Tuttle Concise Vietnamese Dictionary. Phan Van Giuong
keà adj. next, close to
keå v. to relate, to narrate [a story], to mention, to enumerate, to cite [facts, figures]: khoâng keå not to mention, not to speak of
keå leå v. to tell stories, to talk on and on
keä 1 v. to leave alone, to pay no attention to: keä thaây noù to leave him alone 2 n. shelf: keä saùch bookshelf 3 n. Buddhist prayer-book
keách xuø adj. [of amount] huge, bulky, colossal
keäch v. to make sure not to do [something], to be afraid of [somebody]
keäch adj. coarse, rude: queâ keäch, thoâ keäch boorish, unrefined
keàn n. [Fr. nickel] nickel
keânh 1 n. (= kinh) canal: keânh Suez the Suez Canal 2 adj. warped, not level
keânh kieäu v. to put on airs, to give oneself airs, arrogant
keành v. to lie flat, to sprawl
keành caøng adj. encumbering, cumbersome
keát 1 v. to tie in knots; to be bound together: keát baïn to make friends 2 v. to conclude, to wind up
keát aùn v. to condemn, to convict, to sentence
keát caáu n. structure, composition
keát cuïc n. conclusion, final outcome
keát duyeân v. to get married [vôùi to]
keát ñoâi v. to get married
keát hoân v. to get married, to marry
keát hôïp v. to co-ordinate, to combine
keát lieãu v. to come to an end, to finish
keát luaän v., n. to conclude; conclusion
keát löïc n. cohesion, force of cohesion
keát naïp v. to admit to
keát nghóa v. to join a brotherhood; to get married
keát quaû n. result, outcome
keát thuùc v. to end, to conclude, to come to an end
keát tinh v. to crystallize
keát toaùn v. to draw up a final balance-sheet, to make up accounts
keát toäi v. to accuse, to charge
keát tuï v. to conglomerate, to agglomerate
keát tuûa v. to precipitate; to be precipitated [a substance]
keâu v. to shout; to call [for], to summon, to order [food]; to complain; to ring, to make noise
keâu ca v. to complain, to grumble
keâu cöùu v. to cry for help
keâu gaøo v. to cry out for, to call upon
keâu goïi v. to appeal [to], to call [upon]
keâu la v. to shout, to yell, to scream
keâu naøi v. to insist, to beseech
keâu oan v. to base one’s case on unjust suffering, to protest one’s innocence
keâu van v. to entreat, to implore
kha khaù adj., adv. better; fairly, rather
khaù adj. rather good, pretty good; be better; [in health] rather well
khaù giaû adj. well off, rich
khaû aùi adj. lovely, lovable
khaû dó adj. able, possible
khaû naêng n. ability, capability: khaû naêng laøm vieäc working ability
khaû nghi adj. suspicious
khaû oá adj. detestable
khaû quan adj. good, favorable, satisfactory: keát quaû khaû quan a satisfactory result
khaùc adj., adv. other, different; else; unlike: hai nöôùc khaùc two other countries; moät choã naøo khaùc somewhere else
khaùc bieät adj. different: khaùc bieät quan ñieåm different viewpoints
khaùc thöôøng adj. unusual; extraordinary, exceptional
khaùc xa adj. completely different, quite different
khaïc v. to spit: khaïc nhoå to spit
khaùch n. guest, visitor: khaùch nöôùc ngoaøi foreign visitor; khaùch haøng customer; tieáp khaùch to receive visitors; aên côm khaùch to be invited to din- ner; chính khaùch political figure
khaùch haøng n. customer
khaùch khöùa n. guests, visitors
khaùch qua ñöôøng n. passerby, stranger
khaùch quan adj. objective: nhaän xeùt khaùch quan objective observation
khaùch saïn n. hotel
khaùch saùo adj. formal
khaùch theå n. object: chuû theå vaø khaùch theå subject and object
khai 1 v. to declare, to state, to testify: lôøi khai declaration, statement, testimony 2 adj. [of urine] urine-smelling 3 v. to open (= môû), to dredge up: khai tröôøng to re-open school
khai baùo v. to declare, to inform the authorities
khai buùt v. to write one’s first essay [on New Year’s day]
khai chieán v. to declare war
khai dieãn v. to start the performance
khai giaûng v. to begin a new academic year
khai haï v. to start the celebrations
khai haán v. to start the hostilities
khai hoa v. to bloom, to blossom
khai hoaù v. to civilize
khai hoaû v. to open fire
khai hoang v. to reclaim waste-land, to cultivate new land
khai hoäi v. to open a meeting/festival
khai huyeät v. to dig a grave
khai khaån v. to clear land, to break new ground
khai maïc v. [of conference] to open
khai moû v. to mine
khai phaù v. to clear land, to discover
khai quaät v. to exhume, to disinter
khai quoác v. to found a nation, to build an empire
khai saùng v. to found
khai sinh v. to register a birth, to declare a childbirth
khai thaùc v. to exploit land/ resources
khai thoâng v. to clear, to free something of obstruction
khai trieån v. to develop
khai tröø v. to expel, to purge [a party member]
khai tröông v. to open a business
khai tröôøng n. first day of school
khai töû v. to declare a death
khaùi luaän n. summary, outline
khaùi löôïc n. summary
khaùi nieäm n. general idea, concept, notion
khaùi quaùt adj. general, generalized
khaùi quaùt hoaù v. to generalize
kham v. to endure, to bear, to suffer: baát kham unendurable
kham khoå adj. [of life]