Cu-ba
name

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

Cuội
name

(folklore) the protagonist of a folkloric tale whose lie led to his elder sister chị Hằng's entrapment on the moon

verb

(humorous) to backtrack

ba lê
noun

ballet

bi kịch
noun

tragedy

biểu tình

biểu tình
verb

to publicly demonstrate; protest

noun

demonstration; a public display of expression (by marching or standing)

ca kịch
noun

opera

chiến
noun

a war, fight

verb

(slang) to face something head-on

(in certain phrases and expressions) relating to war or violence

chuyện
noun

a story, a tale, or an anecdote
matters; affairs
manufactured trouble

intj

duh!

chính biến

chính biến
noun

a coup d'état; government overthrow; political upheaval

dove; pigeon (especially the wild ones)
(anatomy, informal) penis; cock; prick
(colloquial) boy

intj

(onomatopoeia) coo

cu li
noun

(historical, dated, offensive) coolie
(colloquial) a wage slave
loris

cu-lắc
noun

(historical) kulak

cua
noun

(zoology) a crab (a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura)
(dated, informal) corner, curve, bend (point where a route changes sharply)
(informal) period, term, round (period of time required to complete a task)

verb

(Southern Vietnam, slang) to take out a girl

adj

(informal) having a buzzcut, crewcut

cua đinh
noun

(zoology, Mekong Delta) soft-shell turtle

cumingtonit

cumingtonit
noun

Cummingtonite.

cun cút
noun

buttonquail; hemipode

cung
noun

a palace
(astrology) a sign
the first note in the classic pentatonic scale.
(archery) bow
(geometry) arc
(economics) supply

cung cách
noun

manners, behavior

cung cấp
verb

to supply; to provide

cung cầu
verb

to supply and demand

cung hỉ phát tài

cung hỉ phát tài
phrase

May you have a prosperous New Year!

cung kính
verb

to be respectful in one's manners; to respect; to be deferential

cung nữ
noun

(historical) imperial maid; palace maid

cung phụng

cung phụng
verb

(dated) to support and serve (one's parents)
to supply all kinds of things to influential people for favours

cung điện

cung điện
noun

palace

cung đình

cung đình
noun

imperial palace

cung đạo

cung đạo
noun

(archery) kyudo

cung đấu

cung đấu
noun

struggles in the palace

curi
noun

curium

cuốc
noun

swamphen
hoe
errand

verb

to hoe

cuốc bộ

cuốc bộ
verb

(colloquial) to walk on foot

cuốc chĩa

cuốc chĩa
noun

(horticulture) a double hoe (combined hoe and pitchfork)

cuối
noun

end, terminal part
bottom, lowest part

adj

final, last

cuối cùng

cuối cùng
adj

final; last; ultimate

adv

finally; at last

cuối tuần

cuối tuần
noun

weekend

cuốn
verb

to roll

indicates books

cuốn chiếu

cuốn chiếu
verb

(literally) to roll one's mat
to wrap up; to summarize

noun

a millipede

cuốn chiếu viên

cuốn chiếu viên
noun

pill millipede (Oniscomorpha)

cuốn hút

cuốn hút
verb

to attract; to absorb; to draw (people) into; to fascinate

cuống
noun

petiole
cord connecting organs or tissue

adj

clumsy due to haste, panic, or other great emotion

cuống cuồng

cuống cuồng
adj

having lost one's head due to panic

cuống quýt

cuống quýt
verb

to lose one's head

cuồn cuộn

cuồn cuộn
verb

(ideophonic) to curl up; to roll; to billow

cuồng
adj

(literary or slang) crazy; mad; bonkers
(of a fanatic) Short for cuồng nhiệt (“very enthusiastic; very fanatical; very big; huge”).

cuồng nộ

cuồng nộ
adj

(literary) furious; irate

noun

(literary) angst; fury

cuồng phong

cuồng phong
noun

(weather) hurricane

cuồng sát

cuồng sát
verb

(formal) to kill madly with no mercy
(video games, slang) to have a strong urge to kill

cuộc
classifier

indicates a large-scale or multi-person event

noun

any large-scale, periodic event, such as a sporting match

cuộc chiến

cuộc chiến
noun

war; fight; battle

cuộc sống

cuộc sống
noun

life

cuộc thi
noun

contest; competition

cuội
noun

pebble

cuộn
verb

to coil, to whirl

noun

bale, roll, reel

công
noun

peafowl; peacock; peahen; peachick
the amount of labor that will factor in your pay
accomplishment
(Confucianism) competence, one of the tứ đức (“four virtues”) that women are supposed to have
(physics) work
(only in compounds) duke
(neologism) a top; seme (in a male same-sex relationship)

adj

(formal or of a school) public or state-owned

verb

strike; hit

hài kịch

hài kịch
noun

comedy

hẹn
verb

to make an appointment; to arrange or promise (to meet)

noun

appointment; date

khủng hoảng

khủng hoảng
noun

crisis

kinh
verb

(colloquial) to be afraid; to be terrified

adj

(informal) remarkable, especially if also horrifying or upsetting at the same time

adv

(informal) remarkably, especially if also horrifyingly or upsettingly at the same time

noun

a holy book
Short for kinh nguyệt (“period”).
Short for động kinh (“epilepsy”).
(history) Clipping of kinh đô (“feudal capital”).

kỉ yếu
noun

school yearbook

kịch
noun

play, drama
common moorhen

lịch
noun

calendar
timetable; schedule
(Southern Vietnam) Alternative form of lệch (“eel of the genus Pisodonophis”)

adj

(Southern Vietnam) Alternative form of lệch (“inclined; uneven; aberrant”)

nhật kí
noun

diary
journal

nội chiến

nội chiến
noun

a civil war

phim
noun

(photography, film) film

phiêu lưu

phiêu lưu
noun

adventure

adj

adventurous

sách
noun

book

sách giáo khoa

sách giáo khoa
noun

a textbook

sách gối đầu giường

sách gối đầu giường
noun

a book that is so important to someone that they could figuratively use it as a pillow, especially a bible (comprehensive manual)

thống kê

thống kê
noun

statistics (a systematic collection of data on measurements or observations)
enumeration (the act of enumerating)

verb

to enumerate, to count; to compile statistics

truyện
noun

(obsolete) Synonym of chuyện (“story; tale”)
a storybook, usually a novel, a comic book or a graphic novel

truyện tranh

truyện tranh
noun

an illustrated storybook
a comic book
a graphic novel

trưng cầu dân ý

trưng cầu dân ý
noun

referendum

trường chinh

trường chinh
noun

(military) a long expedition
(figuratively) a daunting mission; difficult undertaking

tình
noun

the ability to feel affection or compassion
(literary) romantic love
a romantic relationship

tạp chí
noun

a journal (newspaper or magazine)

tập
noun

pad
ream (of paper)
set, collection, section
volume (of a book series)
episode (of a TV series)
booklet
(colloquial) prequel or sequel

verb

to practice, to drill, to learn, to do exercise, to exercise oneself, to cultivate, to accustom oneself to

từ điển

từ điển
noun

dictionary

tự truyện

tự truyện
noun

autobiography

tự điển

tự điển
noun

(chiefly Sinology) a Han character dictionary
(by extension) Synonym of từ điển (“dictionary”)

viễn chinh

viễn chinh
noun

(military) an expedition; journey; venture

adj

(military) expeditionary

viễn du
verb

to travel far away

noun

long journey, voyage

vũ kịch
noun

(dated) a ballet (expressive dance as a dramatic work)

a notebook
steep bank of a river

Indicates works of performance art, such as plays (kịch), operas (ca kịch), ballets (vũ kịch, ba lê), etc.

ôn, lương, cung, kiệm, nhượng

ôn, lương, cung, kiệm, nhượng
phrase

Be cordial, kind, courteous, modest, and deferential.

đời
noun

a lifetime; compare cuộc sống (activities in life or daily life)
generation (of people)
the world of the living, the mortal plane

indicates a phase of life

chữ Hán form of kinh (“capital city”).

adj

chữ Hán form of Kinh (“ethnically Vietnamese”).

verb

Nôm form of kiêng (“to respect”).

chữ Hán form of truyền (“to transmit, to transfer; to impart; to summon; to express”).
Nôm form of chuyền (“to pass a ball”).

noun

chữ Hán form of truyện (“a story, a novel, a fiction book”).
Nôm form of chuyện (“matters, affairs; a tale, a legend”).

姑
character

chữ Hán form of cô (“paternal aunt, young lady”).
Nôm form of o (“dialectal form of cô”).

宮
character

palace

局
character

chữ Hán form of cuộc (“an office under a bộ (“ministry”)”).
Nôm form of cuộc (“any large-scale, periodic event”).
Nôm form of gục (“to lower (one's head); to bend down”).

弓
character

a bow

空
character

chữ Hán form of không (“empty; void”).
chữ Hán form of không (“air; sky”).
Nôm form of không (“zero; none”).