lễ vật
(noun) gift, present
Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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(noun) gift, present
(noun) lacrimal drainage system
(verb) to come out; to be discovered
(adjective) short for to gan lớn mật (“very audacious”)
(verb) short for lai giống (“to crossbreed”)
(verb) to connect
to farm; to work in agriculture
(adjective) age-old; longstanding; ancient
(noun) leader
(noun) flowmeter
to make jewelry; jewelry-making
(noun) Southern Vietnam form of lĩnh vực
(verb) to ascend to the throne
(verb) to get lost, to be lost
(verb) to get on someone's good side
(adverb) gradually; incrementally; day by day
(verb) to be dependent; to be subordinate
(verb) to have the feeling (that); to get a hunch (that)
(adjective) formal; ceremonial; solemn
(verb) to train, to drill
(noun) leaf
(verb) to receive (award, pay, order, etc.); to accept
(noun) solemnity
(noun) Alternative spelling of luận lí.
(adjective) provisional, temporary
(noun) Alternative spelling of lí luận.
(adjective) non-Christian
(noun) politeness and reason; decorum and decency; propriety and rectitude
(noun) Saint Valentine's Day
To shout, yell, scold (la làng, la rầy) — Southern colloquial; the standard word for shouting is la hét/kêu.
(noun) afterlife
(noun) holy place; shrine (holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific figure of respect)
(noun) dissertation, thesis
(noun) a large forest park
(adjective) Alternative spelling of lí thú.
(noun) reason; rationale; argument
(noun) formalwear; full dress; ceremonial dress
(noun) mistake, fault, error
(verb) to spread; to propagate
To matchmake — the Southern word; Northerners say làm mối.
(adverb) sometimes; occasionally
(noun) wild maracuja (Passiflora foetida)
(verb) to fail to address the topic of the question at hand
(adverb) perfunctorily (performed out of routine, with little care)
(noun) mascot
thalassotherapy
(noun) a lawyer
(noun) clerical script
(adjective) flexible
(noun) Alternative spelling of luận lí học.
(noun) forest product
(noun) a grain staple, such as rice or wheat
(noun) the right thing; what is considered rational and reasonable
(verb) supposed to; to do something proper in the past instead
(noun) right of way (strip of land or alignment where portions of an infrastructure and their associated structures and facilities is located)
(noun) route
(noun) fire (chemical reaction)
(adjective) miscellaneous; without overarching theme or guiding principle
(noun) Alternative spelling of linh tinh.
(verb) to enter into polemics (with); to debate; to argue