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(noun) nunchucks
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công thự
(noun) hall, used as a government office
cư ngụ
(verb) to reside; to live; to dwell
cần kiệm
(adjective) hardworking and thrifty
ca tụng
(verb) to glorify; extol; praise
ch*
(noun) censored spelling of chó
chim hoàng yến
canary
chán ghét
(verb) to hate; to detest; to loathe
châm ngôn
(noun) a maxim; proverb; dictum; saying
chăn gối
(noun) blanket and pillow
chọc
(verb) to prick; to jab; to puncture
chợ cóc
(noun) a small makeshift market
cá chuồn
(noun) a flying fish
cãi lộn
(verb) to quarrel, to have a verbal altercation
cốt lõi
(noun) essence; kernel; core
củ soát
(verb) to check or review carefully.
cam đoan
(verb) to assure; to guarantee; to pledge
canh chua
(noun) A southern Vietnamese sour soup usually made with fish or shrimp and vegetables, and flavored with tamarind and ngò ôm (Limnophila aromatica)
chiết khấu
(verb) to discount; to give a discount
chém giết
(verb) to slaughter; to massacre; to murder recklessly
chén trà
A teacup — the Northern word; Southerners say tách trà.
chảy máu chất xám
(noun) brain drain
cua
(noun) crab (a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura)
cá cóc Tam Đảo
(noun) Tam Dao salamander
cóc nhảy
(adverb) skippingly
cốt nhục
(noun) one's own flesh and blood, a blood relative
cờ xí
(noun) flag; banner
củ đậu
Jicama — the Northern word for the crisp, sweet white tuber eaten raw; in the South it’s củ sắn, a name that in the North means cassava.
canh cá chua
sour fish soup
chiên
To fry — the Southern word; Northerners say rán.
chùm
(noun) cluster, bunch
chấn thuỷ
(noun) a region of the abdomen, near the solar plexus
chết ngắt
(verb) to be as dead as it gets
chọc trời
(verb) to poke the sky; to reach for the sky
cua đồng
(noun) various freshwater crabs of the genus Somanniathelphusa
cách quãng
(adjective) intermittent; recurrent; by intervals
cục tẩy
An eraser — the Northern word; Southerners say cục gôm.
củ cải trắng
(noun) daikon, the East Asian long white radish, particularly its Vietnamese varieties.
cứng họng
(adjective) speechless; tongue-tied; dumbstruck
cừu địch
(noun) enemy
chà bá
(adverb) humongously; enormously
chùm bao
(noun) wild maracuja (Passiflora foetida)
chấp nhặt
(verb) alternative form of chấp nhất
chọc phá
(verb) to harass; to annoy; to bother
chọc tiết
(verb) to bleed; to stick (livestock)
co thắt
(noun) spasm
cá chiên
(noun) a devil catfish; dwarf goonch (of the species Bagarius bagarius)
cá mập
(noun) shark (especially the bigger species)
cúc vạn thọ
(noun) Mexican marigold
cơm muối
(interjection) bless you; gesundheit
cập rập
(adjective) hurried; unprepared
cai nghiện
(verb) to become detoxified from drug or alcohol
chướng
(adjective) unsightly; ugly; distasteful (especially in appearance)
chọc tức
(verb) to infuriate; to enrage; to provoke
cuồng dâm
(adjective) satyromaniac and nymphomaniac
cưỡng ép
(verb) to force
cỏ dại
weeds
cấm tắm nắng
“No sunbathing.”
chiêu liêu
(noun) various plants of the genus Terminalia (esp. T. nigrovenulosa or T. chebula)
chiều tà
(noun) dusk; nearing nightfall
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