caàu coáng n. bridges and locks
caàu cöùu v. to ask for help
caàu hoân v. to ask for an engage- ment: leã caàu hoâ n requiem mass
caàu kinh v. to pray
caàu khaån v. to beg, to plead
caàu kyø adj. far-fetched, sophisticated
caàu loâng n. badminton
caàu may v. to try one’s luck
caàu nguyeän v. to pray
caàu sieâu v. to pray for the peace of someone’s soul
caàu thuû n. player, football player
caàu tieâu n. toilet, restroom
caàu treo n. suspension bridge
caàu tröôït n. children’s slide
caàu vai n. shoulder-strap
caàu vieän v. to request for aid, to seek reinforcements
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
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