dân luật
(noun) civil law (the legal system inspired by Roman law, the primary feature of which is that laws are written into a collection/codex)
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The next four thousand Vietnamese words by corpus frequency — everyday vocabulary beyond the basics. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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dân lập
(adjective) private (established and maintained by private citizens)
dân mạng
(noun) netizens
dân quyền
(noun) the rights of the people; civil rights
dân quân
(noun) militia
dân trí
(noun) the average level of education of a populace
dân tình
(noun) popular sentiment; public opinion
dân vận
(noun) mobilization of the masses
dân vệ
(noun) People's Self-Defense Force (a military group in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)
dòng họ
(noun) clan; the entire family
dù
An umbrella — the Southern word; Northerners say ô.
dùng
To use — standard nationwide; in the South you will often hear xài instead.
dương gian
(noun) the mortal world, the world of the living
dương lịch
(noun) the Gregorian calendar
dương thế
(noun) the mortal world, the world of the living
dương tính
(adjective) positive
dương vật
(noun) penis
dưới
(preposition) Lower in space: under, below, down
dạng
(noun) one of the various forms that something appears or is produced in; a form, a variant, a type, etc.
dẫn
(verb) to lead (someone) to a place
dẫn giải
(verb) to escort; to deliver (someone needed for a legal case)
dẫn thân
(verb) to bring oneself to; to throw oneself into (e.g. a difficult, dangerous place)
dẫn truyền
(verb) to transmit; to conduct
dẫn điện
(noun) electrical conductance
dẫn đầu
(verb) to lead; to take the lead; to be at the head of
dẫn độ
(verb) to extradite
dễ
(adjective) easy (requiring little skill or effort)
dễ bảo
(adjective) obedient; docile; well-behaved
dễ thường
(adverb) probably; likely
dễ tính
(adjective) easy to please or figure out; easy-going
dịch bệnh
(noun) epidemic
dịch bệnh học
(noun) epidemiology
dịch chuyển
(verb) synonym of chuyển dịch (“to shift; to move”)
dịch giả
(noun) translator (of written texts)
dịch học
(noun) epidemiology
dịch máy
(verb) to machine-translate
dịch thuật
(verb) to translate (books, documents, etc.)
dịch vị
(noun) gastric fluid, gastric juice
dịch vụ
(noun) services
dịch vụ phòng
room service
dục
(verb) alternative form of vụt (“to toss; to throw away”)
dự
(verb) to take part (in); to participate (in); to be involved (in)
dự báo
(verb) to forecast, to predict
dự bị
(adjective) in reserve; intended to be used as a spare
dự chi
(verb) plan to spend
dự cảm
(verb) to sense beforehand; to have a premonition
dự giờ
(verb) to attend a teacher's class, not as a student, either to pick up their teaching methods, or to evaluate them
dự kiến
(verb) to foresee; to foreknow
dự liệu
(verb) to anticipate; to predict
dự luật
(noun) a bill (draft of a law)
dự phòng
(verb) to provide (for, against an undesirable event)
dự thi
(verb) to sit for an examination; to take an examination
dự tính
(verb) to expect
dựng
(verb) to make something upstanding; to erect; to raise
dựng chuyện
(adjective) to create a story for a film
em gái
(noun) younger sister
em trai
(noun) younger brother
em yêu
Darling (to a woman) — “em” (younger one) plus yêu; how a man addresses his girlfriend or wife lovingly.
ghi
(verb) to write something for the record
ghi công
(verb) to cite, commend (for an achievement)