Top 1,000 Vietnamese words

anh cả The eldest brother — the Northern word; Southerners say anh hai. anh hai The eldest brother — the Southern word; Northerners say anh cả. ảnh A photo, picture — the Northern word; Southerners say hình. hình A photo, picture — the Southern word; Northerners say ảnh. bảo To tell someone to do something — the Northern word; Southerners say biểu. bố Father, dad — the Northern word; Southerners say ba. sinh To give birth — the Southern spelling and pronunciation of sinh (sanh em bé). đi ngoài To go number two — the Northern word; Southerners say đi cầu. đi cầu To go number two — the Southern word; Northerners say đi ngoài. phải chi If only — the Southern word; Northerners say giá như. hoa A flower — standard nationwide; in the South you will often hear bông instead. mẹ Mother, mom — the Northern word; Southerners say má. tất Socks — the Northern word; Southerners say vớ. vào To enter, go in; into — the standard form nationwide and the everyday Northern one; Southern speech usually says vô. an (adjective) calm; peaceful; comfortable; at ease; safe qua (preposition) through, across (from one side to the other) tin (verb) to believe; to trust; to have faith ban (noun) branch of administration in the feudal court (of which there are two types: the civil administrators and the martial office holders) do (preposition) by hay (verb) to know; to get to know; to learn ta (adjective) "our", Vietnamese, as opposed to Tây (“Western”), Tàu (“Chinese”) or Xiêm (“Siamese”) con (noun) child (daughter or son) em (noun) younger sibling nhanh (adjective) fast; quick ra (verb) to go out, to leave với (verb) to reach (out for something) và (conjunction) and thành (preposition) into trang (noun) page tiếng (noun) voice chi (noun) genus đồng (noun) field (clearly delimited land area free of woodland, cities, and towns) hai (adjective) eldest or elder; firstborn trở thành (verb) to become; to turn into nay (adjective) that is today, or happening today một (noun) Expressing unity or indivisibility: one sinh viên (noun) a postsecondary/undergraduate student phải (adjective) right (side, direction) (in bên phải) là (noun) fine silk dịch (verb) to translate cái (classifier) Indicates an inanimate, tangible thing trung bình (noun) average tháng (noun) month năm (noun) year tay (noun) hand người (noun) person; people gì (pronoun) what; whatever xe (noun) wheeled vehicle (except for airplanes) hành (noun) green onion sau (adjective) rear, hind, back nam (noun) south ăn (verb) to eat; to have a meal xem (verb) to see; to look at; to watch; to read khu (noun) district, area, zone bà (noun) a grandmother bài (noun) card, playing card, card game thống nhất (adjective) united; unified báo (noun) leopard hà (verb) to exhale, to breathe out (through mouth) Việt (adjective) of Yue origin ngày (noun) day (period of 24 hours; period from midnight to the following midnight; rotational period of a planet; part of a day period which on mà (conjunction) but; however; nevertheless tôi (noun) slave; domestic servant ở (preposition) at, in chú (noun) paternal uncle, father's younger brother hàng (noun) goods; product; merchandise; freight; cargo nào (determiner) which trường (noun) school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) cho (verb) to give theo (verb) to follow máy (verb) to move around Mỹ (adjective) alternative spelling of Mĩ: American (of, from or relating to the United States) sao (adverb) why bao (noun) bag; sack; pack quan (noun) mandarin cao (adjective) high or tall xã (noun) Basic rural administrative unit in Vietnam, often composed of hamlets (thôn); a commune (xã). sẽ (particle) marks the future tense dân (noun) the (common) people nó (pronoun) he; him; she; her nhà (noun) house; home; dwelling nước (noun) water đường (noun) road; street; path; route; trace tên (noun) given name trung (adjective) short for trung thành (“loyal”) tỉnh (noun) province, prefecture có (verb) to have, to possess khi (adverb) when động từ (noun) a verb (word that indicates an action, event, or a state) tính từ (noun) an adjective (word that modifies a noun or describes a noun's referent) từ (conjunction) from, since chỉ (noun) thread chưa (particle) not yet rồi (particle) already đã (particle) having completed this action, perfect aspect cách đây (adverb) ago cá (noun) fish (vertebrate animal) đang (particle) marks the continuous, imperfect aspect of an action or state hoặc (conjunction) or vị (noun) taste tổ (noun) a nest chủ (noun) boss; head; manager; master đầu (noun) head như (particle) like; as; comparable to; as though; as if không (adverb) Negates the meaning of the modified verb or adjective: not làm (verb) to do sách (noun) book hiện tại (noun) the present yêu (verb) to have a strong affection for (someone, something) cầu (noun) jianzi shuttlecock trí (noun) wisdom; knowledge; intelligence nghiệp (noun) trade, profession anh (noun) elder brother ông (noun) grandfather quá (adverb) very, excessively đi (verb) to go mới (adjective) new (recently made or created) tốt (adjective) good, as in high-quality, well-made, well executed, good-natured or ethical; compare hay (“good as in inventive, brilliant or en chúng ta (pronoun) we/us (inclusive); compare chúng tôi (exclusive, not including the listener) chúng tôi (pronoun) we/us (exclusive); compare chúng ta (inclusive, including the listener) bình (noun) vase Ý (adjective) Italian lần (noun) time; instance; occurrence cần (verb) to need đông (noun) winter vật (noun) object (concrete, tangible thing) trước (preposition) before (earlier than in time) gia (verb) to increase, to add người máy (noun) robot, android để (verb) to place; to set nếu (conjunction) if (supposing that) đất (noun) earth; soil; dirt mặt (noun) face (front part of head) lên (verb) to go up, come up, rise tư (adjective) private tháng một (noun) January (first month of the Gregorian calendar) vì (conjunction) because (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that) năng (adverb) frequently; diligently; regularly nhân (noun) mercy; humanity; benevolence lớn (adjective) big; large hóa học (noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of hoá học. đi vào (verb) to enter (to go into (a room, etc.)) lại (adverb) once more, indicates an action or state is resumed Trung Quốc (adjective) Chinese chính (adverb) exactly; precisely một mình (adverb) alone tìm (verb) to search, to seek, to look for bắt (verb) to seize; to catch động (noun) cave, cavern giờ (noun) unit for specifying a point in time in terms of hours thuật (noun) art; craft; skill; technique thích (verb) to like đến (verb) to arrive, to come sống (noun) spine biết (verb) to know; to be aware of nhiều (determiner) many, much; a lot đây (pronoun) this place here khác (adjective) different, other trong (adjective) clear and thus presumably clean đánh (verb) to strike, usually with one's palms or a weapon; to strike, to smack, to whack, to bash, to hit, to beat, to assault, etc.; compare g nhìn (verb) to look at nói (verb) to speak, to talk, to say, to tell chiến (noun) a war, fight các (determiner) Plural marker nữ (noun) females quyền (noun) right chất (noun) substance; matter; material độ (noun) a degree tiền (noun) money phương (noun) direction (theoretical line) bằng (adjective) flat lượng (noun) quantity; amount bạn (noun) a friend, mate, buddy, ally, etc. được (verb) to gain, to win tác (noun) age muốn (verb) to want trên (adjective) upper có thể (adverb) possibly của (noun) property; belongings bị (noun) big sack made from sedge mình (noun) a torso cô (noun) a paternal aunt (father's sister) tại (verb) to be located at; to be located in; to be located on ban ngày (noun) day, daytime (period from sunrise to sunset) nên (verb) to develop into; to change into phần (noun) a part of something that may or may not be divided from a larger whole; a part, a portion, a ration, etc. thông (noun) pine (tree of the genus Pinus) thứ hai (adjective) second thứ năm (adjective) fifth tình (noun) the ability to feel affection or compassion giới (noun) a kingdom đạo (noun) a code of conduct trở (verb) to turn, to change tích (noun) product cách (noun) way, manner, fashion giáo (noun) lance, spear đề (noun) title thức (noun) food; (also, chiefly in compounds) drink học (verb) to study; to learn hiện (verb) to rise, to appear, come into sight chuyển (verb) to move (to another place) hội (noun) a festival biệt (verb) to part with; to leave; to separate nguyên (noun) yuan phong (noun) maple sử (noun) history điều (noun) something to say or tell hiệu (noun) a shop; a store hết (verb) to finish, to end, to expire, to come to an end cơ (noun) muscle công (noun) peafowl; peacock; peahen; peachick tiên (adverb) first; prior; before phát (verb) to distribute, to dispense, to issue, to deliver đơn (noun) application, petition, request thực (adjective) true, real lực (noun) force điện (noun) electricity tạo (verb) to create, to make, to form, to cause kết (verb) to plait, to tie in knots thị (noun) yellow persimmon (gold apple), Diospyros decandra kỳ (noun) Alternative spelling of kì. họ (noun) family name; surname luôn (adverb) always về (verb) to come back or go back (to somewhere one belongs or to some place that is one's own) lịch (noun) a calendar sinh học (noun) biology đại (adverb) randomly, or in an irresponsible way tâm (noun) the heart (humanity or compassion) lý (noun) Alternative spelling of lí. chức (noun) office (position); rank giải (noun) an accolade; a prize; an award thế giới (noun) world thế (noun) position; posture phân (noun) stool; faeces; excrement thường (adjective) frequent; usual; ordinary; common; average trình (verb) to report tập (noun) pad phố (noun) street, with houses and buildings on both sides đại học (noun) university, college (institution of higher education that awards bachelor's degrees or higher) nhân dân (noun) people, population tinh (adjective) quick to notice; sharp, keen, etc. sĩ (noun) a learned person, especially a respected intellectual thành phần (noun) component, constituent, composition, background giúp (verb) to help; to aid tự (noun) a Chinese character nhận (verb) to receive; to get; to obtain dân chủ (adjective) democratic cho nên (adverb) therefore; hence; consequently thứ nhất (adjective) first thứ (noun) order, rank, sort, type, kind, category đặc (adjective) solid sự thực (noun) alternative form of sự thật nhân văn (adjective) humanist; humanistic văn (noun) writing toàn (adverb) nothing but thể (noun) opportunity; swoop thị thực (noun) visa cũng (adverb) also; too công việc (noun) work (labour, employment, occupation, job) điểm (noun) metric for evaluation; point, mark, grade, score, etc. tử (noun) clipping of tử số (“numerator”) viên (adjective) Viennese tính (verb) to calculate chính trị (noun) politics cấp (noun) rank; level; class quốc tế (adjective) international tế (verb) to sacrifice to; to make an offering to hợp (adjective) suitable; harmonious; matching; fitting gian (noun) compartment, room quốc gia (noun) state, nation, country công nghiệp (noun) industry thể loại (noun) a genre loại (noun) species, kind, type, category, sort bản (noun) a version or copy thống (noun) large broad-mouthed bowl-shaped jar xuất (verb) to advance (money) tự do (noun) freedom; liberty tháng năm (noun) May sản (verb) to produce, to create, to generate người Việt (noun) the Yue people, the name given by the Chinese to various ethnic groups in Southern Ancient China and modern Northern Vietnam; a Yue p người Việt Nam (noun) by nationality, regardless of one's ethnicity, albeit Tày, Nùng, Chăm, Khmer, etc. ngoài (preposition) outside (of an interior or enclosed space) bắt đầu (verb) to begin; to start bên (noun) side (one half of something or someone) làm việc (verb) to work không thể (adverb) impossibly thực tế (noun) reality, real life quan điểm (noun) a stance (opinion or point of view) vật thể (noun) an object; compare sự vật (“objects in general”) rất (adverb) very (placed before the word to intensify) nhưng (conjunction) but; yet số không (noun) zero, nought bộ (noun) a collection of multiple copies chúng (particle) Pluralizing particle for pronouns chúng mình (pronoun) we/us (inclusive) chúng nó (pronoun) they/them hơn (adverb) more, -er, to a greater degree or extent số (noun) number lên số (verb) to gear up số lượng (noun) amount, quantity số nhiều (noun) the plural tổng (noun) a sum lời (noun) word; utterances thêm (adjective) additional nơi (noun) place để ý (verb) to pay attention; to regard; to take notice of mọi người (pronoun) everybody; everyone mọi (determiner) all cả (adjective) main; biggest cả ngày (adverb) all day bộ năm (noun) quintet công tác (noun) a government or business mission or task hành động (verb) to act kết hợp (verb) to combine, to link up, to coordinate nhân trung (noun) philtrum nhất định (adjective) fixed, certain, given gia vị (noun) spice; condiment cùng (noun) the end, limit cơ bản (adjective) basic; essential; fundamental phòng (noun) a room cái này (pronoun) this nhà văn (noun) writer thật (adjective) real; true; factual hợp đồng (noun) a contract nhà nước (noun) state (a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory) thị trường (noun) a market (geographical area where a commercial demand exists) tự tin (verb) to be self-confident cơ hội (noun) opportunity trường học (noun) a school (an educational institution) công viên (noun) a park (ground for recreation) văn học (noun) literature thế lực (noun) influence, power thời đại (adjective) typical (of a time) thế đại (noun) generation, era học tập (verb) to study; to learn cảm (verb) to feel bị cảm (verb) to catch a cold, to be ill làm cảm (verb) to catch a cold người nước ngoài (noun) a foreigner; an alien công ta (noun) contract địa chỉ (noun) address đi làm (verb) to go to work học sinh (noun) a student đồng nhất (adjective) identical, homogenous thể tích (noun) volume (spatial measure) bởi (conjunction) from người yêu (noun) non-marital romantic partner không thủ (noun) karate ban công (noun) balcony kết giới (noun) energy barrier/shield, forcefield công quốc (noun) a principality ngày sinh (noun) date of birth, birthdate chủ nhân (noun) master, owner; proprietor tốt số (adjective) fortunate, lucky cuộc (noun) a continuous and long enough event that involves several people nước ngoài (noun) a foreign country công dân (noun) a citizen trình độ (noun) level (of ability); standard con tin (noun) hostage tự động từ (noun) intransitive verb từ loại (noun) a part of speech động cơ (noun) state of someone's mind when committing a crime; motive, intent hình học (noun) geometry số học (noun) arithmetic công lý (noun) Alternative spelling of công lí. định lý (noun) Alternative spelling of định lí. đại số (noun) algebra hàng không (noun) aviation; airline cơ học (noun) mechanics hình vị (noun) morpheme đại từ (noun) a pronoun giới từ (noun) a preposition liên từ (noun) a conjunction công thức (noun) a formula từ nguyên (noun) etymology vực (noun) abyss lượng từ (noun) a plurality particle, such as các or những gọi (verb) to call or hail thành công (verb) to succeed thanh (noun) sound; tone; noise không sao (interjection) no problem đồng bằng (noun) plain sử dụng (verb) to utilize; to employ trở lại (verb) to return, to come back, to go back số thực (noun) a real number trở về (verb) to come back, to go back, to return hình cầu (noun) a sphere đồng vị (adjective) corresponding cơ mà (conjunction) but; yet còn (verb) to remain; to be left; to still have or exist họ hàng (noun) relative đó (pronoun) that place over there thấy (verb) to succeed in gathering information through the senses vẫn (adverb) still; yet lúc (noun) moment, time việc (noun) job, work, business định (verb) to fix; to appoint; to set; to assign động lực (noun) motive power công nhân (noun) blue-collar worker loại từ (noun) classifier (word used to indicate a semantic class) quốc hội (noun) a national legislature thời sự (noun) news programs bản tin (noun) news (report on current events) những (determiner) Plural marker. hội viên (noun) member (e.g. of a group) đặc công (noun) special forces này (determiner) this cơ thể (noun) human body, organism nhà máy (noun) factory, plant đi bộ (verb) to walk ở lại (verb) to remain, to stay ra đi (verb) to depart, to leave lý do (noun) Alternative spelling of lí do. thực hiện (verb) to realize; to carry out; to bring about; to implement như vậy (adjective) such, like that nhất (adverb) the most in... cơ quan (noun) mechanism; mechanics việc làm (noun) work; employment anh em (noun) older brother and younger sibling (with brothers only, or with one sister who is the youngest) sự nghiệp (noun) a career (one's calling in life; a person's occupation) nam giới (noun) human males; boys and men thành viên (noun) member cho rằng (verb) to assume; to suppose; to think (that) hóa (noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of hoá. lý giải (verb) Alternative spelling of lí giải. mỹ học (noun) Alternative spelling of mĩ học. hành lý (noun) Alternative spelling of hành lí. thực sự (adverb) really, indeed, actually làm cho (verb) to cause, to make sống động (adjective) lively ngay (adjective) direct; straight trung học (noun) secondary education cao học (noun) postgraduate education for a master's degree xuất bản (verb) (transitive) to publish (to issue for distribution or sale) tới (preposition) to (indicating destination) hãy (adverb) do; let's (mild imperative sentence-initial particle) thì (noun) alternative form of thời (“time; period”) như thế (adverb) so, like that vậy (adverb) so, thus vừa (verb) to fit, to suit nhau (adverb) each other, mutually, reciprocally, one another đưa (verb) to bring, to take, to give, to hand rằng (conjunction) that đều (adjective) equal in size or dimension thời (noun) time, moment, season đối (verb) to be contrary to; to be against; to oppose liên (verb) to join, to associate, to unite tiếp (verb) to be contiguous to; to be adjacent to thuộc (verb) to belong to, to be subordinate to, or to be under the management of truyền (verb) to pass to người Kinh (noun) ethnic Vietnamese tập trung (verb) to gather (at a particular location) ăn học (verb) to study công trường (noun) a construction site tham (verb) to covet, to be greedy, to lust after thông tin (noun) a piece of information ông chủ (noun) head, boss điều độ (adverb) with moderation công sản (noun) public assets, public property công bằng (adjective) just; fair công bình (adjective) Southern Vietnam form of công bằng (“just; fair”) nhận ra (verb) to realize hiện đại (adjective) modern thủ (verb) to guard; to keep trong khi (conjunction) while có mặt (verb) to be present (at) thế hệ (noun) generation (single step in the succession of natural descent) động lượng (noun) momentum, the product of mass and velocity of a body đại lượng (noun) quantity; property of a body, phenomenon, etc. that can be expressed as a number liên kết (noun) link (connection between buses or systems) đối với (preposition) according to nhà hàng (noun) a restaurant that accommodates large numbers of people, is often swanky, but is not necessarily for fine dining một số (adjective) a number of; some; several; certain không gian (noun) space xuất hiện (verb) to appear; to become visible thực tập (verb) to take an internship, apprenticeship or on-the-job training; of teachers-to-be in particular, to actually conduct a class as a teach do đó (adverb) therefore; thus; hence; as a result; as such có khi (adverb) sometimes, once in a while làm sao (adverb) why; how hiện thực (noun) reality hơn cả (adjective) the most hàng ngày (adverb) in many consecutive days điều trị (verb) to receive or give medical treatment; to treat ngoài ra (adverb) besides; additionally; in addition văn bản (noun) written text; passage; document hình như (adverb) seemingly, although not certainly quan chức (noun) an official thời điểm (noun) point in/of time; timing; date thực hành (verb) to practise công chính (noun) public works; infrastructure management trước đây (adverb) before; formerly; in the past ban đầu (noun) beginning; the get-go giải pháp (noun) solution (to a problem) từ từ (adverb) slowly; gradually; leisurely công trình (noun) construction project; architecture (in general sense); work; construction; building; engineering hình thành (verb) to form; to take shape thực thể (noun) an entity (thing existing independently) sinh sống (verb) to live; to make a living tác động (verb) to have an effect (on); to influence; to affect chúng sinh (noun) "living beings", or more specifically, humans and animals như ý (verb) to be in accordance with one's wish; to be to one's liking nhà ăn (noun) dining hall, dining room hành trình (noun) a journey nhân loại (noun) mankind; humanity; human beings đại chúng (noun) the masses; the people cho biết (verb) to inform, to state ăn ở (verb) to conduct daily life, especially when concerning expenses for food and shelter thứ tự (noun) order; sequence động kinh (adjective) epileptic lập (verb) to set up; to establish thời cơ (noun) opportunity (for doing something); chance trường độ (noun) duration; length (especially of sound) sinh sản (verb) to reproduce sinh ra (verb) to give birth sử học (noun) history (branch of knowledge that studies the past) pháp (noun) rule; law; standard; method thực tại (noun) reality tạo thành (verb) to create; to make; to build thành tích (noun) achievement; attainment; (academic) results hội đồng (noun) council; assembly; committee sự việc (noun) an intangible thing, such as an affair, a happening or an occurrence nhà cầu (noun) latrine; lavatory trung thành (adjective) loyal; faithful; true; devoted làm ăn (verb) to work (for one's living); to make a living; to do business gia sản (noun) family property; family fortune tập thể (noun) a community or union of people vụ (noun) season cho thấy (verb) to show đại hội (noun) assembly; congress; conference mà cả (verb) to bargain nam tính (adjective) typical of boys or men; masculine động viên (verb) to mobilize dân số (noun) population (a count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary) thủ thành (verb) to keep goal; to act as the goalkeeper tác nhân (noun) agent thông số (noun) parameter; measurements; specifications học viên (noun) a student who does not go to an accredited institution, but enrolls in a less formal, often non-academic, program or course, such as người người (pronoun) people nam sinh (noun) a schoolboy nhưng mà (conjunction) but người lớn (noun) adult; grown-up lý sự (noun) Alternative spelling of lí sự. gia chủ (noun) head of a family chính thống (adjective) orthodox; mainstream; traditional tại vì (conjunction) because trị (verb) to treat medically; to cure chủ động (adjective) active or proactive vụ việc (noun) case; incident; matter liên quan (noun) a relevant connection, association, relation or affinity tự phát (adjective) spontaneous nhân sự (noun) human resources đồng thời (adverb) at the same time; simultaneously ở không (verb) to idle; to do nothing (in life) trung thực (adjective) faithful; sincere nhà xe (noun) garage diện (verb) to dress up (in); to be well-dressed (in); to be decked out (in) nhân viên (noun) an employee nhà trường (noun) school (generally speaking) phòng không (verb) to take precautions in defence of an air attack from the enemy đối đầu (verb) to confront; to face học hành (verb) to do learning or studying đồng cảm (verb) to empathize (with) thực dụng (adjective) pragmatic, practical chủ quan (adjective) subjective hợp lý (adjective) Alternative spelling of hợp lí. đại số học (noun) algebra văn tự (noun) writing system; script; written language không những (conjunction) not only nhất thời (adjective) temporary; transient sống còn (adjective) vital (necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.) sau cùng (adverb) in the end thị chính (noun) city hall tham số (noun) a parameter trước nhất (adverb) first of all, first and foremost dụng (verb) to utilise năm tháng (noun) years (in the past); time thể hiện (verb) to show; to manifest itself; to reveal bảo hành (noun) warranty; guarantee tiếp theo (verb) to follow; to be next cho đến (preposition) until; up to kết từ (noun) conjunction trung điểm (noun) a midpoint cao độ (noun) a z-coordinate; an applicate phát hành (verb) to release (to make available to the public), to publish tự động (adjective) automatic, spontaneous quốc học (noun) studies of national culture nước nhà (noun) one's home country; native land; motherland trung đại (adjective) medieval mới đây (adverb) recently; lately; not long ago đồng hành (verb) to go together (with) hành chính (adjective) administrative nhân lực (noun) manpower; human resources trong khi đó (adverb) meanwhile công dụng (noun) use; utility phát sinh (verb) to arise; to spring up tổng thể (noun) overview ý định (noun) intention hình thể (noun) form; shape; figure hình sự (adjective) criminal tin học (noun) computer science; informatics chỉ thị (verb) to direct; to command; to instruct dân ý (noun) popular opinion; people's opinions dân sự (adjective) civil hợp pháp (adjective) lawful; legal xuất phát (verb) to set off; to start off kinh (adjective) ethnically Vietnamese nhận biết (verb) to recognise; to realise; to identify động tác (noun) movement; gesture; action vì thế (adverb) therefore; thus; hence; as a result; as such người ta (noun) people in general đại nhân (pronoun) you, my lord/lady hóa ra (verb) Traditional tone placement spelling of hoá ra. kết bạn (verb) to make friends thực dân (noun) colonist, colonizer người nhà (noun) member of the family; relative phần nhiều (noun) synonym of phần lớn thủ công (verb) to make by hand; to be handmade để tâm (verb) to pay attention to; to mind hợp số (noun) a composite number người Mỹ (noun) alternative spelling of người Mĩ bộ thủ (noun) a Chinese character radical công chúng (noun) the public đại gia (noun) a tycoon; a magnate hàng đầu (noun) first place hiện trường (noun) a scene (where something happened) thông quan (verb) to clear (something) through customs điều hành (verb) to manage; to run; to operate thời vụ (noun) season (most suited for a certain type of work, especially agricultural, aquacultural, etc.) thiết (verb) to give an interest or share in đại liên (noun) large machine gun trung liên (noun) medium machine gun sự tích (noun) a folktale Việt Nam học (noun) Vietnamese studies chỉ số (noun) an index; indicator (as a number calculated from an array of quantities) hệ số (noun) a coefficient đại lý (noun) Alternative spelling of đại lí. toàn thể (noun) all; the whole cho hay (verb) to tell the news; to inform; to notify từ vị (noun) lexeme nam chính (noun) male protagonist bị động (adjective) passive việt vị (verb) to be offside chính quốc (noun) metropolis, colonizing country viên chức (noun) a civil servant/public servant thông gia (noun) parents of husband and wife; co-parents-in-law hiện hành (adjective) in force; in operation; in action đường bộ (noun) land; road (as a medium of transport) học thêm (verb) to go to and learn at a teacher's private class, either to improve grades or to prepare for entrance exams định hình (verb) to form a fixed shape công cuộc (noun) undertaking; (big) task; work bất công (adjective) unjust; unfair cao cả (adjective) lofty; elevated; noble nước Nam (noun) synonym of Việt Nam (“Vietnam”) ngày tháng (noun) date; time cái tôi (noun) an ego hành pháp (adjective) executive tích sự (noun) worth or use lớn hơn (adjective) bigger/larger than chỉ sự (noun) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 (thượng, “above”) and 下 (hạ, “below”) that indicate an abst hội ý (verb) to confer, to consult, to discuss phát hiện (verb) to discover; to find out con này (pronoun) she/her, this gal we're talking about tên tự (noun) pen name tên họ (noun) family name cho tên (verb) to name tên chính (noun) given name điều động (verb) to appoint, to transfer to another position ngày nay (adverb) nowadays; these days học vị (noun) academic degree địa đầu (noun) border area đầu hàng (verb) to surrender con cái (noun) children; offspring (generally speaking) thông đồng (verb) to collude (with someone); to act in complicity (with) năm mới (noun) New Year (either the first few days of the calendrical New Year or Lunar New Year) sản sinh (verb) to produce; to yield ngày ngày (adverb) every day người tình (noun) a lover cảm động (adjective) emotionally touched là là (adjective) be near; be close to (a surface) học lực (noun) capacity to learn and achieve good marks pháp gia (noun) Legalism nhà giáo (noun) educator, especially teacher thì là (noun) dill xuất gia (verb) to be ordained tự sự (adjective) narrative vẫn còn (adverb) still, yet thị phần (noun) market share kỳ học (noun) Alternative spelling of kì học. thực lực (noun) real strength; strength that is not derived from titles, status, or alliances đại công quốc (noun) grand duchy tại chức (adverb) while working a formal job từ chức (verb) to resign (a position) thành ý (noun) goodwill, good intention, good faith nhân tính (noun) humanity, human nature cho không (verb) to give away for free đối số (noun) an argument chiến công (noun) feat of arms; distinguished military service; battle achievements bất thành (verb) to be unsuccessful thứ đến (adverb) secondly, next sinh động (adjective) vivid; lifelike or simulative đại ý (noun) general idea; main points học kỳ (noun) Alternative spelling of học kì. kỳ công (adjective) Alternative spelling of kì công. định vị (verb) to position, to locate bất chính (adjective) improper, dishonest, devious, shady ngoài cùng (adjective) outermost không quốc gia (adjective) stateless cách cách (noun) the title of a Manchu Qing princess anh văn (noun) English, especially English taught at a private English-language school nhân cách (noun) human dignity đồng bộ (adjective) synchronous đã và đang (particle) indicates a perfect continuous aspect thứ nam (noun) the second, but not youngest, son không trung (noun) the air (open space) hội trường (noun) a hall, venue or conference room phải không (particle) is that true or not?; yes?; no? đầu vào (noun) an input; inflow; influx thông hành (verb) to be permitted to pass công xã (noun) commune học đường (noun) school hệ (noun) system cơ số (noun) a base; a radix phần nào (adverb) in a way, to a certain extent sinh lý (noun) Alternative spelling of sinh lí. vì vậy (adverb) therefore; consequently; so for that reason từ trường (noun) magnetic field địa (noun) clipping of địa lí (“geography”) bất động (adjective) motionless; idle công nhận (verb) to recognize or approve bộ hành (adjective) pedestrian; walking dân dụng (adjective) civilian; for civilian use; civil làm cao (adjective) conceited; self-important người Hoa (noun) Hoa person: ethnic Han Chinese in Vietnam; Chinese-Vietnamese cần nước (noun) water dropwort; water celery cấp số (noun) a progression; sequence (in compounds) quá độ (adjective) excessive sự vụ (noun) an incident; occurrence; event thời lượng (noun) duration, length (of a broadcast) hành hình (verb) to execute (by lethal methods) hợp thành (verb) to compose; to constitute; to comprise gia bảo (noun) an heirloom có điều (conjunction) yet; but trước sau (adverb) always; constantly; all along thành thị (noun) the city or urban landscape, as opposed to the country(side) cả tin (adjective) gullible chỉ bảo (verb) to advise; to instruct; to coach chỉ định (verb) to appoint; to assign; to designate chỉ điểm (verb) to point out; to pinpoint; to indicate chỉ giáo (verb) to counsel; to advise; to give suggestions chỉ giới (noun) a boundary; limit chỉ nam (noun) a guide (book) chỉ thực (noun) dried immature trifoliate orange (as an herb used in traditional medicine) điểm chỉ (verb) to make a fingerprint; to leave a fingerprint (especially as a signature) tự tại (adjective) carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at ease điều vị (noun) a flavoring; seasoning; condiment; flavor additive mới đầu (adverb) at first; initially; originally công sự (noun) a fortification; defensive structure (especially a bunker or trench) chiến sự (noun) war situation thời cuộc (noun) synonym of thời cục (“the current political situation”) chính ra (adverb) actually; in fact; really thực ra (adverb) actually; in fact; really chính đại (adjective) straightforward; upright; honest chính giáo (noun) orthodoxy; orthodox religion chính giới (noun) political circle; political class; political elite chính thể (noun) a political system; polity; governmental regime hay là (conjunction) represents an alternative theory, option or solution in an interrogative form thể lực (noun) physical fitness; physical strength đầu cơ (verb) to speculate quốc thể (noun) a country or nation's honor, dignity or standing công vụ (noun) public service; civil service công chức (noun) public servant; civil servant số từ (noun) numeral triển (verb) to carry out; to execute bộ Anh (noun) foot (unit of measure equal to twelve inches) đầu tay (adjective) debut; first tập sự (noun) trainee quan viên (noun) mandarin, government official bình thời (noun) peacetime đang không (adverb) out of the blue công đồng (noun) church council bình sinh (adverb) all one's life giải thể (verb) to dissolve tự cao (adjective) conceited, self-important với lại (preposition) in addition to cơ động (noun) mobility luôn thể (adverb) at the same time (for convenience); immediately after thế nào (adverb) how; what; in what manner; in what way sau đó (adverb) later (on); afterwards; thereafter; after that; since that time; since that moment làm nên (verb) to create; to found; to achieve phòng khi (preposition) in case of; in case that; just in case thời bình (noun) peacetime quan nhân (noun) a man một thời (adverb) formerly, in the past cho là (verb) to consider that; to think that ra tay (verb) to act, to perform an action thế thì (adverb) so; then; in that case đi lại (verb) to go back and forth; to go from here to there (generally speaking) nhân bản (adjective) humanist phát động (verb) to mobilize people to take part in a movement gia dụng (adjective) for use in a house or home; domestic quan lại (noun) government bureaucrat; official; mandarin đại thể (adverb) generally, fundamentally thực từ (noun) content word từ khi (adverb) since tin yêu (verb) to trust and love sinh thành (verb) to give birth to and then raise hợp thời (adjective) fashionable; timely công lực (noun) trained skill with high effect on its object học vụ (noun) all the tasks concerning teaching, grading, scheduling, preparing materials, making up missed classes or remedial classes, etc. điểm số (noun) grade; mark, score bộ mặt (noun) look of the face; features seen on the face đại quan (noun) important official, highly-placed mandarin như thể (conjunction) as if làm bộ (verb) to feign; to pretend thế nhưng (conjunction) but then chính trường (noun) political scene; political arena hợp nhất (verb) to unite; to unify chủ thể (noun) the main part; the part making up most of something dân quốc (noun) republic tháng ngày (noun) days; long time làm chủ (verb) to own; to be the master of ý dân (noun) popular opinion; people's opinions thành hệ (noun) formation thể thống (noun) order; discipline công công (noun) a eunuch gọi là (verb) to be called cầu thị (adjective) wishing to broaden one's horizons vị thế (noun) position; social standing cảm từ (noun) interjection thứ nhân (noun) common people công văn (noun) an official document or dispatch pháp lý (adjective) Alternative spelling of pháp lí. hình nhân (noun) doll; puppet; dummy trung cuộc (noun) a middlegame khác nào (adjective) to be no different from, no different than thế cuộc (noun) situation of something (such as war, investing, politics, etc.) in one or more countries or a geographical region cuộc thế (noun) life; world situation nhân thực (adjective) eukaryotic người dân (noun) the people; the mass dụng công (verb) to take pains ra mặt (adverb) visibly có một không hai (adjective) unique; one-of-a-kind học khu (noun) a school district (Canadian and American governmental district for public schools) đường sinh (noun) generatrix tiếng động (noun) a noise; a sound, especially one produced by impact còn lại (noun) the part remaining after a portion has been removed; the remainder nhà ở (noun) a house; a home đầu ra (noun) an output nhân công (noun) manpower; labour; workforce có công (verb) to be deserving or worthy trung vị (noun) median không không (adjective) frivolous đại sự (noun) important matter; big deal; major event; great thing nhân từ (adjective) merciful; clement gia công (verb) to process (to perform mechanical or chemical operations) số hóa (noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of số hoá. yêu nước (verb) to love one's country; to be patriotic đại đồng (noun) Great Unity (utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace) con một (noun) only child; person with no siblings có lý (noun) Alternative spelling of có lí. dân chúng (noun) the people; the general populace như nhau (verb) resembling; similar to giúp việc (verb) to help out with a work task làm theo (verb) to do or perform according to a given guideline, principle, or instruction etc. với nhau (adverb) together; with each other; with one another qua lại (adjective) happening between two entities; interacting; reciprocal tiền của (noun) money and possessions; money and assets thì hiện tại (noun) present tense cũng như (adverb) besides; as well as; also; in addition to để nguyên (noun) to leave something as it is; to let something remain as it is; to keep something intact; to leave something alone quốc dân (noun) a citizen (of a given nation) thành thực (adjective) sincere; honest; frank địa thế (noun) terrain (in regards to its conformation) người đi bộ (noun) wayfarer; walker; foot-passenger; pedestrian thể thức (noun) style and manner; way of procedure thể cách (noun) style and form (of a procedure etc.); manner; way cùng với (conjunction) along with; together with; alongside; in company with từ pháp (noun) morphology quan họ (noun) quan ho, a style of antiphonal Vietnamese folk music with alternating groups of female and male singers issuing musical challenges an để lại (verb) to bequeath; to leave học máy (noun) machine learning lớn lên (verb) to grow up thế mà (conjunction) but; however; yet; still vậy mà (conjunction) but; however; yet; still chỉ đường (verb) to tell the way; to show the way; to give somebody directions năm học (noun) a school year ta đây (pronoun) I; me bản vị (noun) a monetary standard trên không (adverb) in the air không lực (noun) airpower con số (noun) number; figure trường thành (noun) a long, sturdy wall trước khi (preposition) before (earlier than in time), prior to sau khi (preposition) after thực địa (noun) field; place away from the office, classroom, or laboratory; the real world biết điều (verb) to maintain propriety; to understand one’s obligations chủ định (noun) one's own volition or intention điều hợp (verb) to integrate, to blend cầu cơ (noun) seance with a Ouija board thế tập (adjective) hereditary tại gia (verb) to not be ordained; to be lay công-nhân (noun) obsolete spelling of công nhân (“blue-collar worker”) thế-giới (noun) obsolete spelling of thế giới (“a/the world”) hành thích (noun) to assassinate nhân sinh (noun) human life chủ công (noun) server (player that initiates play with the ball) chủ sự (verb) to administer; oversee; preside over chủ từ (noun) a subject con người (noun) human, human being cơ thể học (noun) anatomy trị số (noun) value; quantity dụng ý (noun) one's intention thành văn (adjective) written sinh thời (noun) when one was alive từ tính (noun) magnetism tự-do (adjective) obsolete spelling of tự do (“free”) sau sau (noun) Formosan gum (Liquidambar formosana) cũng nên (adverb) Added at the ending of a statement to express assumption with a little affirmation: perhaps có là (adverb) even thì có (adverb) Used to indicate acknowledgement, yet with somewhat negative notion: maybe thì phải (adverb) Used to indicate one's decent affirmation, yet with a need to confirm further from their speaking partner: possibly phải biết (adverb) Used to emphasize a fact with an extent that the other speaker(s) can be hard to believe: indeed phải cái (adverb) Used to introduce a negative statement or clause: what a shame được cái (adverb) Used to introduce a positive statement or clause: fortunately tay trên (adverb) quickly snatching something that would give oneself advantage địa chính (noun) cadastre (comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country) dân sinh (noun) material and spiritual life of the people in general tác gia (noun) a talented author/writer whose works have a profound impact on social life nhà nhà (noun) each and every household chính sự (noun) matters of state, politics thể hình (noun) physique; body shape khi nào cũng (adverb) always tác thành (verb) to help somebody succeed or achieve something hóa công (noun) Traditional tone placement spelling of hoá công. nhất là (adverb) Used to emphasize one's following statement over the others: especially; most importantly việc gì (verb) to leave someone injuried nhân thể (noun) human body nên người (verb) to become an upstanding person chính văn (noun) body text; body matter đi đồng (verb) to poop; to poo; to defecate chủ nhà (noun) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chủ, nhà. xem ra (adverb) it seems đồng đại (adjective) synchronic xuất chúng (adjective) excellent, outstanding, distinguished hành văn (verb) to write; to compose đang thì (adjective) in golden years of someone or something quá thể (adverb) too; excessively; exceedingly chính mình (noun) oneself tay trong (noun) inside informer thể tình (verb) to be considerate, to have sympathy for someone's situation ngày thường (noun) weekday đến nơi (adverb) drawing near trung thứ (adjective) loyal and magnanimous; trustworthy and sincere đại để (adverb) for the most part; generally ra gì (adjective) seemingly crucial quốc pháp (noun) national law cô thế (adjective) isolated chính sử (noun) official historical texts; official history nước đại (noun) gallop nước giải (noun) urine con nước (noun) tide; tidal phase đầu nước (noun) head of a current (especially where a dyke collapses) lên nước (verb) to have a sheen; to become lustrous; to become shiny nước hàng (noun) caramel sauce nước lên (noun) high tide nước đường (noun) syrup sinh sự (verb) to trouble; to disturb tại vị (verb) to reign or hold a position (currently) cả và (noun) all, everything, everybody động sản (noun) chattel (movable property) văn nhân (noun) member of the literati; man of letters kỳ sau (noun) Alternative spelling of kì sau. ăn theo (verb) to jump on the bandwagon; to follow a trend or someone else's success for personal gain or profit pháp nhân (noun) legal entity; juridical person; legal person (an organization that has legal rights and obligations, distinct from its individual mem văn pháp (noun) grammar văn lý (noun) Alternative spelling of văn lí. chi họ (noun) clan; tribe người Nam (noun) synonym of người Việt Nam (“Vietnamese”) công minh (adjective) impartial; just dân công (noun) conscripted labourer anh yêu Darling (to a man) — “anh” (older brother) plus yêu; how a woman addresses her boyfriend or husband lovingly. nhà tôi My spouse — the traditional, gently humble way to refer to one’s husband or wife. người Anh British; from England or the United Kingdom em họ younger cousin anh họ older male cousin hàng năm yearly; every year số tự động automatic transmission cần số gearstick; gear lever đầu máy locomotive cầu là ironing board tự làm homemade or made by oneself về nhà to go home; to head home sau đại học postgraduate studies sinh con to give birth; childbirth tin tốt good news tìm được việc to find a job có con to have children