gác

gác
verb

to guard; to watch
to put something on something; to hang something on something
to put on hold

noun

(architecture) a loft

gác bút

gác bút
noun

ink brush holder

verb

(figuratively, of a writer) to cease writing

gác-măng-giê

gác-măng-giê
noun

pantry; larder

gái

gái
noun

(collective) girls and women
(collective, informal, colloquial) whores

adj

(only in fixed expressions, of people) female
wife of, Mrs (when used after a pronoun or noun denoting a male person)

gái bao

gái bao
noun

a courtesan; sugar baby; one's long-term and exclusive prostitute

gái bán hoa

gái bán hoa
noun

(idiomatic, euphemistic) working girl; female prostitute; literally "flower-selling girl"

gái gọi

gái gọi
noun

a call girl (a kind of prostitute)

gái mại dâm

gái mại dâm
noun

prostitute

gái nhảy

gái nhảy
noun

dancing girl; taxi dancer

gái điếm

gái điếm
noun

prostitute

gán

gán
verb

to assign

gánh

gánh
verb

to carry (something) on one's shoulder via a shoulder pole; to shoulder
to shoulder (responsibility)

noun

load (carried at one time on one's shoulder with a shoulder pole)
burden; heavy responsibility

gánh chịu

gánh chịu
verb

to suffer; to painfully endure

gáo

gáo
noun

dipper made from coconut shell
(informal) jaw

gáy

gáy
noun

(Northern Vietnam, anatomy) nape

verb

(of a rooster) to crow; (of a bird) to pipe
(of a cricket) to sing
(slang) to brag, to crow

thuyền theo lái, gái theo chồng

thuyền theo lái, gái theo chồng
phrase

(literally) boats follow their rower, women follow their husbands
(figuratively) women are supposed to follow and obey their husbands unconditionally

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character

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

𡛔
character

Nôm form of gái (“female”).