Cà Mau
name

Cà Mau (the southernmost province of Vietnam)
Cà Mau (the capital city of that province)

nightshade

verb

to rub

repetitive prefix used for some verbs

cà chua
noun

tomato

cà chớn
adv

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) rude, sassy, insolent

cà cuống

cà cuống
noun

lethocerus indicus; giant water bug

cà dái dê

cà dái dê
noun

eggplant

cà giựt
verb

(colloquial) of one's body to keep jerking
(colloquial, of a TV) to shake

cà kheo
noun

a stilt (walking pole)

cà khịa
verb

(Southern Vietnam) to quarrel; pick fights; incite conflict
(neologism) to troll; tease

cà kê
verb

to ramble; palaver; prattle
to tell long stories

cà lem
noun

(colloquial) ice cream

cà lăm
noun

a stutter

verb

to stutter; stammer

cà nhắc
verb

to limp; walk limpingly due to injuries

cà nông
noun

cannon

cà pháo
noun

African eggplant, Solanum macrocarpon

cà phê
noun

coffee

cà phê cà pháo

cà phê cà pháo
noun

(emphatic) coffee

cà phê sữa đá

cà phê sữa đá
noun

a Vietnamese coffee drink made with brewed coffee, sweetened condensed milk, and ice

cà phê trứng

cà phê trứng
noun

egg coffee (a Hanoi specialty)

cà phê ôm

cà phê ôm
noun

a coffee-serving business allowing romantic physical contact with staff

cà phê đá

cà phê đá
noun

iced coffee (without milk)

cà rem
noun

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, somewhat dated) ice cream

cà ri
noun

curry

cà rá
noun

a ring; metal hoop
a bushing

cà rốt
noun

carrot

cà rỡn
verb

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to keep on joking, playing

cà trật cà vuột

cà trật cà vuột
adv

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) executed sloppily or without precision

cà tím
noun

eggplant

cà tưng
verb

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to keep on jumping up and down

cà uồm
intj

(onomatopoeia, of a leopard) growl; roar

cà vạt
noun

a necktie

cà vẹt
noun

(informal) a vehicle registration certificate

cà độc dược

cà độc dược
noun

datura; jimsonweed

cà-mèn
noun

an mess kit

cà-sa
noun

kāṣāya; the robes of a Buddhist monk

cài
verb

to pin; to fasten
(computing) Short for cài đặt (“to install”).

cài áo
noun

(neologism) a brooch; ornamental clothing fastener

cài đặt

cài đặt
verb

(computing) to install
(computing) to configure

càm ràm
verb

to whinge; to whine; to complain

càn
verb

(rare) to rush headlong through
to raid; to mop up; to attack

adj

(of behaviour) wanton; indiscriminate; at random

noun

the first trigram of the eight trigrams in Taoist cosmology

càn khôn
noun

the [[w:I_Ching_hexagram_01#Hexagram_1||||||| (qian)]] and ¦¦¦¦¦¦ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching
heaven and earth

càn quét
verb

(military) to conduct a sweep operation; to mop up; to raid

càng
adv

With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
all the more, all the less

noun

nipper, pincer
large, strong hind leg of a locust, grasshopper, or cricket; jumping leg
shaft (one of the handles of a tool, or one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle)
(slang) wing mirror (of a motorcycle)

càng đông càng vui

càng đông càng vui
phrase

the more the merrier

cành
noun

tree branch

cành nhánh

cành nhánh
noun

boughs and stems; branches and twigs

cào
verb

to rake
to scratch

cào cào
noun

a pointy-headed grasshopper or locust
(taxonomy) a locust (a grasshopper of the family Acrididae)

cào cấu
verb

to scratch and claw

càu nhàu
verb

to grumble; to grunt; to complain

cày
noun

plough

verb

to plough
(figuratively) to toil

cày cấy
verb

to farm; to cultivate; to do farm work

cầy
noun

civet; viverrid (family Viverridae)
Short for thịt cầy (“dog meat”).
(dialectal) Alternative form of cày (“plough”)

Nôm form of càng (“With a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.; all the more, all the less”).

强
character

Nôm form of gượng (“strained; forced; unnatural”).

更
character

chữ Hán form of canh (“to watch; to guard”).

歌
character

chữ Hán form of ca (“to sing”).

crazy

noun

nipper, pincer

𢭮
character

Nôm form of gảy (“to pluck (a musical instrument); to strum”).
Nôm form of gãy (“broken; fractured”).
Nôm form of gợi (“to arouse; to awake (memories)”).
Nôm form of gãi (“to scratch”).

to plough

nipper, pincer
large, strong hind leg of a locust, grasshopper, or cricket; jumping leg