mẹ đẻ
(noun) biological mother
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(noun) biological mother
(noun) beak; bill
(adjective) simple, plain, unadorned
(noun) drunkard
(noun) demons and ghosts; evil spirits
(adjective) quick; agile; brisk
(noun) dura mater (the outermost of the meninges)
Mother, mom — the Southern word; Northerners say mẹ.
(verb) to use the service of prostitutes
(noun) calico cat
(adjective) unconscious; comatose; torpid
A hat or cap — the Northern word for hats in general; Southerners say nón, which in the North names only the conical leaf hat.
(verb) to see vague visions in sleep; to dream
(adjective) dreamy; detached from reality; fantastical
nineteen
(verb) to prostitute oneself
(noun) mask (cover for the face)
(noun) ghosts and devils; evil spirits
(noun) preta, hungry ghost (type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume)
(adjective) Monégasque, Monacan
(noun) one's way of speech, often with ungenuineness
dental drill
(noun) upland; hinterland
(interjection) damn it
(noun) Alternative spelling of mĩ nhân ngư.
(adjective) Mexican
(noun) Calophyllum inophyllum
(noun) plane
(verb) to wait impatiently; to fervently long for; to urgently wish
(noun) meninges (that envelop the brain)
(noun) a pulldown weight machine; an exercise machine used for weight training that uses gravity as the primary source of resistance and a combination of simple machines to convey that resistance to the person using the machine, who has to pull downwards during exercise sets
(noun) freezing rain
(noun) soldering iron
(adjective) decayed; rotten; corrupt
(noun) rosy cheeks; (figurative) young and beautiful women
(noun) nail
(noun) bamboo shoot
headguard; protective helmet
eighteen
(verb) to borrow
(adjective) strong; healthy; well
(noun) Mang, an ethnic group of Vietnam
(noun) lithic flake
(noun) synonym of âm ti (“Yama's underworld department”)
(noun) fingernail
(noun) a helmet
(noun) vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
(noun) vagrant; vagabond
(noun) vacuum cleaner
(noun) cubic meter/cubic metre
Instant noodles — the Northern word; Southerners say mì gói.
(noun) toenail
(noun) asparagus
(noun) honey
(verb) to admire
(noun) an enzyme
blood-pressure monitor
(adjective) Moldovan
(noun) stalagmite
(noun) mandala