drive away, expel
tổng cộng	grand total, all together, total
tổng giám đốc	acting manager, general director, managing director, general manager, director-general, CEO
tổng thống	president; presidential
tổng thu nhập	gross income
tống tiền	blackmail; to extort, blackmail
tốt	good
tốt bụng	good hearted, kind hearted
tốt hay xấu	good or bad
tốt nghiệp	graduate; to graduate
tốt nhất	best
tốt đẹp	fine, good, well
trả	(1) to pay, repay, pay back; (2) to return, give back
trà	tea, tea-plant
tra cứu	to consult, seek, investigate, look up
trả lời câu hỏi	to answer a question
trả lời điện thoạ	to answer the phone
trả tiền	pay
trách	to tax, blame; responsibility
trách móc	to reproach, reprove, reprimand
trách nhiệm	responsibility, coverage, liability
trai	(1) [=giai] male; (2) to fast; (3) oyster; (4) study room
trái	[CL for bombs, grenades, fruit]; left (opposite of right); against, contrary to, wrong
trải	to spread, experience, lay, stretch out
trái cây	fruit (collectively)
trải dài	to be spread out
trải qua	to experience, undergo, go through, pass through
trái đất	the earth, world
trạm làm việc	workstation
trạm xe buýt	bus stop
trán	forehead
trận	battle, fight, [CL for battles, earthquakes, conflicts, storms]
tràn	to overflow, flood, spread
trận hỏa hoạn	fire
tràn ngập	to flood, pour, inundate, overwhelm
trân trọng	respectful; to consider, respect
tràn đầy	brimful, bursting
trăng	moon
trắng	white, clear
tràng	bowels, intestine; chain, string
trang	(1) page; (2) decoration
tráng miệng	to have, eat dessert
trang nghiêm	serious, solemn
trang sức	to adorn, wear
trang trại	farm, farmhouse, farmstead
trang trí	to decorate; decoration
trắng xóa	dazzlingly white
trang điểm	to make up, beautify
tranh	(1) picture, painting; (2) to compete, contend, dispute
tránh	to avoid, escape, dodge, steer clear of
tranh cãi	to argue, discuss, debate, dispute; discussion, debate
tranh giành	to dispute, contend, fight over, struggle for
tranh luận	to debate, discuss
tranh tụng	institute proceedings against someone
trao	to hand, award, give, pass
trào	to overflow, brim over
trao trả	to hand back, return, give back
trao đổi	to exchange, talk, converse
trao đổi danh thi	to exchange business cards
trát	(1) warrant, order, summons; (2) to coat, smear
trật tự	order
trâu nước	hippopotamus
trễ	late
trẻ	young
tre	bamboo tree
trẻ em	child
trẻ tuổi	young
trên	in, on; aforementioned, above, over, throughout
trên bàn	on the table, on a table
trên bờ	at the shore
trên cạn	on land, ashore
trên giường	in bed
trên khắp thế giớ	around the world, all over the world, worldwide
trên khuôn mặt	on one’s face
trên mặt	one sb’s face
trên mặt đất	on the face of the earth
trên sân khấu	on (the) stage
trên sàn nhà	on the floor (of a house)
trên tất cả	above all, above everything else
trên thế giới	worldwide, around the world
trên thị trường	on the market
trên đất	on the ground
trên đường	en route; in the street
treo	to hang, suspend
treo trên tường	to hang on the wall
trêu	to tease, nettle
trí	mind, spirit
trì hoãn	to delay; delay
tri thức	knowledge; knowledgeable person
triết	philosophy
triều đại	dynasty, reign
trình bày	to display, present, state
trình tự	sequence, order, process
trò	(1) student; (2) trick, feat, game
trở	to return; to hamper, hinder; to turn, change
trò ảo thuật	magician’s trick
trò chơi	game
trò chuyện	to talk, converse, chat; conversation
trở lại	to come back, return; again
trở nên	to turn, become
trở thành	to become, grow
trơ trụi	nude, denuded
trở về	to come back, be back, return
trở về nhà	to go home, return home
tróc	to scale off, come off
trôi	to drift, fly, float along, pass, elapse
trói	to tie, bind
trời	heaven, sky; area, region, sphere
trôi chảy	fluent, easygoing
trỗi dậy	to rise up, flare up
trời lạnh	cold weather
trồi lên	to rise up
trời mưa	rainy
trộm	to steal
tròn	round, circular, full, complete
trốn	to flee, escape, hide oneself, run away, evade, shirk
trộn	to merge, mix, blend, turn upside down
trơn	(1) smooth, slippery, fluent; (2) completely; solid, plain (pattern)
trốn thoát	to escape, get away, flee
tròn trịa	plump, round, thick, buxom
trọng	heavy, important; to think high of, hold in esteem
trong	during; in(side), among
trống	(1) empty, vacant; (2) male (bird); (3) drum
trông	to look, appear, have the appearance of, -looking
trồng	to cultivate, grow, plant
trồng cây	to plant a tree
trong dịp	on the occasion of, at the time of
trong giây lát	in a moment, in an instant
trong khi	while, meanwhile
trống không	empty-unaddressed
trong lành	clean, pure, unpolluted, healthy, wholesome
trong lĩnh vực	in the field of, in the area of
trồng lúa	to grow, cultivate rice
trong lúc	which, while
trong năm	in the year ~
trong năm nay	(during) this year
trong ngày hôm na	today, on this day
trong nhà	inside (a house)
trong nhà hàng	in a store, in a business
trong nháy mắt	in a twinkle, in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eyes
trong nước	domestic
trong quá khứ	in the past
trống rỗng	empty, hollow, futile
trọng tâm	center (of gravity), central point
trong tay	in one’s hand(s)
trong tháng này	(during) this month
trong thời gian	during, during the time of
trong thời đại	during the time, period
trong tích tắc	in a fraction of a second, in the blink of an eye
trong tuần này	this week
trong túi	in one’s pocket
trong vòng	within (a period of), for a period of
trong vùng	in (an area, region)
trong đời	during one’s life, in one’s life
trụ	(1) pillar, pier, post; (2) time; (3) keep, guard; (4) offspring; (5) lustful; (6) military helmet
trưa	noon (time)
trục	(1) axis, shaft, Axis (powers in WWII); (2) to expel, force out; (3) to hoist, jack up, lift
trục xuất	to expel, deport, extradite, drive out
trung	center, middle
trùng	(1) to coincide; (2) worm
trứng	egg, ovum
trúng	to hit; to catch, win, gain
trưng bày	to display, show, exhibit
trung cổ	medieval
trung gian	agent, intermediate, go-between; medium, intermediate; intermediary
Trung Hoa	China, Chinese
trừng phạt	to punish, discipline, penalize
Trung Quốc	China
trung tâm	center; central
trung thành	true, loyal, faithful
trung thu	mid-autumn
trung thực	earnest, faithful
trước	before, in front, previously; faced with, in the face of, ahead of
trước hết	first of all, first and foremost, begin with, above all else, most of all
trước khi	before, formerly
trước mặt	in front of
trước nhà	in front of one’s house
trước đây	before, previously, ago, formerly
trường	school, field
trường học	school
trường hợp	case, circumstance, example
trường thành	long wall
trường tiểu học	grade school, elementary school
trượt	to slide, slip, skid, fail, miss
trượt băng	to skate on the ice, ice-skate
trượt tuyết	to ski
trút	to unload, pour, dump
truy lùng	to pursue, chase, hunt down
truy tìm	to chase, pursue, look for, hunt, track down
truyền	to communicate, transmit, hand down
truyện	(1) story, tale; (2) see chuyện
truyền thống	tradition; traditional
từ	from, since, of; to leave; to turn down; word, expression, vocabulary; temple guard; to renounce, give up
tự	(1) Chinese character; (2) Buddhist temple, pagoda; (3) from, since; (4) oneself, on one’s own, self-; (5) otherwise kno
tủ	chest, cupboard, wardrobe, closet
tụ	to gather, assemble
tư	(1) four (in compound numbers); (2) private, personal; (3) capital
từ bên trong	from inside
từ biệt	to say farewell, say goodbye, part
từ bỏ	to abandon, renounce, forsake, leave, give up, desert, get off of; renunciation
tư cách	status, capacity behavior, conduct
từ chối	to refuse, decline, turn down
từ chức	to resign (from office), step down
tự do	freedom; to be free
tự hào	pride; proud
tự kỷ	autism
tự mãn	complacent, smug, full of oneself, self-satisfied
tù nhân	prisoner, captive, detainee
tự nhiên	natural, automatic; suddenly; nature; of course, naturally
tụ tập	to gather, meet, assemble
tư thế	posture, position
từ thiện	charitable, benevolent; charity, benevolence
tự tin	self confident
từ vựng	vocabulary
Tứ Xuyên	Szechuan
từ đây	from now
từ điển	dictionary
tự động	automatic, of one’s own volition
tựa	(1) preface, forward, title, headline; (2) like, similar
tuân theo	to obey, follow (rule, policy)
tuân thủ	to obey, keep to, abide by, follow (a rule, policy)
tuần tra	to go on a patrol
tục	coarse; custom; to continue, go on
tức giận	angry, upset, irritated, furious; to be angry, get angry; anger
tục ngữ	proverb
túi	pocket, bag
túi xách	handbag
từng	(1) (present perfect marker); (2) each, one by one, every; (3) layer, level, step; (4) to experience; (5) by, for; (6) [
tung	to shake, throw, hurl, toss, fling; to start
từng là	was, had been
tung tăng	here and there
tưới	to water (plant), irrigate (plants)
tuổi	age, year of age
tươi	fresh; immediately, on the spot; cheerful, joyful, happy
tưới hoa	to water flowers
tươi sáng	bright, brilliant, radiant
tươi tốt	verdant, green, fresh, fine
tường	(1) to know well; (2) wall
tượng	statue, figure
tưởng	to believe, imagine, think (incorrectly); huge, enormous
tướng	(1) (military) general; (2) huge, enormous; (3) appearance
tương lai	future
tưởng nhớ	to memorize
tưởng niệm	to think, reflect on
tượng trưng	symbolic, token; symbol; to symbolize, stand for
tương tự như	to be similar to
tưởng tượng	to imagine, picture; imagination; imaginary, fictional
tượng đài	statue, statuary
tuyển	to choose, select, enroll, recruit
tuyên bố	to declare, state, announce
tuyển chọn	to choose, select
tuyên thệ	to swear, vow, take an oath
tuyến đường	(bus) line
tuyết	to snow
tuyệt	excellent, great, mighty
tuyệt chủng	to be extinct
tuyết rơi	snowfall
tuyệt vời	excellent, splendid, wonderful
ty	bureau, office, division, service
tỷ	billion; to compare
tỷ giá	exchange rate
tỷ lệ	proportion, ratio, percent, percentage, rate
ủ	(1) sad, unhappy, gloomy; (2) to cover (food)
ủi	to press, iron, push, shoo
ùn tắc	jam
ứng	to respond
ủng hộ	to support, stand up for, back
ung thư	cancer
ước	(1) promise, treaty, agreement; (2) to wish; (3) to estimate, approximate, guess
ước mơ	dream, wish
uốn	to bend, curve, curl; perm (hair)
uốn cong	to bend
uống	to drink, take (medicine)
uống bia	to drink beer
uống cà phê	to drink coffee
uống rượu	to drink alcohol
uống thuốc	to take medicine
uống trà	to drink tea
ướt	wet
út	smallest, youngest, little
và	and
vá	to mend, patch
va chạm	to collide, bump, knock against
va li	suitcase
vác	to carry (in arms, on shoulder), bear
vắc xin	vaccine
vách	wall, partition
vạch trần	to expose, uncover
vách đá	cliff
vài	some, few, several
vải	cloth, material, fabric, cotton
vai	(1) shoulder; (2) rank, status, role
vài bước	a few steps
vài năm	a few years
vài ngày	a few days
vài trăm	several hundred
vạn	ten thousand
vẫn	still, yet
ván	(1) plank, board, wooden bed, coffin; (2) [CL for chess or card games]; (3) 20-cent coin
vẫn chưa	still (does not)
vẫn còn	still
vận hành	to move, revolve, operate, work, run
văn hóa	culture, education, schooling
văn học	literature
vẫn không	still cannot
vẫn không thể	still cannot
vận mệnh	fate, fortune, destiny
văn phòng	office, cabinet
vận tải	to transport; transport, transportation
vấn đề	problem, issue, topic, matter, question
vận động viên	athlete, sportsman, sportswoman
vàng	gold, yellow
váng	film, scum
vắng lặng	deserted, solitary, silent, still
vắng tanh	completely deserted
vành	hoop, rim, brim, coil, ring, disk
vào	at, on (date), in, to; to enter, go in, access
vào kỳ	during (a period, era, time)
vào lúc này	at this time, moment
vào mặt	in the face
vào năm	in the year
vào ngày	on a day
vào nhà	to enter the house
vào nhau	into each other, against each other
vào tháng	in the month of
vào túi	in one’s pocket
vào đề	to come to the point
vật	(1) thing, object, creature, being; matter, body; (2) to slam (wrestling), wrestle, toss; (3) do not ~!
vặt	miscellaneous, petty, trifling
vật liệu	material(s)
vật lộn	to struggle, fight
vật nuôi	domestic animal
vật phẩm	item, article, thing
vất vả	hard, difficult; diligent
vậy	so, thus, that
váy	(1) skirt; (2) to pick
vay	to borrow
vẫy	to wave, wag, waggle
vẫy tay	to wave one’s hand
về	(1) about, concerning, regarding; (2) in, towards; (3) to come back, return, go
vé	ticket
vẽ	drawing, sketch; to draw, paint, sketch
vẻ	appearance, air, mien, color, look
vệ binh	bodyguard, guard(sman)
vẻ ngoài	look, bearing
về nhà	to go home
về nước	to go home (to one’s own country)
về phía	on the side of, on the part of
về quê	to go to the country(side); to return home (to one’s homeland)
vệ sinh	hygiene, sanitation; sanitary
vệ tinh nhân tạo	(man-made, artificial) satellite
vẽ tranh	to draw a picture
về việc	regarding, with regards to
vệ đường	side of the road, edge of the road
ven biển	coast, shore
ven sông	side, edge, bank of a river
vết	spot, trace, mark, blur, splotch, stain, blob, scab, defect
vệt	track, line, streak
vẹt	parrot
vết nứt	crack, fault
vết thương	wound, injury
vi	(1) to surround; (2) to act as; (3) small, subtle, delicate, tiny, micro; (4) to disobey; (5) (shark’s) fin
ví	billfold, wallet, purse, handbag; to compare, liken
vì	since, for, because of, due to, since
vị	(1) [CL for people], polite term for a person; (2) taste, flavor
vĩ cầm	violin
vi khuẩn	bacteria, germ, virus
vi phạm	to transgress, violate; violation
vi sinh vật	microorganism
vị thần	genie
vì tội	for the crime of, for the offence of
vị trí	position, place
vi trùng	bacteria, microbe, germ
vì vậy	therefore, that’s why, as a result
vĩ đại	great, large, tremendous, colossal, huge, big, imposing
vĩ độ	latitude
vỉa hè	sidewalk, street side
việc	affair, thing, work, job, matter, business, idea
việc học	(the) study (of something)
việc làm	deed, action, job, work
viêm	flame, inflammation
viên	(1) [CL for for officials, officers]; (2) [CL for round objects, bullets]; (3) member
viễn thông	communications, telecommunications
viên thuốc	pill, capsule
viện trợ	to aide, help; aide, assistance, help
viển vông	dreamy, impractical, utopian
viên đá	foundation stone, block
viết	pen; to write, record
Việt Nam	Vietnam, Vietnamese
viết tắt	to abbreviate
viết tắt là	abbreviated as
viết thư	to write a letter
vịnh	bay, gulf
vĩnh cửu	permanent
vinh danh	honor
vịt	duck
vịt quay	roast duck
vỏ	shell, skin, exterior, bark, crust, peel, husk, sheath; tire
vở	(1) notebook, exercise book; (2) [CL for plays]
vợ	wife
vô	(1) in-, im-, (negative prefix); (2) in, at, on; (3) to go into, enter [= vào]
vỡ	to break, rupture
vô biên	boundless, unlimited
vô bờ bến	borderless, boundless, limitless
vợ chồng	husband and wife
vô giá	invaluable, priceless
vô gia cư	homeless, having no roof over one’s head
vô lý	absurd, irrational, illogical, unreasonable, for no reason
vô nghĩa	meaningless, nonsensical
vỏ sò	(oyster) shell
vỗ tay	to clap one’s hands, applaud
vô tình	indifferent, apathetic, unintentional, unknowing, unwitting
vô địch	champion, unequalled
với	with, and; to join (someone), reach for (something)
voi	elephant
với nhau	with each other
với tôi	with me
vội vàng	to act or be done in a hurry
vòng	circle, ring, round
vòng eo	waist(line)
vụ	[CL for accidents, disasters]; business, duty, affair; case (of)
vũ	dance
vụ án	sentencing, verdict, case
vũ khí	weapon, arms, armament, weaponry
vũ khí hạt nhân	nuclear weapon, atomic weapon
vu khống	to slander
vụ này	this (refers to antecedent)
vũ trụ	universe, world
vụ việc	case, matter, affair
vua	king
vừa	(1) to have just done something; (3) reasonable, right, suitable, fitting; to fit (clothes)
vừa mới	recently, just (happened)
vừa phải	moderate, reasonable
vừa đủ	just enough (to do something)
vực	pit; area, region
vui	happy, joyful, fun
vui lòng	pleased, happy
vui mừng	glad, happy, pleased
vui vẻ	happy, joyful, fun
vụn	crushed, broken
vụn vặt	detail(ed), petty, trifling
vùng	(1) region, area; (2) to leave in a hurry
vung	(1) cover, lid; (2) to flourish, brandish; (3) to fling, throw out
vững	firm, steady, stable, sound, fast
vững chắc	stable, firm, steady, solid
vùng ngoại ô	suburb, suburban area
vững vàng	stable, fast, steady, firm
vùng đất	piece of land, territory
vườn	garden
vươn	to rise up, stretch oneself
vuông	square (area)
vương quốc	kingdom, realm, sultanate
vượt	to exceed, cross, pass
vượt bậc	great, considerable
vượt quá	to exceed, cross, go past, overcome, surmount, surpass; to pass (car)
vứt	to throw (away), cast, discard
xa	far (away), distant, remote
xả	(1) to wash, rinse; (2) to sacrifice, let go; (3) lemon grass
xa hoa	luxurious, lavish
xã hội	society; socialist
xa lạ	foreign, strange, unfamiliar
xà phòng	soap
xác	corpse, dead body; to be exact, precise, true
xác thực	real, true, genuine
xách	to carry by a handle
xám	gray
xâm lược	to invade; invasion, aggression
xắn	to turn up, roll up, tuck up
xăng	gasoline, petrol
xanh	blue, green
xào	to (stir) fry
xấu hổ	embarrassed, ashamed
xấu xa	bad, wicked, evil
xấu xí	ugly
xấu đi	to become bad, ugly
xay	to grind, husk
xây	to build, construct
xây dựng	to build (up), construct; constructive
xảy ra	to happen, occur
xe	automobile, vehicle; to transport, take
xe buýt	bus
xe hơi	automobile, car
xe lửa	train
xe máy	bicycle, motorcycle
xe tải	truck, van, lorry
xé toạc	to tear, rend
xe đạp	bicycle
xem	to see, watch, look
xem nào	let me see, let’s see
xem xét	to examine, consider, inspect
xen	to interpolate, insert, interfere
xẻng	shovel; to shovel
xẹp	flat, flattened, deflated
xếp hàng	to line
xẹp xuống	to go down, subside (swelling, etc.)
xét xử	to judge, try (in court)
xích đu	swing, rocking chair
xiếc	circus
xin	to ask for, request, beg; please
xin hãy	please (do something)
xin lỗi	to apologize, beg forgiveness, ask for pardon; excuse me
xin vui lòng	please (on signs, e.g.)
xin đừng	please don’t
xinh	pretty, nice
xinh xắn	lovely, cute
xinh đẹp	beautiful, pretty, handsome
xô	to rush, pour out (people), push, jostle, dash
xơ	thread, fiber
xóa	to erase, cross out, obliterate, wipe out, rub out
xoa bóp	to (give a) massage
xoắn	to twist, turn; to hold, hang onto
xoáy	(1) to turn around, whirl around, change direction, be resourceful, manage to get; (2) to swipe
xoay quanh	to turn around; around, surrounding
xong	to finish, end, be complete; then, after ~ ing
xoong	saucepan
xu	cent, coin
xù	fluff out
xu hướng	tendency, inclination
xử lý	to dispose, treat, settle; to charge (with a crime)
xù xì	rough, coarse (surfaced)
xuân	spring (season)
xuất	to produce
xuất bản	to publish
xuất hiện	to appear, become visible; appearance
xuất nhập cảnh	exit and entry, immigration
xuất sắc	excellent, outstanding, remarkable, notable
xuất trình	to produce, show
xúi giục	to incite, instigate, abet
xúm quanh	to gather around
xung quanh	around, about, surrounding
xứng đôi vừa lứa	well-matched
xuống	to go down, come down, get out (of a car, vehicle)
xương	bone
xương rồng	cactus
xuyên	to pierce, cross, go through; through, across
ý	(1) opinion, mind, position, thought, idea; (2) Italy
ý kiến	view, opinion
y tá	nurse
ý tưởng	thought, idea, concept
yến tiệc	banquet, feast
yên tĩnh	quiet, calm, tranquil
yêu	to love, be in love with
yếu	weak, feeble
yêu cầu	requirement; to ask, request, require
yêu nhau	to love each other, be in love
yêu quý	dear, beloved; to esteem, cherish, treasure
yêu thích	to love, be fond of, like, desire
yêu thương	love and compassion; to love, cherish, be attached to
đã	(past tense marker); first; after, following
đá	(1) stone, rock; (2) to kick
đa	much, many, multiple, multi-
đá bóng	(to play) soccer, football
đã có	there was, were, had been
đã là	was, were
đã lâu	to have been a long time (since sth)
đá quý	precious stone, gemstone
đã sẵn sàng	already
đa số	majority
đã từng	(past perfect marker)
đã về	even then
đá vôi	limestone
đã xảy ra	to have happened, have occurred, have taken place
đã đến lúc	the time had come (to do sth)
đặc biệt	characteristic, typical, special, unusual; especially
đặc khu kinh tế	special economic zone
đặc trưng	specialty, specific trait; specific
đài	tower, monument; radio, television station
đại bàng	eagle
đại dương	ocean
đại học	university, college, higher education
đại hội đồng	general assembly
đại sứ quán	embassy
đại thụ	great and old tree
đài truyền hình	television station
đấm	(1) to punch, strike with the hand; (2) lake
đảm bảo	to ensure, guarantee, vouch for
đám cưới	wedding (ceremony, procession), marriage ceremony
đầm lầy	marsh, bog, swamp
đám mây	cloud
đam mê	to dedicate, devote oneself, indulge
đảm nhận	to assume, take on responsibility
đám đông	crowd, mob
đàn	(1) musical instrument; (2) flock, herd, band, drove, group
đan	to knit, weave
đàn áp	to oppress, repress, quell, suppress; repression
đàn cừu	flock (of sheep)
đắn đo	to consider, ponder, deliberate, weigh (one’s words)
đang	(present progressive marker)
đáng	to deserve, to merit; worthy, worth
đắng	bitter
đặng	to be able to, can
đăng	to insert, put in
đang có	being, having
đảng Cộng hòa	Republican party
đáng kể	considerable, formidable, noteworthy, remarkable, noticeable
đáng khinh	abject, ignominious, contemptible, despicable
đằng kia	that direction, over there
đăng ký	to register
đăng ký trực tuyế	to register on-line
đang làm	to be doing
đáng ngại	threatening, formidable, worthy of fear, troubling
đằng sau	behind
đáng thương	poor, piteous, pitiful, pitiable
đáng tiếc	regrettable
đảng viên	party member
đằng xa	in the (far) distance
đáng yêu	loveable
đáng để	not enough to warrant, merit
đánh	to beat, strike, hit, type, brush, play (games)
đánh bạc	to gamble
đánh bại	to defeat
đánh bật	to displace, drive out, force out, dislodge
đánh bóng	to polish, brighten
đánh cá	to fish
đánh cắp	to steal
đánh dấu	mark, accent; to mark, accent, punctuate, insert, add tone marks
đánh giá	to estimate, evaluate, value, appraise, judge, assess
đánh giá cao	to value something highly, hold something in high regard
đánh nhau	to fight, hit each other, beat each other
đánh rắm	to fart, break wind, pass gas
đánh răng	to brush one’s teeth
đánh thuế	taxation; to tax
đạo	[CL for laws, decrees, edicts]; religion, Tao (of Taoism)
đào	(1) to dig (up), unearth; (2) peach; (3) to escape
đảo	(1) isle, island; (2) to turn (over, around, etc.); (3) to pray for rain
đào bới	to dig, excavate, turn over (earth); to call somebody names, curse and swear
đạo Phật	Buddhism
đào sâu	to dig deeply, examine thoroughly
đào đất	excavation
đạo đức	morals, morality, virtue, goodness, ethics
đập	dam; to hit, beat (also said of heart)
đáp ứng	to answer, respond, satisfy, fill a need, meet, comply with
đạt	to reach, attain, realize
đặt	order; to set up, establish, coin (a new word, name); to place, put
đắt	to be expensive
đất	earth, soil, territory, land
đất nước	country
đầu	(1) beginning, first; (2) head, mind, pole, end, hood (of a car)
đau	pain; painful, ill
đậu	(1) bean; (2) to pass an examination; (3) to park (a car), perch, set (bird)
đấu	to struggle, fight, compete
đâu	where, here, this; at all (negation marker)
đấu bóng	ball games
đau bụng	stomach ache, stomach pain
đau buồn	sad, distressed, desolate, sorrowful
đầu gối	knee
đầu hàng	to surrender, submit, capitulate
đầu hàng cảnh sát	to surrender to the police
đầu mùa	early
đậu phụ	soya curd
đầu tiên	first; at first
đây	here, this place, this
đấy	there, at that place; that
đầy	full, filled; fully
đẩy	to push, shove; to send (to)
đáy	bottom
đầy ắp	full of, loaded with, plentiful
đây là	here is, this is, that is
đầy đặn	plump, shapely, round, generous
đầy đủ	complete, sufficient, adequate, enough, full, well-provided
đê	dam, dike
để	(1) in order to, so, so that; to allow, permit; to put, place, let (someone do something)
đề cao	to uphold, raise, heighten, think highly of
để cho	in order that, in order to, so that, so as to
đe dọa	to threaten, menace; threat
để lại	to leave behind
đề nghị	to propose, suggest, offer; proposal, suggestion
đề phòng	to prevent, take precautions
đẻ ra	to give birth to, bring forth
đề ra	to propose, put forward, set forth
đề tài	subject, topic, issue
để tặng	give as a gift
để tránh	(in order) to avoid
đề xuất	to propose, put forward (for discussion)
đệm	to accompany
đếm	to count, number, enumerate
đêm	night
đêm nay	tonight, that night
đến	from, beginning; to come, arrive; to, until, up to
đen	black
đèn	lamp, lantern
đền	(1) to compensate for, return, make up for; (2) temple
đến hiện trường	to arrive on the scene
đến như vậy	to that extent, so much, to such a degree
đến nỗi	to such an extent that, such a degree that
đến nơi	to arrive
đen sạm	tanned
đến thăm	to visit
đến tuổi	to come of age
đến với	to reach
đèn đỏ	red light
đeo	to wear, put on (jewelry, glasses, weapon)
đeo kính	to wear (eye)glasses
đẹp	beautiful, attractive, good-looking
đẹp trai	handsome
đều	(1) both, all, in both cases; (2) steady, even, regular
đi	to go; (particle used to form commands, suggestions)
đi bằng nạng	to walk with crutches
đi bộ	to go on foot, (take a) walk
đi cắm trại	to go camping
đi chơi	to go out, be out, go have fun
đi dạo	to stroll, go for a walk
đi học	to attend school, go to school, study
đi làm	to go to work
đi lên	to go up, rise, ascend
đi lính	to become a soldier, enter the military
đi mua sắm	to go shopping
đi ngang qua	to cross, go across
đi nghỉ	take (have) a rest, go to rest-spend one’s holiday
đi qua	to pass (through), go past
đi ra	to go out, discharge
đi săn	to go hunting
đi thăm	to call on somebody, drop in on somebody, visit
đi thẳng	to go straight on
đi theo	to accompany, go with, follow
đi trước	to go before, ahead
đi vào	to go in, enter
đi xe	to drive, go by car
đi đến	to arrive at (a decision)
đi đường	traveling
đĩa	record, disk, plate, plateful
địa chỉ	address, direction, destination
đích	mark, target, aim; true, real
điếc	deaf
điềm	omen
điểm	grades, marks, point
điện	electricity, electric; palace, temple, main government building
điện ảnh	movie, motion picture
điện thoại	telephone
điện thoại di độn	mobile phone, cell phone
điền vào	to fill in
điệp viên	secret agent, spy
điều	(1) thing, matter, item; article (of penal code, constitution); (2) smoking pipe; (3) bird [=chim]
điều chỉnh	adjustment, regulation; to adjust, set
điều gì	anything
điêu khắc	sculpture
điều kiện	condition, situation, category
điều này	this (thing, matter)
điều tra	to investigate; investigation
điều trị	to treat, cure (patient); treatment
điều đó	that (aforementioned thing, matter)
đính	to enclose, attach
định	to intend, plan, fix, determine, ascertain
đinh	(1) to nail, nail; (2) 4th cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
đỉnh	(1) incense burner; (2) peak, top, summit, tip, crown
đỉnh cao	pinnacle, peak
đình chỉ	to stop, cease, suspend
đình công	strike; to (be on, go on) strike
đỉnh núi	mountain peak, mountain top
đỡ	to help, assist (by assuming burden), parry, ward off, turn aside, prop, hold up, relieve
đỏ	red
đó	that, those, there, that
đổ	to pour, spill (out), empty
đo	to measure, survey, gauge
độ	(1) about, approximately, around (a time); (2) degree, measure
đồ	(1) scholar, disciple; (2) thing, article, item; (3) derogatory form of address
đồ ăn	food
đồ chơi	toy, plaything
đồ chơi trẻ em	children’s toy
đồ cổ	antique
đồ cũ	old thing
đồ gốm	pottery, ceramics
đồ hộp	canned, boxed, tinned, or packaged food
đó là	there is, that is; is that
đô la	dollar
đổ lỗi	to place blame on, blame
đổ mưa	it is pouring down with rain
đổ nát	fall to pieces, be in ruin, collapse; to damage, ruin
đồ nghề	tools
đô thị	city
đỏ tươi	scarlet
đồ uống	drink, beverage
đồ đạc	furniture, furnishings, effect, thing, object
đóa	[CL for flowers]
đoạn	paragraph, section, part, piece; then, after that
đoán	to guess, conjecture, predict
đoàn kết	to unite, combine, join; unification, union, joining, solidarity, unity
đoàn tàu	convoy (of ships)
đọc	to read, pronounce, deliver (a speech)
độc	(1) alone, solitary; (2) toxic, poison; poisonous, harmful, injurious
độc ác	cruel, wicked, fiendish
độc lập	independent; independence
độc quyền	exclusive, sole right, monopoly
đọc sách	to read a book
độc thân	single, celibate, unmarried
đọc thuộc lòng	to say by heart, recite
độc đáo	extraordinary, unique
đồi	hill
đợi	to wait (for), await
đời	dynasty; life, existence, generation
đội	(1) group, organization, unit, team; (2) to carry, wear on one’s head; (3) to drop; (4) jack; (5) sergeant
đôi	pair, couple, two
đòi	to ask, claim, demand, require
đói	hungry
đổi	to change, convert, alter, exchange, swap, cash (a check)
đội bóng	soccer team, football team, basketball team, volleyball
đôi bông tai	pair of earrings
đôi cánh	pair of wings
đôi giày	pair of shoes
đòi hỏi	to demand, require, exact, need; demanding, exacting; requirement
đối lập	opponent, adversary, opposition; in opposition, contrary
đôi mắt	(pair of) eyes
đối phương	enemy, opponent, opposite side, opposition, opposing party, adversary
đội quân	army, military unit, organization
đối tác	partner
đối thủ	rival, opponent, competitor
đòi tiền	to demand money
đời tư	private life
đôi vợ chồng	married couple, husband and wife
đối với	with, to, (as) for, towards, with regard to, with respect to, regarding, with regards to
đối xử	to treat, behave towards, act towards
đối xử bất công	to treat unfairly
đối đầu	to face, oppose, fight, struggle, confront; fight, struggle
đơn	application, petition, request; single; to file
đơn giản	simple; to simplify; simply
đón nhận	to accept, receive, welcome
đơn vị tiền tệ	monetary unit, unit of currency
đóng	to close, shut, build, drive (nail), play, act (in a play)
đông	(1) to freeze; winter; (2) to be crowded, large (family); (3) east, eastern, orient, Asia
đồng	(1) unit of currency, money; coin; (2) field; (3) same, co-, fellow; (4) copper, brass
đống	heap, pile, mass
động	to move, touch
đóng băng	to freeze
đồng bào	compatriot, fellow countryman, person in one’s same group, fellow-citizen
động cơ	motive; motor, engine
đồng cỏ	pasture, prairie, meadow, grassland
đóng cửa	to close the door, shut the door
đóng gói	packaging
đồng hành	to accompany, go together with; parallelism
đồng hồ	clock, watch
đồng hồ báo thức	alarm clock
đồng hương	fellow countrymen, compatriot
đông lạnh	refrigerated, frozen
đồng nghiệp	coworker, colleague, someone in the same profession
đóng quân	garrison; to quarter (troops, soldiers)
đồng ruộng	field, plain
động tác	act, action, work
đống tài liệu	pile, heap of documents, papers
đóng thuế	to pay taxes
đồng tiền	money, currency
đồng tình	to sympathize, concur; sympathy
đóng vai	to play a role, a part
động vật	animal, fauna
đồng xu	cent, penny
đồng ý	to agree, consent, concur
đồng ý với	to agree with
đồng đều	equal(ly)
đông đủ	together, complete, full
đông đúc	crowded, heavy, dense
đột	(1) sudden, abrupt, unexpected; (2) to sew, stitch up, mend; (3) to pierce, put a hole in (metal)
đốt	to light, burn, set on fire
đợt	wave, stage
đột ngột	sudden, abrupt, unexpected; suddenly, unexpectedly, out of the blue
đột phá	to make a sudden attack on, make a breakthrough
đốt sống	vertebra
đủ	enough, sufficient, adequate; all (kinds of)
đua	to compete in a race; racing
đũa	chopstick
đưa	to take, give, conduct, lead, bring (something or someone)
đứa bé	a boy, a child
đứa con	child
đứa con trai	male child
đua ngựa	horse race
đưa ra	to put forward, issue, release, propose, set forth
đưa tiền	to give money
đứa trẻ	children
đứa trẻ mồ côi	an orphan child
đục	(1) disorderly, turbid; (2) to chisel, carve
đức	(1) virtue, (honorific prefix); (2) Germany
đức tính	quality, virtue
đựng	to contain, hold
đúng	(1) correct, exact, sharp (of time), accurate, correct; (2) to bind (book); to close, shut; to pay; to build, (3) to fit
đứng	to stand, be standing
đừng	do not, let us not, don’t
đứng dậy	to stand up
đúng giờ	precise time; at the proper time, at the right time
đừng lo	don’t be afraid, don’t worry, fear not
đừng nói	don’t say
đứng sau lưng	to stand behind someone
đứng vững	to keep one’s foothold
được	(passive marker); can, be able, okay; that, which; to have, receive, obtain; to defeat, beat
được coi là	which is, can be regarded (as)
được gọi là	is called
được không	is that okay?, is that possible?, alright?
được lời	receive a promise, be given a promise
được trang bị	to be equipped with
đuổi	to run after, chase, drive away; to fire, dismiss, discharge, cast out, expel
đuôi	tail, end
đuổi kịp	to catch up with, reach
đuổi theo	to drive after, run after, pursue
đường	(1) route, road, street, path, avenue, lane; (2) sugar
đường cong	curved line, curve
đường dài	long distance, stretch
đường hầm	tunnel, underground passage
đường ống	main, pipe
đường phố	street
đường ray	rail
đường sắt	railroad, railway
đút	to stick in, insert; to bribe