kiêng nể
(verb) to respect; to show regard and consideration for
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khoanh
(noun) coil; round piece; slice
khăn quàng
(noun) a scarf
khăn quàng cổ
scarf
khước từ
(verb) to refuse, to decline
khay
(noun) tray
khuỷu
(noun) elbow
khuỷu tay
(noun) elbow
khùng
Crazy, mad — the Southern word; Northerners say điên.
khay tài liệu
in/out tray
khoác lác
(verb) to boast; to brag
khúc khuỷu
(adjective) winding; bending; zigzagging (especially of landscape)
ky bo
(adjective) alternative spelling of ki bo
khẽ
(adjective) gentle; soft
khờ
Foolish, naive — the Southern word; Northerners say dại.
khắt khe
(adjective) harsh; austere; strict
kêu nài
(verb) to complain a lot
khiêng
(verb) to carry (usually a heavy object)
kiếng
(noun) Southern Vietnam form of kính (“glasses”)
kiếng cận
(noun) Southern Vietnam form of kính cận
khinh nhờn
(adjective) disrespectful
khờ dại
(adjective) naive; foolish; stupid
kền kền
(noun) vulture
không kể xiết
(adjective) innumerable; incalculable; numberless; untold
khấn
(verb) to beg or pray to gods, spirits or ancestors
khởi hấn
(verb) to start a war; to cause armed conflict
kiết
(noun) dysentery
kiết xác
(adjective) destitute; impecunious; poverty-stricken
khăng khăng
(adverb) insistently; persistently; pertinaciously
kẹo cu đơ
(noun) kind of candy made from a mixture of peanuts, sliced ginger and glutinous rice malt syrup, served between two pieces of rice crackers.
khóc nhè
(verb) to whine
kiêng dè
(verb) to restrain oneself
khôn xiết
(adverb) indescribably, enormously
kỳ quặc
(adjective) Alternative spelling of kì quặc.
kem phết sô-cô-la
chocolate spread
kiểng
(noun) eye dialect spelling of cảnh, representing Southern Vietnam Vietnamese
kì quặc
(adjective) very strange, odd or weird
kỵ rơ
(adjective) Alternative spelling of kị rơ.
karaoke
karaoke
khít
(adjective) fitting well; well-joined; tight
khoét
(verb) to bore, to perforate
khôn nguôi
(adjective) lingering, not fading
khuy
(noun) button
ké
(verb) to obtain a share of something from someone; to get a share
kình nghê
(noun) male whale(s) and female whale(s), bull whale(s) and cow whale(s)
khoét rỗng
(verb) to hollow out
khuyển
(noun) dog
khóc lóc nghiến răng
(verb) to weep and gnash one's teeth
khóm
(noun) bush, clump (of trees)
kiết lỵ
(noun) Alternative spelling of kiết lị.
kềnh
(adjective) huge; gigantic
kềnh càng
(adjective) awkwardly bulky
kèn cựa
(verb) to envy
kị rơ
(adjective) incompatible; unsuitable (together); unfitting
kiền kiền
(noun) various plants of the genus Hopea
khuân
(verb) to carry (on one's shoulder or back)
khêu
(verb) to extract (with a pointed object); to pull up; to raise; to winkle
khách khứa
(noun) guests (coming to visit)
khứa
(verb) to cut little by little; to saw off
kiếm chác
(verb) to profit fraudulently; to gain dishonestly; to racketeer; to graft