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đổ đốn
(verb) to go to the bad; to take a bad turn
diều
(noun) a crop; a craw
dung nham
(noun) lava
dầu diesel
diesel fuel
đê hèn
(adjective) vile, abject, despicable
đăng ten
(noun) lace
dầu hoả
(noun) kerosene
điểm sấm
(noun) dim sum (a kind of Cantonese food; typically steamed)
điểu học
(noun) ornithology
đánh địt
(verb) to fart, to break wind
địt
To fart — everyday Southern usage; in the North địt is an obscene word for sex, so Northerners say đánh rắm instead. A real regional trap.
địt mẹ
(interjection) fuck
đỏ au
(adjective) bright red
dọc mùng
(noun) Colocasia gigantea
điếm
(noun) short for gái điếm (“prostitute”)
đại kị
(noun) a great taboo (especially in feng shui)
đỏ tía
(adjective) purple; wine-colored; claret
đút
(verb) to slide/slip (something into a small opening)
đều đặn
(adverb) regularly; steadily
dang dở
(adjective) unfinished; uncompleted
dối trá
(adjective) deceptive; fraudulent
dở dang
(adjective) unfinished; half-done
đà điểu
(noun) ostrich
đầy đặn
(adjective) full-faced; plump; full
đỏ mặt tía tai
(adjective) furious
dào
(verb) to surge
dột
(adjective) leaky in the rain
dứt khoát
(adjective) decisive; definitive
đậu hủ
(noun) tofu
đột quỵ
(noun) stroke
dơ
Dirty, unclean — the Southern word; Northerners usually say bẩn.
dẻo dai
(adjective) resilient; resistant; tenacious; able to operate for long periods of time without reduced efficiency
đánh võng
(verb) to swing a hammock
dầu ô liu
olive oil
dễ như ăn cháo
(adjective) easy as pie, easy as cake
đi bậy
(verb) to pee and/or poop
dĩa
A fork (utensil) — the Northern word; Southerners say nĩa.
dĩa
Dish, disk.
đào lộn hột
(noun) cashew
đùng
(noun) boom, bang
dĩa bay
(noun) synonym of đĩa bay (“flying saucer”)
dĩa hát
(noun) synonym of đĩa hát (“musical phonograph record”)
dằn
(verb) to press; to press under
dằn mặt
(verb) to forewarn; to warn
điểm huyệt
(verb) to hit a pressure point, usually to incapacitate someone; to perform the touch of death
dây chun
A rubber band — the Northern word; Southerners say dây thun.
dữ dằn
(adjective) fierce, ferocious
điếc
(adjective) deaf
dao cau
(noun) a little card-shaped knife (for cutting areca or betel nuts, in particular)
dĩa cân
(noun) scalepan
dơ bẩn
(adjective) dirty; unclean
điềm đạm
(adjective) level-headed; composed
đàm tiếu
(verb) to sneer (at); to jeer (at); to mock (at)
đỏ nọc
(adjective) synonym of đỏ đọc
dãi
(noun) saliva, especially sticky or slimy saliva
dạt
(verb) to be adrift; to be pushed along
dấy
(verb) to raise; to rise up
dẻ
(noun) chestnut
dột nát
(adjective) damaged and leaking in many places