The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 1

Vocabulary

Nhân

Nhân — On the occasion of; taking advantage of

dịp

dịp — Opportunity, occasion, chance

phiền

phiền — To trouble, bother, or annoy someone

nhiễu

nhiễu — To disturb, harass, or cause interference

này

này — This, these; demonstrative pronoun or adjective

tôi

tôi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

gửi

gửi — To send, to transmit something to someone

lời

lời — Word, message, speech, utterance

yêu

yêu — To love; feeling of love or affection

thương

thương — To love tenderly, care for, feel affection

đến

đến — To arrive at; to, toward a destination

bạn

bạn — Friend; second-person pronoun among peers

và

và — And; conjunction connecting words or clauses

thân

thân — Body; close, dear, intimate relationship

thể

thể — Body, form; physical condition or state

khỏe

khỏe — Healthy, strong, in good physical condition

mạnh

mạnh — Strong, powerful, vigorous, robust

mong

mong — To hope, wish, or long for something

được

được — To be able to; to receive or obtain

nghe

nghe — To hear, listen to something or someone

tin

tin — News, information; to believe or trust

tương

tương — Mutual, similar, corresponding; used in compounds

tự

tự — Self; by oneself; independently

từ

từ — From; word, character; gentle, kind

cũng

cũng — Also, too, as well, equally

sẽ

sẽ — Will; future tense marker in Vietnamese

đem

đem — To bring, carry, take something somewhere

con

con — Child; classifier for animals and small objects

mèo

mèo — Cat; domestic feline animal

nhỏ

nhỏ — Small, little, tiny in size

tội

tội — Crime, sin; poor, pitiful (used with nghiệp)

nghiệp

nghiệp — Karma, fate; used in tội nghiệp meaning pitiful

của

của — Of, belonging to; possessive particle

vào

vào — To enter, go into; into, in

giường

giường — Bed; furniture used for sleeping

ngủ

ngủ — To sleep, to go to sleep

cùng

cùng — Together, along with, at the same time

trong

trong — In, inside, within; clear, transparent

thời

thời — Time, period, era, season

tiết

tiết — Season, weather period; segment of time

lạnh

lạnh — Cold, chilly; low temperature weather

giá

giá — Price, value; freezing cold

Chúng

Chúng — We, they; plural pronoun for a group

ở

ở — To live, stay, be located at a place

đây

đây — Here, this place; nearby location

tại

tại — At, in, located at a specific place

đã

đã — Already; past tense marker in Vietnamese

trải

trải — To experience, undergo, spread out

qua

qua — To pass through, go through, experience

một

một — One; the number one, a single

phen

phen — Time, instance, occasion of an event

khốn

khốn — Miserable, wretched, in dire circumstances

khổ

khổ — Suffering, hardship, difficult, painful

cô

cô — Miss, young woman; aunt; second-person pronoun

suýt

suýt — Almost, nearly, on the verge of doing

bỏ

bỏ — To abandon, leave, give up, drop

trốn

trốn — To flee, escape, run away, hide

gã

gã — Fellow, guy; slightly derogatory male reference

diễn

diễn — To perform, act, stage a performance

viên

viên — Member, person, pill; used in compounds

cậu

cậu — Young man, buddy; maternal uncle; you (informal)

chủ

chủ — Owner, master, host, main person in charge

trẻ

trẻ — Young, youthful in age

hắn

hắn — He, him; third-person with negative connotation

gần

gần — Near, close, almost, approximately

như

như — Like, as, such as, similar to

gây

gây — To cause, provoke, bring about something

ra

ra — To go out, come out; directional particle

chuyện

chuyện — Story, matter, affair, issue, thing

tai

tai — Ear; disaster when combined with họa

họa

họa — Disaster, calamity, misfortune

cho

cho — To give, for, in order to, allow

nhau

nhau — Each other, one another; reciprocal pronoun

nhưng

nhưng — But, however; adversative conjunction

may

may — Fortunately, luckily; to sew clothes

nhờ

nhờ — Thanks to, due to; to rely on someone

ông

ông — Mr., gentleman, grandfather; respectful male address

điền

điền — To fill in; field, farm; a surname

cầu

cầu — To request, pray for; bridge; ball

cứu

cứu — To rescue, save, help in emergency

quan

quan — Official, mandarin; authority, government

trên

trên — Above, on top of, upper, superior

họ

họ — They, them; family, clan, surname

bị

bị — To be subjected to something negative; passive marker

buộc

buộc — To force, compel, bind, tie

phải

phải — Must, have to; right, correct side

chịu

chịu — To endure, bear, accept, submit to

sự

sự — Nominalizing particle; matter, affair, fact

ràng

ràng — To bind, tie; constraint (used with buộc)

pháp

pháp — Law, method; French; used in compounds

luật

luật — Law, rule, regulation, legal code

Bà

Bà — Mrs., madam, grandmother; respectful female address

dặn

dặn — To instruct, warn, remind, tell someone

không

không — No, not; zero; negation particle

nói

nói — To speak, say, tell, talk

nào

nào — Which, any, what; interrogative or indefinite pronoun

về

về — About, concerning; to return home

với

với — With, to, for; preposition of accompaniment

bất

bất — Un-, not; negation prefix in Sino-Vietnamese

kỳ

kỳ — Strange, odd; period; any (in bất kỳ)

ai

ai — Who, anyone, someone; interrogative pronoun

vì

vì — Because, for the sake of, due to

chúng

chúng — They, them, those; plural third-person pronoun

những

những — Plural marker for nouns; some, several

kẻ

kẻ — Person, fellow; slightly derogatory reference

hầu

hầu — To serve, attend; servant; nearly, almost

người

người — Person, human being, people

hạ

hạ — Lower, below; summer; to lower down

biết

biết — To know, be aware of, understand

nhìn

nhìn — To look at, see, observe, watch

mà

mà — But, yet, while; emphatic particle

gì

gì — What, anything, something; interrogative word

Nhưng

Nhưng — But, however; adversative conjunction starting sentence

điều

điều — Thing, matter, point, article, clause

tệ

tệ — Bad, terrible, worse, of poor quality

hơn

hơn — More than, better than; comparative particle

tất

tất — All, entire; must (in tất cả meaning everything)

cả

cả — All, entire, whole; eldest (sibling)

đó

đó — That, there; demonstrative pronoun or adverb

là

là — To be; linking verb or copula

chó

chó — Dog; domestic canine animal

hàng

hàng — Shop, goods, row, rank; butcher shop

thịt

thịt — Meat, flesh; butcher

cắn

cắn — To bite, gnaw with teeth

xé

xé — To tear, rip, shred into pieces

trở

trở — To return, turn; to become (trở về, trở lại)

nhà

nhà — House, home, family, building

tình

tình — Feeling, love, situation, condition

trạng

trạng — State, condition, situation, status

thảm

thảm — Tragic, miserable, horrible, terrible

hại

hại — Harm, damage, injure; harmful

lên

lên — To go up, rise; upward directional particle

cơn

cơn — Fit, bout, spell of illness or emotion

co

co — To contract, convulse, shrink

giật

giật — To jerk, convulse, snatch, startle

mắn

mắn — Lucky, fortunate; fertile, productive

đi

đi — To go, walk; directional or imperative particle

nhanh

nhanh — Fast, quick, rapid in movement or action

chóng

chóng — Soon, quickly; dizzy (chóng mặt)

Người

Người — Person, people; human being

ta

ta — We, us; one, people in general

mời

mời — To invite, request politely, offer

bác

bác — Uncle, aunt; doctor (bác sĩ); older sibling's peer

sĩ

sĩ — Scholar, professional; suffix in bác sĩ (doctor)

chữa

chữa — To treat, cure, repair, fix

trị

trị — To treat medically; to govern, rule

ấy

ấy — That, those; third-person reference pronoun

kê

kê — To prescribe, list, itemize

toa

toa — Prescription, medical slip; train car

thuốc

thuốc — Medicine, drug, medication, tobacco

bổ

bổ — Nourishing, tonic; to supplement health

giúp

giúp — To help, assist, aid someone

ích

ích — Benefit, use, advantage, profit

rất

rất — Very, extremely, greatly; intensifier adverb

nhiều

nhiều — Many, much, a lot, plentiful

tạ

tạ — To thank, express gratitude; a unit of weight

ơn

ơn — Grace, favor, kindness, blessing received

Chúa

Chúa — God, Lord; supreme divine being

giờ

giờ — Hour, time, now, at this moment

nó

nó — It, he, she; third-person informal pronoun

đang

đang — Currently, in the process of; present tense marker

đà

đà — Momentum, pace; on the way to recovering

bình

bình — Normal, calm, peaceful; flat, ordinary

phục

phục — To recover, restore; admire, submit to

xin

xin — Please; to ask politely, request humbly

hãy

hãy — Please, do (imperative particle for requests)

trông

trông — To look after, watch over, take care

nom

nom — To watch, look after, keep an eye on

chiếc

chiếc — Classifier for single objects like boxes, vehicles

hộp

hộp — Box, container, tin, case

cái

cái — General classifier for objects; thing

gối

gối — Pillow, cushion used for sleeping

để

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

dưới

dưới — Under, below, beneath, lower than

gầm

gầm — Under (furniture); to roar, growl

đoán

đoán — To guess, predict, suppose, conjecture

rằng

rằng — That (complementizer); saying that

bà

bà — Mrs., madam, grandmother; older woman reference

dòm

dòm — To peek, spy on, snoop, look secretly

ngó

ngó — To peek, glance, look nosily at something

riêng

riêng — Private, personal, separate, individual

tư

tư — Private, personal; four; thought

khi

khi — When, while, at the time of

vắng

vắng — Absent, empty, deserted, quiet, missing

mặt

mặt — Face, surface; presence (vắng mặt: absent)

vẫn

vẫn — Still, yet, as before, continuing state

cáu

cáu — Irritated, annoyed, grumpy, cross

kỉnh

kỉnh — Grumpy, ill-tempered (used in cáu kỉnh)

Ông

Ông — Mr., sir, grandfather; respectful male address

nghèo

nghèo — Poor, impoverished, lacking wealth

áo

áo — Shirt, coat, garment, clothing item

khoác

khoác — To wear draped over; coat, jacket

cũ

cũ — Old, used, worn out, not new

vậy

vậy — So, thus, like that, in that manner

tước

tước — To strip away, deprive of title or rights

đoạt

đoạt — To seize, snatch away, take by force

mất

mất — To lose, be lost; to die; away

quyền

quyền — Right, power, authority, privilege

lợi

lợi — Benefit, advantage, profit, interest

anh

anh — Older brother; you (male peer address)