The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 11

Vocabulary

Tôi

Tôi — First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'

biết

biết — To know or be aware of something

một

một — The number one; also an indefinite article 'a'

chút

chút — A little bit; a small amount of something

về

về — About; concerning; or to return home

nguyên

nguyên — Original; fundamental; primary element or principle

tắc

tắc — Rule; principle; standard or regulation

thiết

thiết — To design; to set up or establish

kế

kế — Plan; design; scheme or follow after

và

và — Conjunction meaning 'and' linking words or clauses

tôi

tôi — First-person singular pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'

thứ

thứ — Thing; item; ordinal marker for ranking or ordering

này

này — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'these'

không

không — Negation word meaning 'no' or 'not'

được

được — To be allowed; to achieve or obtain something

sắp

sắp — To arrange; also indicates something about to happen

xếp

xếp — To arrange, stack, or organize items in order

theo

theo — To follow; according to; in accordance with

bất

bất — Prefix meaning 'not' or 'un-'; any (in compounds)

kỳ

kỳ — Any; strange; period or term of time

quy

quy — Rule; regulation; to return or standardize

luật

luật — Law; rule; regulation governing behavior or society

nào

nào — Which; any; used in questions or negatives

bức

bức — Classifier for pictures, paintings, or radiation waves

xạ

xạ — Radiation; to emit rays or radiate energy

hay

hay — Or; interesting; often; good or well done

luân

luân — To rotate; ethics; relating to cycle or turn

phiên

phiên — Turn; shift; session; alternating rotation or duty

lặp

lặp — To repeat; to do something again redundantly

lại

lại — Again; back; furthermore; to return or redo

đối

đối — Opposite; facing; symmetrical counterpart or pair

xứng

xứng — Worthy; symmetrical; befitting or matching well

cứ

cứ — Just; go ahead; regardless; keep doing something

điều

điều — Thing; matter; issue or point being discussed

gì

gì — What; anything; used in questions or indefinite reference

khác

khác — Different; other; another; distinct from current subject

mà

mà — But; yet; that; used for contrast or emphasis

từng

từng — Each; ever; once; having experienced something before

nghe

nghe — To hear; to listen to sounds or speech

đến

đến — To arrive; to reach; until; up to a point

Nó

Nó — Third-person pronoun meaning 'it' or 'he/she' informally

dĩ

dĩ — Of course; naturally (used in compound 'dĩ nhiên')

nhiên

nhiên — Natural; of course; naturally (used in compounds)

dải

dải — Strip; band; horizontal stretch of pattern or color

ngang

ngang — Horizontal; across; sideways; crossing direction

nhưng

nhưng — But; however; used to introduce a contrasting idea

cách

cách — Way; method; manner of doing something; distance apart

Nhìn

Nhìn — To look at; to gaze or observe something visually

thì

thì — Then; in that case; topic marker in sentences

mỗi

mỗi — Each; every individual item in a group

đứng

đứng — To stand; upright; vertical position

riêng

riêng — Separate; individual; private; on its own

mình

mình — Oneself; body; reflexive pronoun for self-reference

những

những — Plural marker for nouns; some; those (things)

đường

đường — Line; road; path; street or curve in design

cong

cong — Curved; bent; not straight in shape or form

phồng

phồng — Bulging; swelling outward; puffed up in shape

phình

phình — To bulge; to swell or expand outward

nét

nét — Stroke; line; feature; characteristic mark or trait

uốn

uốn — To bend; to curve; to twist into a shape

lượn

lượn — To wave; to glide; undulating or winding movement

kiểu

kiểu — Style; type; design pattern or fashion manner

suy

suy — To decline; to weaken; deteriorate in quality or health

đồi

đồi — Hill; also means decadent or morally degraded

với

với — With; together with; used to connect related elements

chứng

chứng — Evidence; symptom; syndrome or condition affecting someone

mê

mê — To be obsessed; to love intensely; delirious state

sảng

sảng — Delirium; confused mental state; also refreshing feeling

run

run — To tremble; to shake from fear or cold

rẩy

rẩy — To tremble finely; shaking in small rapid movements

lắc

lắc — To shake; to rock back and forth repeatedly

lư

lư — To sway; rocking motion side to side gently

đi

đi — To go; to walk; directional verb indicating movement away

lên

lên — To go up; upward direction or movement

xuống

xuống — To go down; downward direction or movement

trong

trong — In; inside; within a space or container

cột

cột — Column; pillar; post supporting a structure

đơn

đơn — Single; simple; individual; alone without company

lẻ

lẻ — Odd; solitary; leftover; individual and isolated

của

của — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or 'belonging to'

sự

sự — Nominalizing particle turning verbs into abstract nouns

ngu

ngu — Stupid; foolish; lacking intelligence or wisdom

ngốc

ngốc — Foolish; silly; stupid or dimwitted person

Nhưng

Nhưng — But; however; introduces contrasting or qualifying statement

mặt

mặt — Face; surface; aspect or side of something

chúng

chúng — They; them; plural third-person pronoun for group

kết

kết — To connect; to tie; to conclude or form bond

nối

nối — To connect; to link; to join things together

chéo

chéo — Diagonal; crossing at an angle; crisscross pattern

viền

viền — Border; edge; rim; decorative framing around something

lan

lan — To spread; to extend outward across a surface

rộng

rộng — Wide; broad; spacious; having great extent or width

chạy

chạy — To run; to move fast; to flow or extend

dài

dài — Long; lengthy; extended in distance or duration

thành

thành — To become; city wall; to form or turn into

làn

làn — Wave; ripple; lane; gentle flowing movement

sóng

sóng — Wave; ripple on water or other wave-like form

xiên

xiên — Slanted; diagonal; skewed at an oblique angle

lớn

lớn — Large; big; great in size or importance

gây

gây — To cause; to create; to provoke a result

kinh

kinh — Horror; shocking; to frighten or cause alarm

hoàng

hoàng — Horror; panic; imperial yellow; causing great fear

cho

cho — For; to give; to allow; beneficiary preposition

thị

thị — Vision; sight; market; city or visual perception

giác

giác — Sense; perception; angle; sensory awareness or feeling

như

như — Like; as; similar to; resembling something else

đám

đám — Crowd; cluster; group or mass of things together

rong

rong — Seaweed; algae; aquatic plant drifting in water

biển

biển — Sea; ocean; large body of saltwater

đang

đang — Progressive aspect marker indicating ongoing current action

lăn

lăn — To roll; to tumble; to move by rolling motion

lộn

lộn — To tumble; to flip; confused or disordered state

cuộc

cuộc — Classifier for events, matches, races, or activities

rượt

rượt — To chase; to pursue someone or something rapidly

đuổi

đuổi — To chase away; to pursue or dismiss someone

hết

hết — All; finished; completely; to run out of something

tốc

tốc — Speed; velocity; relating to rate of movement

lực

lực — Force; power; strength or physical energy

Toàn

Toàn — Entire; whole; complete; all of something together

bộ

bộ — Set; whole; department; complete collection of things

hoa

hoa — Flower; floral; decorative pattern or ornamental design

văn

văn — Pattern; literature; culture; decorative motif or text

cũng

cũng — Also; too; as well; likewise in the same way

chiều

chiều — Direction; dimension; afternoon; to indulge or cater to

ít

ít — Few; little; not much; small in quantity

nhất

nhất — Most; superlative marker; number one or first

là

là — To be; linking verb connecting subject and predicate

trông

trông — To look; to appear; to seem or appear visually

có

có — To have; to exist; there is or there are

vẻ

vẻ — Appearance; look; seem; outward appearance or expression

vậy

vậy — So; like that; thus; in that way or manner

kiệt

kiệt — Exhausted; depleted; drained of all energy completely

sức

sức — Strength; energy; physical power or capacity

khi

khi — When; at the time that something occurs or happened

cố

cố — To try hard; to make effort; to strive

phân

phân — To distinguish; to divide; to separate or classify

biệt

biệt — To distinguish; separate; different; to part from someone

trật

trật — Order; arrangement; wrong or out of proper order

tự

tự — Self; by oneself; order; autonomy or independence

chuyển

chuyển — To move; to transfer; to shift or transform something

động

động — Movement; motion; cave; to move or be dynamic

nó

nó — It; he/she (informal); third-person singular pronoun

hướng

hướng — Direction; toward; to face or orient toward something

đó

đó — That; there; demonstrative pronoun pointing to something

Người

Người — Person; people; human being or individual

ta

ta — We; us; I (informal); first-person inclusive pronoun

đã

đã — Past tense marker indicating a completed action

dùng

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

làm

làm — To do; to make; to work or create something

diềm

diềm — Border; fringe; decorative edging or trim on fabric

trang

trang — Page; to decorate; adornment or ornamentation

trí

trí — Intelligence; mind; to decorate or adorn (in compounds)

càng

càng — The more; increasingly; comparative intensifier in sentences

tăng

tăng — To increase; to grow; to add more of something

thêm

thêm — More; additional; to add or increase in amount

rối

rối — Tangled; confused; chaotic; disordered and messy state

rắm

rắm — Complicated; complex; entangled (used in 'rối rắm')

lạ

lạ — Strange; unusual; unfamiliar; odd or foreign feeling

Có

Có — To have; there is; exists; possessing something

đầu

đầu — Head; beginning; end of a room or space

phòng

phòng — Room; chamber; to prevent or guard against something

nơi

nơi — Place; location; where something exists or happens

còn

còn — Still; remaining; yet; there is still some left

gần

gần — Near; close; almost; approximately nearby in distance

vẹn

Intact; whole; complete; undamaged in every part

ở

ở — To live; to stay; at a location or place

ánh

ánh — Ray; gleam; glow; soft radiant light or shimmer

sáng

sáng — Light; bright; morning; shining or illuminated

tắt

tắt — To turn off; to extinguish; to fade or die out

dần

dần — Gradually; slowly; little by little over time

trời

trời — Sky; heaven; God; the outdoors or weather above

thấp

thấp — Low; short; not high in height or position

chiếu

chiếu — To shine; to illuminate; to project light onto something

thẳng

thẳng — Straight; direct; upright; without curves or bends

vào

vào — Into; to enter; directional particle going inward

thể

thể — Can; body; form; physical form or capability

tưởng

tưởng — To imagine; to think; to suppose or envision

tượng

tượng — Image; statue; elephant; representation or imagination

ra

ra — Out; outward; to come out or emerge from

sau

sau — After; behind; later; following in time or space

tất

tất — All; every; must; necessarily including everything

cả

cả — All; entire; even; the whole of everything together

hình

hình — Shape; form; image; figure or visual appearance

thù

thù — Shape; grudge; enemy; form or revenge (by context)

quái

quái — Strange; monstrous; bizarre or grotesque in appearance

dị

dị — Strange; different; unusual; abnormal or peculiar

vô

vô — Without; endless; negative prefix meaning lacking something

tận

tận — Endless; infinite; exhausted; to the very end

dường

dường — It seems; apparently; as if; seemingly true appearance

tụ

tụ — To gather; to converge; to collect at one point

quanh

quanh — Around; surrounding; nearby; encircling a central point

tâm

tâm — Center; heart; mind; core point of something

điểm

điểm — Point; spot; score; a specific location or mark

chung

chung — Common; shared; mutual; belonging to everyone together

rồi

rồi — Then; already; done; indicates completion or sequence

lao

lao — To rush; to plunge; to dart forward rapidly

cơn

cơn — Fit; spell; bout; sudden onset of something intense

nhào

nhào — To plunge; to dive; to rush headlong into something

điên

điên — Crazy; mad; insane; wildly out of control

loạn

loạn — Chaos; disorder; rebellion; wildly disordered state

nhau

nhau — Each other; one another; mutual reciprocal action

Việc

Việc — Task; work; matter; nominalizer for actions or affairs

dõi

dõi — To trace; to follow carefully with eyes or attention

khiến

khiến — To cause; to make someone do or feel something

mệt

mệt — Tired; weary; exhausted from effort or exertion

mỏi

mỏi — Aching; fatigued; sore from prolonged use or effort

đoán

đoán — To guess; to predict; to speculate about something

sẽ

sẽ — Future tense marker indicating something will happen

chợp

chợp — To doze; to nap briefly; to fall asleep momentarily

mắt

mắt — Eye; eyes; visual organ for seeing and perceiving

tại

tại — At; because of; due to a reason or location

sao

sao — Why; star; how come; used in questions for reason

phải

phải — Must; have to; right; correct or obligated to do

viết

viết — To write; to compose text or record in writing

muốn

muốn — To want; to desire; to wish for something

thấy

thấy — To see; to feel; to perceive or notice something

Và

Và — And; conjunction connecting two related ideas or clauses

chuyện

chuyện — Story; matter; topic; conversation or issue to discuss

lý

lý — Reason; logic; principle; rational explanation or sense