Meditations — Page 5

Vocabulary

một

một — The number one; also an indefinite article.

vị

vị — Classifier for respected persons such as officials.

tướng

tướng — Military general or high-ranking commander.

tài

tài — Talent, skill, or ability in a field.

ba

ba — The number three; also means father informally.

đã

đã — Past tense marker indicating completed action.

giành

giành — To win, earn, or seize something competitively.

được

được — To obtain or be able to do something.

danh

danh — Name, reputation, or fame of a person.

tiếng

tiếng — Sound, language, or reputation; fame.

trong

trong — Inside, within, or among something.

các

các — Plural marker for nouns indicating multiple items.

cuộc

cuộc — Classifier for events, campaigns, or contests.

chiến

chiến — War, battle, or combat between parties.

tranh

tranh — To fight or compete; combined with chiến means war.

với

với — With, against, or together with someone.

người

người — Person, human being, or people.

lúc

lúc — A moment or time when something occurs.

này

này — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby things.

là

là — To be; linking verb connecting subject and predicate.

tổng

tổng — General, total, or chief in a compound title.

đốc

đốc — Governor or overseer of a region or province.

của

của — Of; possessive particle indicating belonging.

tỉnh

tỉnh — Province; administrative division of a country.

phía

phía — Direction or side, such as east or west.

đông

đông — East; the direction of the rising sun.

Dù

dù — Although, even though, regardless of circumstances.

vì

vì — Because, for the sake of, due to.

lý

lý — Reason, logic, or principle behind something.

do

do — Reason or cause; used with lý as lý do.

gì

gì — What; interrogative or indefinite pronoun.

đi

đi — To go; also a sentence-final softening particle.

nữa

nữa — More, further, again, or additionally.

ông

ông — He or Mr.; respectful term for older man.

ta

ta — We or he; pronoun used informally or royally.

ấp

ấp — To harbor or nurture a plan secretly.

ủ

ủ — To incubate, brew, or secretly cultivate something.

kế

kế — Plan, scheme, or strategy for an action.

hoạch

hoạch — Plan or program; paired with kế as kế hoạch.

tự

tự — Self, by oneself, or independently.

xưng

xưng — To proclaim or declare oneself as something.

hoàng

hoàng — Emperor or imperial; used in royal titles.

đế

đế — Emperor; combined with hoàng means emperor.

ngay

ngay — Right away, immediately, or straight.

khi

khi — When; conjunction marking time of an event.

đó

đó — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant things.

đang

đang — Present progressive marker indicating ongoing action.

tình

tình — Situation, condition, or emotional state.

trạng

trạng — State or condition; used in compound nouns.

sức

sức — Strength, health, or physical capacity.

khỏe

khỏe — Healthy, strong, or in good physical shape.

yếu

yếu — Weak, feeble, or lacking in strength.

ớt

ớt — Chili pepper; also suffix in yếu ớt meaning feeble.

qua

qua — To pass, go through, or past something.

đời

đời — Life, lifetime, or generation; qua đời means to die.

và

và — And; coordinating conjunction joining elements.

có

có — To have or there is/are; existential verb.

tin

tin — News, information, or to believe and trust.

báo

báo — To report or announce; also means newspaper.

đến

đến — To arrive, come to, or until a point.

rằng

rằng — That; conjunction introducing a reported clause.

chết

chết — To die or be dead; death.

làm

To do, make, or perform an action.

đúng

đúng — Correct, right, or exactly as expected.

như

như — Like, as, or as soon as something happens.

nghe

nghe — To hear or listen to something.

lập

lập — To establish, set up, or immediately.

tức

tức — Immediately; also means anger; lập tức means at once.

thu

thu — To collect, gather, or arrange; also autumn.

xếp

xếp — To arrange, organize, or put in order.

hòa

hòa — Peace, harmony, or to reconcile with others.

bình

bình — Peace, calm; hòa bình means peace.

trở

trở — To return or turn back to a place.

về

về — To return home; about or regarding something.

nhà

nhà — House, home, or family dwelling.

để

để — In order to; purpose conjunction meaning so that.

đối

đối — To face, deal with, or oppose something.

phó

phó — To cope with or deal with a situation.

mối

mối — Classifier for relationships, threats, or concerns.

nguy

nguy — Danger, peril, or hazardous situation.

hiểm

hiểm — Dangerous, treacherous, or risky; nguy hiểm means danger.

mới

mới — New, recent, or only then after a condition.

Nỗi

nỗi — Feeling or emotional pain; classifier for emotions.

đau

đau — Pain, hurt, or to feel physical or emotional pain.

lớn

lớn — Large, big, or great in size or degree.

nhất

nhất — Most; superlative marker for adjectives.

buộc

buộc — To force, compel, or tie someone to do something.

phải

phải — Must, have to; also right side or correct.

dấn

dấn — To plunge into or commit oneself to something.

thân

thân — Body, self, or to be close and intimate.

vào

vào — Into, to enter or go inside something.

những

những — Plural marker for nouns; those or these things.

điều

điều — Thing, matter, or condition; abstract concept.

kinh

kinh — Terrible, horrifying; kinh khủng means dreadful.

khủng

khủng — Terrible, dreadful, or enormous in scale.

nội

nội — Internal, domestic, or inside; nội chiến means civil war.

Ông

ông — He or Mr.; respectful term for an older man.

ca

ca — To sing; also a shift or act of praising.

ngợi

ngợi — To praise or commend; ca ngợi means to praise.

phẩm

phẩm — Quality, virtue, or grade of a person.

chất

chất — Quality, substance, or character; phẩm chất means virtue.

bày

bày — To express, display, or lay out something.

tỏ

tỏ — To show, express, or make clear something.

mong

mong — To hope, wish, or look forward to something.

muốn

muốn — To want or desire something.

chân

chân — Foot or leg; also true and sincere.

thành

thành — Sincere, honest; chân thành means genuinely sincere.

sẽ

sẽ — Future tense marker indicating something will happen.

không

không — No, not; negation particle in Vietnamese.

bị

bị — Passive voice marker indicating undesirable action.

thúc

thúc — To urge, push, or drive someone forward.

đẩy

đẩy — To push; thúc đẩy means to drive or motivate.

mức

mức — Level, degree, or extent of something.

gây

gây — To cause, create, or bring about something.

hại

hại — Harm, damage, or injury to someone.

cho

cho — For, to give, or to allow someone something.

bản

bản — Self; bản thân means oneself or one's own person.

trước

trước — Before, in front of, or previous to something.

cơ

cơ — Opportunity, mechanism, or base; cơ hội means chance.

hội

hội — Association, meeting, or opportunity; cơ hội means chance.

ban

ban — To grant, bestow, or issue officially to someone.

phát

phát — To issue, distribute, or develop something outward.

ân

ân — Grace, mercy, or favor from a higher authority.

xá

xá — Amnesty or pardon; ân xá means to grant pardon.

hoàn

hoàn — Complete, whole, or to return; hoàn toàn means completely.

toàn

toàn — Completely, entirely, or all; used in hoàn toàn.

Nhưng

nhưng — But, however; adversative conjunction showing contrast.

thể

thể — Can, be able to; also body or form.

thì

thì — Then; conditional or temporal connective particle.

tai

tai — Ear; also disaster or misfortune in compounds.

vẫn

vẫn — Still, yet; continuative adverb for ongoing state.

còn

còn — Still, remaining, or yet to happen.

sống

sống — To live or be alive; raw or uncooked.

theo

theo — To follow, according to, or along with.

bỏ

bỏ — To abandon, drop, or leave something behind.

rơi

rơi — To fall or drop from a higher position.

ám

ám — To haunt, shadow, or assassinate; ám sát means assassinate.

sát

sát — To kill or close to; ám sát means assassination.

ở

ở — To live at or be located somewhere.

kẻ

kẻ — Person, individual, often with negative connotation.

nhân

nhân — Person or human; also to multiply or factor.

mang

mang — To carry, bring, or bear something along.

đầu

đầu — Head or beginning; mang đầu means to bring a head.

nhưng

nhưng — But, however; adversative conjunction showing contrast.

phẫn

phẫn — Indignant or furious; phẫn nộ means outraged.

nộ

nộ — Anger or fury; phẫn nộ means intense anger.

từ

từ — From, since, or to refuse and decline.

chối

chối — To refuse, deny, or reject something offered.

món

món — Dish, item, or classifier for gifts or food.

quà

quà — Gift or present given to someone.

họ

họ — They, them; third person plural pronoun.

cũng

cũng — Also, too, or as well; additive adverb.

phép

phép — Permission, rule, or polite manner; xin phép means to ask permission.

diện

diện — To meet face to face; diện kiến means audience.

kiến

kiến — To see or meet; diện kiến means formal audience.

Trong

trong — Inside, within, or during a period of time.

chuyến

chuyến — Trip, journey, or expedition to a place.

hành

hành — To travel or act; hành trình means journey.

trình

trình — Journey, process, or to present formally.

vợ

vợ — Wife; a man's female spouse.

Khi

khi — When; conjunction marking time of an event.

tổ

tổ — Ancestor, nest, or group; tổ chức means organization.

chức

chức — Position or to organize; tổ chức means to organize.

lễ

lễ — Ceremony, ritual, or festival celebration.

khải

khải — Triumph or victory; khải hoàn means triumphal.

Ngay

ngay — Right away, immediately, or straight and upright.

sau

sau — After, behind, or following in time or place.

lên

lên — To go up, rise, or ascend to a higher level.

đường

đường — Road, path, or way to a destination.

Đức

đức — Virtue, morality; also Germany in modern usage.

lần

lần — Time, instance, or occasion of doing something.

gánh

gánh — To carry on a shoulder pole; to bear a burden.

chịu

chịu — To endure, bear, or accept a hardship.

nặng

nặng — Heavy, serious, or burdensome in weight or degree.