flag; banner; standard; vexillum; streamer
vexillum (upper petal of a papilionaceous flower)
a board game in which there are pieces, such as chess, go, shogi, xiangqi, etc., or tokens such as bootleg Monopoly, Ludo, etc.

cờ ba que

cờ ba que
noun

(chiefly communist Vietnamese, often derogatory, slang) the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam

gan

gan
noun

(anatomy) a liver
(figuratively) audacity; gall; balls
(botany) Malus doumeri

adj

hepatic
courageous, brave, tough

kiểm tra

kiểm tra
noun

(usually education) a test or quiz; compare thi (“exam”, finals or entrance exams)

verb

to check or examine; compare thanh tra (“to inspect”, of an inspector or inspecting agency)

luận

luận
noun

essay

lá

lá
noun

a leaf

classifier

Used for thin and flat and/or leaf-like objects, such as letters, cards, flags, leaf-shaped organs (such as the liver, the lungs, the spleen, the pancreas), etc.

adj

(rare, literary) green

lá chắn

lá chắn
noun

a shield
(figuratively) a protector, person who protect

lá gai

lá gai
noun

ramie leaf

lá lành đùm lá rách

lá lành đùm lá rách
proverb

the strong protect the weak

lá lách

lá lách
noun

(anatomy) spleen

lá lốt

lá lốt
noun

lolot (Piper lolot)

lá ngón

lá ngón
noun

Gelsemium elegans

lác

lác
noun

sedge (family Cyperaceae)

adj

(of eyes) squinting

lác mắt

lác mắt
verb

(medicine) to have squint eyes; to have strabismus
(figuratively, colloquial) to be full of admiration; to have one's breath taken away

lác đác

lác đác
adj

scattered; dispersed; spattered

lách

lách
noun

spleen
Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane, Kans grass), native to south Asia

verb

to pass through (a dense or narrow place)

lái

lái
verb

(vehicles) to control; to drive, to ride, to pilot, etc.
(informal) to digress, to sidetrack, or to put one's own spin on

noun

steering wheel; steering control
(colloquial) Short for lái xe (“driver”) or lái đò (“boatman”).
(colloquial) used to refer to a merchant or trader

num

(probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) two

lái xe

lái xe
verb

to drive a car (or any vehicle)

noun

driver

lán

lán
noun

shanty, roughly-built cottage

láng

láng
adj

smooth; glossy

láng giềng

láng giềng
noun

neighbour

lánh

lánh
verb

to avoid; to shun; to evade; to flee (from)

láo

láo
verb

(colloquial) to lie, deceive

adj

(colloquial) insolent
(colloquial) mendacious

láo xược

láo xược
adj

insolent; impertinent

lát

lát
noun

a kind of wood used to make furniture
a slice
moment; short while

verb

to slice
(dialectal) Synonym of nhát (“to stab”)
to cover (floor with tiles); to pave (road)

láy

láy
verb

to repeat, to reiterate

láy rền

láy rền
noun

trill

lục bát

lục bát
noun

a traditional Vietnamese poetry with alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables, whereby the last syllable of a 6-syllable line rhymes with the 6th syllable of the very next 8-syllable line, and the last syllable of an 8-syllable line rhymes with the last syllable of the very next 6-syllable line; the rhyming also has to conform to the matching of trắc or bằng tones

mồng tơi

mồng tơi
noun

Basella alba; Malabar spinach

phổi

phổi
noun

lung

quốc kì

quốc kì
noun

a national flag

rau má

rau má
noun

centella (Centella asiatica)

sơ khai

sơ khai
adj

initial; primordial; original; early

noun

(figuratively) a stub (as an early, incomplete composition)

tam cúc

tam cúc
noun

A multi-trick card game popular in northern Vietnam, played mostly by women for entertainment and at ceremonies and festivals.

thi

thi
noun

(literary) poetry

verb

to compete
to take an examination

thơ con cóc

thơ con cóc
noun

jocular poetry; a jocular poem

thơ thất ngôn tứ tuyệt

thơ thất ngôn tứ tuyệt
noun

a Chinese-style quatrain with 7 syllables for each line, whereby, generally, the last syllables of all but the 3rd line rhyme; poems in Vietnamese also have to have all of their syllables follow some specific patterns of trắc and bằng tones

thư điện tử

thư điện tử
noun

tiểu luận

tiểu luận
noun