On Liberty — Page 8

Vocabulary

cho

cho — To give; for; to allow

chúng

chúng — We; they; plural pronoun prefix

ta

ta — We; us; I (informal first person)

biết

biết — To know; to be aware of something

trong

trong — In; inside; within a place or time

cuốn

cuốn — A volume or book; measure word for books

_Cuộc

cuộc — A course or affair; classifier for events

đời

đời — Life; lifetime; an era or generation

của

của — Of; belonging to; possessive particle

ông

ông — He; him; mister; grandfather (formal male)

rằng

rằng — That; used to introduce reported speech

đã

đã — Already; past tense marker in Vietnamese

thực

thực — Real; actual; truly; in practice

hiện

hiện — To carry out; present; to appear

một

một — One; a; an (indefinite article equivalent)

sự

sự — Nominalizer for abstract nouns; affair; matter

bồi

bồi — To compensate; to add; to supplement

thường

thường — Compensation; usual; ordinary; often

đáng

đáng — Worthy of; deserving; considerable; appropriate

kể

kể — Significant; considerable; to tell a story

tai

tai — Ear; disaster (in compounds like tai họa)

họa

họa — Disaster; calamity; misfortune; catastrophe

mà

mà — But; which; that; connective conjunction particle

phải

phải — Must; to be responsible; correct; right

chịu

chịu — To bear; to endure; to accept responsibility

trách

trách — To blame; responsibility (in trách nhiệm)

nhiệm

nhiệm — Duty; responsibility; obligation; term of office

bằng

bằng — By means of; equal to; by; using

cách

cách — Way; method; manner of doing something

thuyết

thuyết — To persuade; theory; doctrine (in compounds)

phục

phục — To convince; to submit; admire; restore

tác

tác — Author; to create; work (in tác giả)

giả

giả — Author; person; fake; writer of a work

bị

bị — To suffer; passive voice marker; to be affected

tổn

tổn — Damaged; harmed; loss (in tổn hại)

hại

hại — Harm; damage; to injure or hurt someone

chấp

chấp — To accept; to agree; to allow (in compounds)

nhận

nhận — To receive; to accept; to recognize; admit

nửa

nửa — Half; one-half of a quantity or amount

số

số — Number; amount; quantity; fate; lot

tiền

tiền — Money; currency; cash; payment

bảng

bảng — Pound (currency); board; list; sign

Anh

Anh — England; English; British (country/nationality)

đề

đề — To propose; to mention; subject; topic

nghị

nghị — To propose; suggest; discuss (in đề nghị)

Bà

bà — She; her; madam; grandmother; older woman

như

như — Like; as; such as; as if; similar to

tôi

tôi — I; me; first person singular pronoun

nói

nói — To speak; to say; to talk; to tell

qua

qua — To pass; to go through; past; over

vào

vào — To enter; into; in; at (time expressions)

năm

năm — Year; five (number); annual period of time

sau

sau — After; behind; later; following in time

bảy

bảy — Seven; the number seven

sống

sống — To live; alive; life; living

hạnh

hạnh — Happiness; virtue; luck (in hạnh phúc)

phúc

phúc — Happiness; blessing; fortune; well-being

bên

bên — Beside; next to; side; near someone

chồng

chồng — Husband; male spouse in a marriage

và

và — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

được

được — To be able to; to receive; passive beneficiary marker

chôn

chôn — To bury; to inter a body in the ground

cất

cất — To store; to put away; to bury (in chôn cất)

tại

tại — At; in; located at a specific place

Dòng

dòng — Line (of text); stream; row; lineage

chữ

chữ — Letter; character; word; written text

viết

viết — To write; to compose written text

mộ

mộ — Grave; tomb; burial site; to admire

bà

bà — Her; she; madam; elderly woman; grandmother

quá

quá — Too; overly; excessively; very; past

đặc

đặc — Characteristic; special; dense; thick; unique

trưng

trưng — Characteristic; distinctive; to display (in đặc trưng)

để

để — To; in order to; so that; to place

có

có — To have; there is/are; to exist; yes

thể

thể — Can; able to; possible; body; form

bỏ

bỏ — To omit; to abandon; to skip; to leave out

qua

qua — To pass over; to skip; to go past

Trái

trái — Heart (in trái tim); fruit; opposite; left

tim

tim — Heart (organ); core; center of something

vĩ

vĩ — Great; grand; magnificent (in vĩ đại)

đại

đại — Great; large; big; grand; magnificent

yêu

yêu — To love; to cherish; affection; romantic love

thương

thương — To love tenderly; to feel compassion for

tâm

tâm — Heart; mind; soul; center (in compounds)

hồn

hồn — Soul; spirit; essence of a person

cao

cao — High; tall; noble; elevated in status

quý

quý — Noble; precious; valuable; distinguished

trí

trí — Intelligence; wisdom; intellect; mind

tuệ

tuệ — Wisdom; insight; intelligence (in trí tuệ)

sáng

sáng — Bright; clear; enlightened; morning; smart

suốt

suốt — Throughout; clear; penetrating; all the way

mạnh

mạnh — Strong; powerful; vigorous; forceful

mẽ

mẽ — Intensifier suffix (in mạnh mẽ = strongly/powerfully)

độc

độc — Unique; alone; independent; poison (in compounds)

đáo

đáo — Thorough; original; unique (in độc đáo)

toàn

toàn — Whole; complete; entire; all; total

diện

diện — Aspect; face; comprehensive (in toàn diện)

khiến

khiến — To cause; to make; to lead someone to do

trở

trở — To become; to return; to turn into

thành

thành — To become; city; wall; to succeed in becoming

người

người — Person; people; human being; someone

dẫn

dẫn — To lead; to guide; to conduct; to introduce

dắt

dắt — To lead by hand; to guide along a path

chỗ

chỗ — Place; spot; position; a point or location

dựa

dựa — To lean on; to rely on; support; depend on

truyền

truyền — To transmit; to pass on; to teach; to spread

dạy

dạy — To teach; to instruct; to educate someone

khôn

khôn — Wise; clever; smart; shrewd; intelligent

ngoan

ngoan — Well-behaved; wisdom; good; obedient

tấm

tấm — A sheet; classifier for flat objects; example

gương

gương — Mirror; example; model to follow; role model

về

về — About; concerning; regarding; to return home

lòng

lòng — Heart; mind; interior; feeling; goodness

tốt

tốt — Good; kind; fine; well; positive quality

cũng

cũng — Also; too; as well; likewise; even

là

là — To be; is; are; am; copula verb

niềm

niềm — A feeling; sense; emotion; joy; abstract noun classifier

vui

vui — Happy; joyful; fun; cheerful; pleasure

trần

trần — Earthly; worldly; mundane; ceiling; this world

thế

thế — World; situation; thus; so; this way

duy

duy — Only; sole; unique (in duy nhất)

nhất

nhất — Most; number one; only; superlative marker

những

những — Those; the (plural marker for nouns)

ai

ai — Who; someone; anyone; whoever

thuộc

thuộc — To belong to; to know by heart; to pertain to

Nhiệt

nhiệt — Enthusiasm; heat; passion; fervor

vì

vì — Because; for; for the sake of; due to

lợi

lợi — Benefit; advantage; profit; useful; gain

ích

ích — Benefit; usefulness; profit (in lợi ích)

công

công — Public; common; work; labor; merit

cộng

cộng — Community; common; public; to add together

hào

hào — Generous; heroic; magnanimous; ditch (in compounds)

phóng

phóng — Generous; lavish; to release; to broadcast

tận

tận — Devoted; exhausted; to the utmost; dedicated

tụy

tụy — Dedicated; devoted; diligent (in tận tụy)

với

với — With; to; toward; together with someone

tất

tất — All; everything; every; necessarily (in tất cả)

cả

cả — All; entire; whole; even; both

xung

xung — Surrounding; around (in xung quanh); impulse

quanh

quanh — Around; surrounding; nearby; encircling area

ảnh

ảnh — Image; photo; shadow; influence (in ảnh hưởng)

hưởng

hưởng — To enjoy; influence; benefit from (in ảnh hưởng)

cảm

cảm — To feel; emotion; sense; feeling; inspire

nhiều

nhiều — Many; much; a lot; numerous; more

cải

cải — To improve; to reform; to change for better

tiến

tiến — To advance; progress; improvement; forward

thời

thời — Time; era; period; season; opportunity

sẽ

sẽ — Will; future tense marker in Vietnamese

còn

còn — Still; yet; remaining; also; to remain

sắp

sắp — About to; soon; near future; upcoming

tới

tới — To come; to arrive; toward; upcoming; future

Nếu

nếu — If; conditional conjunction in Vietnamese

trên

trên — On; above; upper; on top of something

dù

dù — Although; even though; despite; umbrella

chỉ

chỉ — Only; just; merely; to point; thread

vài

vài — A few; some; several (small number)

trái

trái — Fruit; opposite; left side; heart (organ)

thì

thì — Then; tense marker; if…then construction

đất

đất — Earth; land; soil; ground; territory

này

này — This; these; near demonstrative pronoun

Thiên

thiên — Heaven; sky; celestial; divine (in Thiên đường)

đường

đường — Road; path; heaven (in Thiên đường); sugar

hằng

hằng — Always; constantly; ever; perpetually

mong

mong — To hope; to wish; to long for something

ước

ước — To wish; to desire; a dream; aspiration

Những

những — These; those; plural marker for noun phrases

dòng

dòng — Line (of text); stream; row; lineage

chứng

chứng — To prove; evidence; witness; to demonstrate

minh

minh — To prove; bright; clear (in chứng minh)

cường

cường — Intensity; strong; powerful (in cường độ)

độ

độ — Degree; intensity; level; extent; measure

xúc

xúc — Emotion; feeling; to be moved (in xúc cảm)

không

không — No; not; zero; nothing; without

ngại

ngại — To be afraid; to hesitate; to be reluctant

dùng

dùng — To use; to employ; to make use of

ngôn

ngôn — Word; language; speech (in ngôn từ)

từ

từ — Word; from; since; character; term

dài

dài — Long; lengthy; extended in length or time

nhưng

nhưng — But; however; yet; adversative conjunction

hình

hình — Image; shape; form; picture; figure

dung

dung — To imagine; appearance; form (in hình dung)

động

động — To move; motion; dynamic; cave; to affect

nào

nào — Which; what; any; interrogative pronoun

đối

đối — Toward; opposite; facing; to compare; counter

khác

khác — Different; other; another; unlike; else

danh

danh — Fame; reputation; name; honor; renown

tiếng

tiếng — Famous; sound; language; voice; reputation

mới

mới — New; only then; recently; just; fresh

tồn

tồn — To exist; to survive; to remain; existence

màn

màn — Curtain; screen; veil; act (in theater)

tương

tương — Mutual; similar; future (in tương tự/tương lai)

tự

tự — Self; similar; naturally; oneself; letter