Tuttle Concise Vietnamese Dictionary. Phan Van Giuong
caàu voøng n. rainbow
caåu thaû adj. negligent, careless, sloppy
caåu treä n. beast [dog and hog]
caäu n. mother’s younger brother: anh/chò em con coâ con caäu first cousins [A calls B’s mother coâ, and B calls A’s father caäu]
caây 1 n. plant, tree [name of species follows]: töôùi caây to water plants; xeùn caây to trim; chieát caây to graft; vöôøn öông caây nursery; caây con sapling; caây caûnh dwarf tree; boùng caây tree shade; caønh caây branch; goác caây foot of a tree, stump; thaân caây tree trunk; caây nhaø laù vöôøn home-grown, home-made 2 n. CL for objects shaped like sticks; wood (= goã): moät caây neán a candle; nhaø caây wooden house; cho leo caây to keep [somebody] waiting in vain
caây boâng n. flower trees; fireworks
caây buùt n. writer
caây coái n. trees, vegetation
caây soá n. milestone; kilometer
caáy v. to transplant [rice seedlings]
caày caáy v. to till, to cultivate, to farm [land]
caày 1 v. (= caøy) to plow 2 n. dog (= choù): ngu nhö caày very stupid; caày höông civet cat
caäy v. to depend on, to rely on
cha n. [SV phu] father; [Catholic] father, I [used by father to child, second person pronoun being con], you [used by child to father, first person pronoun being con]; you [used by Catholic priest]: cha naøo con aáy like father like son; cha meï parents; thaèng cha guy, fellow; cha truyeàn con noái hereditary; anh em cuøng cha khaùc meï half-brothers
cha anh n. elders
cha coá n. Catholic priests, clergymen
cha xöù n. vicar, local priest
chaø intj. Oh! [exclamation of surprise or admiration]
chaø laø n. date palm
Chaø vaø n. Javanese; Indian
chaø xaùt v. to rub, to crush
chaû 1 n. meat pie or ham: gioø chaû pork pies/ham 2 adv. not to be, not to do (= chaúng, khoâng)
chaû gioø n. Saigon spring rolls
chaï adj. mixed, mingled: soáng chung chaï to live with other people
chaïc 1 n. bamboo plaited cord 2 v. to borrow to eat; to buy without paying
chaïch n. small and long eel
chai 1 n. bottle: ñoùng chai to bottle; nuùt chai cork 2 n., adj. callus; callosity; corn: chai chaân callus, callosity; to be callous
chaøi 1 n. fishing net 2 v. to fish with a fishing net:ù thuyeàn chaøi fishing boat; phöôøng chaøi fishermen [as a guild]
chaûi v. to comb, to brush: chaûi toùc to comb hair; baøn chaûi brush
chaûi chuoát v., adj. spruced up; well-groomed, meticulous [about dressing, writing]
chaøm 1 n. olive CL quaû: hình quaû/ mieáng chaøm lozenge; diamond 2 n. Champa, Cham 3 adj. indigo, dark blue; indigo dye
chaïm 1 v. to carve, to sculpt: thôï chaïm sculptor 2 v. to touch, to encounter, to collide [vaøo, phaûi against], to clink [glasses coác]: chaïm traùn to confront, to meet face to face
chan v. to souse, to overflow
chan hoaø adj. dampened, soaked, bathed in
chaùn 1 adj. sufficient, be [sick and] tired of, fed up with [followed by noun or preceded by verb]; boring, dull, tedious, tiresome 2 v. to have no lack of, to have plenty of; to be tired of, to be sick of
chaùn cheâ adj. satiated; plentiful, to have more than enough
chaùn chöôøng v., adj. to be tired of [person, regime]; to be embittered
chaùn ñôøi v. to be tired of the world, to be tired of living
chaùn naûn v. to be discouraged, to be disheartened
chaùn ngaùn v. to be [sick and] tired of
chaùn ngaét adj. very dull, wearisome
chaùn pheø adj. dull, monotonous, colorless
chaùn vaïn adj. many, a great many, a lot
chaïn n. screened larder, cupboard
chang chang adj. [of sunlight] hot and blazing
chaøng 1 n. young man; you [from wife to husband; first person pronoun being thieáp]: chaøng reã son-in-law; anh chaøng the fellow, the chap, the guy, the lad 2 n. chisel
chaïng haùng v., adj. to straddle; straddling
chaïng vaïng n., adj. twilight, dusk
chanh n. lemon, lime: nöôùc chanh lemonade; chua nhö chanh sour as lemon
chanh chua adj. sharp-tongued, tart, sour
chaùnh n. (= chính) chief, head
chaùnh aùn n. presiding judge, tribunal president
chaùnh chuû khaûo n. chairman of examination board
chaùnh vaên phoøng n. chief of the secretariat
chaïnh v. to be affected, to be moved
chao 1 n. soybean paste 2 n. lamp-shade
chao oâi! intj. Alas! Oh dear!
chaùo n. [SV chuùc] rice gruel, congee: chaùo hoa plain rice congee
chaøo v. to greet, to salute: chaøo khaùch to greet customers; chaøo ñôøi to be born; chaøo haøng to try to sell merchandise; caâu chaøo greeting
chaøo ñoùn v. to welcome, to greet
chaøo maøo n. peewit, lapwing
chaøo möøng v. to welcome, to extend a welcome
chaûo n. frying pan [shaped like a skullcap]
chaõo n. rope, cable
chaïo toâm n. sugar-cane wrapped with minced prawn
chaïp n. the twelfth month of the lunar year: thaùng chaïp December; gioã chaïp festivals
chaùt 1 adj. tart, strong, acrid: chua chaùt [of words] bitter 2 n. thump, slang
chau v. to frown, to knit: chau maøy to frown [eyebrows]
chaùu n. [SV toân] grandchild, nephew, niece: con chaùu off-spring; chaùu gaùi granddaughter, niece; chaùu giai/trai grandson, nephew
chay adj. [SV trai] vegetarian, diet: aên chay to be vegetarian
chay tònh adj., n. pure, chaste; diet
chaùy v. to blaze, to burn in a conflagration: ñoát chaùy nhaø to set blaze to a house; côm chaùy burnt rice at the bottom of the pot (= xeùm); moät ñaùm chaùy a fire; ñoát chaùy to set fire to; Chaù y! Fire!
chaûy v. [SV löu] to run, to flow; [of metals] to melt; [of fabrics] to stretch; [of container] to leak: chaûy maùu cam to have a nose-bleed
chaïy 1 v. [of people, vehicles, ships] to run; [of machine, clock] to run; [of goods] to sell well; [of work] to get done: chaïy tieàn to seek money; chaïy choït to bribe 2 v. to give up, to pass 3 adj. doing well, smoothly running: saùch baùn chaïy nhaát best seller
chaïy chöõa v. to treat one’s best, to treat with all means
chaïy ñua v. to race: chaïy ñua vôùi thôøi gian to race against time
chaïy laøng v. to run away, to give up the game
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