tứ tung
(adverb) scattered all around
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(adverb) scattered all around
(noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of vùng văn hoá chữ Hán.
(verb) to pardon; to absolve
(noun) soda water
(noun) hamate bone
(noun) synonym of á nguyên
(verb) to make a business deal
(verb) to reverberate; to resonate; to resound
Crazy, mad — standard nationwide; in the South you will often hear khùng instead.
Christmas Eve
(noun) respiratory tract
(noun) upper respiratory tract
(noun) artillery shell
To step on — the Southern word; Northerners say giẫm.
(noun) lair; hideout
thirty
(noun) Alternative spelling of bác sĩ chuyên khoa.
(noun) cream cake
(noun) bread, especially Saigon-style short baguettes with filling
(noun) an earring
(noun) Alternative spelling of bút kí.
(noun) brushes and inkstone
(noun) a ballpoint pen
(noun) drift ice
(noun) leukocyte
(noun) mathematical table
(verb) to give the green light to
(adjective) uneasy; restless; ill at ease; anxious
(noun) deficit; overspending
(verb) to bury; to inter
(adverb) not any, not even
“Hey hubby!” — calling out to one’s husband.
(noun) sensitive plant
(noun) bride
(noun) an insect
(noun) entomology
(verb) to keep something (valuable) in store
(noun) nutrition
(noun) appearance; look; exterior
(noun) apex (diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/)
highchair
(adjective) short for già cốc đế
(noun) type of Foehn wind commonly found in regions to the east of the Annamite Range during summer months
(noun) nice and deep sleep
(verb) to jerk, to twitch
(verb) to initiate
twenty-two
(noun) tuberose
(noun) a baby, especially newborn at their nursing age
(verb) to fear; to be afraid (of)
(adjective) clipping of hưu trí (“pertaining to a pension plan or policy”)
(verb) to use a pen of any kinds to write or draw at the start of a year, according to tradition
(noun) the outdoors at night
(verb) to be refracted
(adjective) urgent; pressing
(noun) a life; an incarnation
(noun) scientific notation; an alternative format of such a decimal number immediately followed by E and an integer
(noun) discipline
(noun) school yearbook
mountain climbing; climbing