cuộc thi
contest; competition
Vietnamese words 1,001–5,000 · Từ tiếng Việt 1.001–5.000 3,991
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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cuộc đời
(noun) the period during which one lives; one's lifetime
càng
(adverb) With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
cá biển
(noun) sea fish; saltwater fish; marine fish
cá biệt
(adjective) particular; unique; individual
cá nhân
(adjective) individual, personal
cá nước
(noun) fish and water
cá quả
(noun) snakehead
cá thu
(noun) mackerel
cá tháng tư
(noun) April Fools' Day
cá thể
(noun) individual
cá tra
(noun) iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
cá tính
(noun) one's own personality; individuality
cá viên
(noun) fish ball
cá ông
(noun) whale
cá đối
(noun) a mullet
cá độ
(verb) to bet or gamble
các hạ
(pronoun) you
cách biệt
(verb) to separate; cut off
cách chức
(verb) to dismiss; oust; fire; remove from office
cách mạng
(noun) revolution
cách thức
(noun) a manner; way of doing
cách trở
(verb) to separate and obstruct; divide and preclude reunion
cách tân
(verb) to renovate
cách điện
(verb) to insulate from electricity
cái gì
(pronoun) something
cáo
(noun) fox (Vulpes)
cáo từ
(verb) to take leave, to say goodbye
câu
(noun) short for bồ câu (“dove”)
câu chuyện
(noun) a story; tale
câu giờ
(verb) to buy time, to run out the clock
câu hỏi
(noun) question
câu kết
(verb) to gang up; to collude
câu lưu
(verb) to detain; arrest
câu nói
(noun) a saying; expression
câu vui
(verb) to seek vain enjoyment or entertainment
câu đối
(noun) a literary couplet of parallel sentences
cây
(noun) plant with a hard trunk or stem, such as a woody tree or bamboo, as opposed to cỏ (“(soft-stemmed) grass”)
cây cảnh
An ornamental plant — the Northern word; Southerners say cây kiểng.
cây nước
(noun) waterspout
cây số
(noun) a marker made of concrete, similar to a headstone, that marks each kilometer on a road
còn nguyên
(adjective) intact; untouched; unaltered
có cánh
(adjective) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see có, cánh.
có hại
(adjective) harmful; dangerous
có hạn
(adjective) limited; scarce; scanty
có hậu
(adjective) grateful and willing to repay those to whom you're in debt
có lợi
(adjective) helpful; useful
có tuổi
(adjective) advanced in years; aged; elderly; old
có vẻ
(verb) to seem, to appear
cô bác
(noun) Referring to people older than the speaker whom the speaker considers to be of the same generation as his/her parents.
cô bé
(noun) little miss, young lady
cô ca
(noun) Alternative spelling of côca.
cô em
(noun) miss; missus
cô giáo
(noun) female teacher
cô lập
(verb) to stand in isolation; to isolate or be isolated
cô ta
(pronoun) she
cô đơn
(adjective) lonely
cô đặc
(verb) to condense; to become thicker
cô ấy
(pronoun) she (towards a young girl or woman)
công an
(noun) public security