The fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called bê, bê bò, or bờ and written in the Latin script.

Ba Lan
name

Poland

adj

Polish

Ba Lê
name

(obsolete) Paris (the capital and largest city of France)

adj

(obsolete) Parisian

Ba Na
noun

Bahnar, an ethnic group of Vietnam

Ba Tàu
adj

(derogatory) Of or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in Vietnam.
(derogatory) Chinese

Ba Tây
name

(dated) Brazil

Ba Tư
name

Persia

Ba Vì
name

Ba Vì Mountain Range; Ba Vì Mountains
Ba Vì National Park
Ba Vì (a district of Hanoi)

Ba mươi sáu kế

Ba mươi sáu kế
name

the Thirty-Six Stratagems

Ba Đình
name

Ba Đình (an urban district of Hanoi)

Ba-ha-mát
name

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

Ba-ranh
name

Bahrain

Ba-ren
name

Bahrain (a country, an archipelago and island in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)

Ban Chấp hành Trung ương

Ban Chấp hành Trung ương
name

(communism) Central Committee

Ban Mê Thuột

Ban Mê Thuột
name

Synonym of Buôn Ma Thuột

Ban-căng
name

Balkans

Ban-ti-mo
name

Baltimore

Batôlômêô

Batôlômêô
name

(Roman Catholicism) Bartholomew

The fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called bê, bê bò, or bờ and written in the Latin script.

(chiefly Southern Vietnam) father
(only in compounds) wave; ripple

num

three

adj

(Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) secondborn

det

(colloquial) some, an indefinite quantity greater than one

ba ba
noun

(zoology) soft-shell turtle

ba bảy hai mốt ngày

ba bảy hai mốt ngày
adv

in a short time

ba chân bốn cẳng

ba chân bốn cẳng
adv

(figuratively) at full tilt; at maximum speed; in a flash; on the double; like a bat out of hell

ba chìm bảy nổi

ba chìm bảy nổi
adj

(literally) sunk down three times, floated up seven times
(figuratively, of people or their lives) adrift or unstable, full of struggling

ba chĩa
noun

(weaponry) a trident (three-pronged spear)

ba chỉ
noun

pork belly

ba con sói

ba con sói
noun

(slang) condom

ba gai
adj

(colloquial) quarrelsome

ba gác
noun

tricycle, trike

ba hoa
verb

to be garrulous and boastful; to blabber; to brag

ba hồn bảy vía

ba hồn bảy vía
noun

(occult, typically in summoning rituals) the three hun and seven po of a dead male person

ba hồn chín vía

ba hồn chín vía
noun

(occult, typically in summoning rituals) the three hun and nine po of a dead female person

ba khía
noun

Sesarma mederi

ba kích
noun

a kind of Indian mulberry (of the species Morinda officinalis)

ba lê
noun

ballet

ba lô
noun

backpack

ba lăm
num

Short for ba mươi lăm (“thirty-five”).

adj

(slang, Southern Vietnam) sexually predatory

ba phải
adj

(of a person) saying “yes”, “right” or “okay” on every occasion;
lacking any opinions of one's own;
lacking a backbone
yes-man

ba que
adj

(figuratively, colloquial) deceitful; cheating; dishonest
(figuratively, derogatory) Relating to the former Republic of Vietnam.

ba que xỏ lá

ba que xỏ lá
phrase

(figuratively) cheating and caddish; wicked and malicious; deceitful; roguish
(figuratively, derogatory) Relating to the former Republic of Vietnam.

ba quân
noun

the entire or all of the military forces

ba toong
noun

walking cane

ba trợn
adj

rude; unruly
dishonest; insolent

ba-rê
noun

(music) barre chord

ban
noun

(historical) branch of administration in the feudal court (of which there are two types: the civil administrators and the martial office holders)
group (of people doing the same work); band; board; squad; committee
shift; work period
(only in compounds) time period; section of the day
(dated) (college-level) subject; (academic) department
orchid tree (Bauhinia variegata)
(medicine) rash
(Central Vietnam) ball
(colloquial) Alternative form of pan

verb

(archaic) to confer on; to bestow
(archaic) to announce; to herald; to proclaim

ban bố
verb

to promulgate; to declare

ban công
noun

balcony

ban hành
verb

to promulgate (a law or decree); to enforce

ban khen
verb

to praise (inferiors); to award
to congratulate

ban mai
noun

(literary) early in the morning; dawn

ban ngày
noun

day, daytime (period from sunrise to sunset)

ban nhạc
noun

band (a group of musicians)

ban phát
verb

to confer; to bestow; to dispense

ban thưởng

ban thưởng
verb

to reward; to grant a reward to

ban trưa
noun

(literary) noon

ban tặng
verb

to award; to grant

ban đêm
noun

(at/by) night

ban đầu
noun

beginning; the get-go

adj

first; initial

bang
noun

(Vietnam) state (a political division of a federation)
(historical) community of overseas Chinese in French Indochina who emigrated from the same province of China
Short for bang tá (“assistant district chief”).
Short for bang biện (“assistant district chief”).

verb

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) to crash into; to collide with; to hit

bang giao
verb

to have diplomatic relations

bang liên
noun

a confederation

banh
noun

(Southern Vietnam) ball

adj

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) broken into smithereens; ruined; tattered

verb

to open
to expose
to reveal, to disclose, to lay bare

bao
noun

bag; sack; pack
box; packet

verb

to enclose; to envelope; to cover
to guarantee; to assure
to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy
to treat; to pay (for someone else); to foot the bill; to cover (someone else); to stand

det

(literary) so many

bao biếm
verb

(archaic, rare) to praise and censure; to judge (neutrally); to criticize (evenly)

bao báp
noun

baobab

bao bì
noun

packaging

bao bọc
verb

to enclose; to wrap

bao cao su
noun

a condom

bao che
verb

to shield
to cover for

bao chiếm

bao chiếm
verb

to squat (on); to encroach (upon); to occupy (especially territory; for residence)

bao cấp
verb

to state-subsidise; to centralise budget subsidies

bao dung
adj

(literary) lenient; generous; forgiving; tolerant

bao dương vật

bao dương vật
noun

condom

bao giờ
adv

when, or more specifically, how long until

bao gồm
verb

to include, to comprise, to contain

bao hoa
noun

(botany) perianth

bao hàm
verb

to include; to contain; to encompass
to imply; to connote

bao kiếm
noun

scabbard

bao la
adj

immense, vast

bao lâu
adv

how long

bao nhiêu
pron

how many?
how much?

bao phủ
verb

to envelop; to shroud; to cover

bao quanh
verb

to circle, to surround, to encompass

bao quy đầu

bao quy đầu
noun

foreskin; prepuce

bao quát
verb

to include; to embrace; to encompass
to comprehend

adj

comprehensive, overarching

bao tay
noun

(Southern Vietnam) glove

bao tiêu
noun

offtake, exclusive buying rights

bao tử
noun

(anatomy, Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam) stomach

bao vây
verb

to surround; to besiege

bao xa
adv

how far

bari
noun

barium

bay
verb

to fly (travel through the air)
to flutter (flap or wave quickly but irregularly)
to fly (travel very fast)
to fade away

adv

with ease; in a fast-paced manner

noun

trowel

pron

(informal) you (second-person plural)

bay bướm

bay bướm
adj

(of a speech or piece of writing) flowery; refined

bazơ
noun

(inorganic chemistry) a base

三
character

chữ Hán form of tam (“three”).

兵
character

chữ Hán form of binh (“military troops”).

半
character

chữ Hán form of bán (“half”).
Nôm form of vắn (“short, brief”).
Nôm form of bán (“to sell”).
Nôm form of bớn.

巴
character

chữ Hán form of Ba (“used in placenames”).
chữ Hán form of ba (“to adhere; to stick to”).
Nôm form of bơ (“used in compounds”).

花
character

chữ Hán form of hoa (“flower”).

Nôm form of ba (“three”).