The twenty-third letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ét, ét-xì, sờ, or sờ nặng and written in the Latin script.

Sa Pa
name

Sa Pa (a town in Lào Cai, Vietnam)
Sa Pa (the capital of Sa Pa district, Lào Cai, Vietnam)

Sa Đéc
name

A city in Đồng Tháp, Vietnam

San Ma-ri-nô

San Ma-ri-nô
name

San Marino

Sankt-Peterburg

Sankt-Peterburg
name

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia)

Sao Kim
name

Venus (planet)

giàu vì bạn, sang vì vợ

giàu vì bạn, sang vì vợ
proverb

(literally) men tend to act rich to their friends, classy to their wives
(figuratively) men tend to put on different façades when dealing with their friends and their wives
(literally) men are rich thanks to their friends, classy thanks to their wives
(figuratively) friends and wives are invaluable to men

(medicine equipment) gauze

verb

to fall (especially from the sky); to drop down; to prolapse

sa di
noun

(Buddhism) novice monk

sa giông
noun

newt

sa hoàng
noun

Synonym of Nga hoàng (“tsar; tsarina regnant”)

sa kê
noun

breadfruit

sa mạc
noun

desert

sa mạc hoá

sa mạc hoá
name

desertification

sa ngã
adj

depraved; corrupt; debauched

sa sút
verb

to fall into decay; to be on the decline

sa sầm
verb

to become cloudy
(of a face) to become somber

sa trường

sa trường
noun

(literary) a battlefield

sa tế
noun

shacha sauce

sa đoạ
adj

depraved; libertine; debauched

sa đì
noun

hydrocele; varicocele

sai
adj

(of people or things people do) not right, correct or proper; wrong, incorrect, improper, inaccurate, imprecise, erroneous, etc.
(of trees) fruitful

verb

to give an order; to order

sai lầm
noun

mistake

adj

mistaken; wrong; erroneous

sai phạm
verb

to violate regulations

noun

violation (of regulations); wrongdoing; transgression; fault

sai sót
noun

mistake; error (of omission); shortcoming

sai số
noun

(statistics) error, deviation of a measured or calculated value from the true value

sai trái
adj

wrong; erroneous; incorrect; inappropriate

sam
noun

a horseshoe crab
common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

samari
noun

samarium

san
verb

to flatten
to make equal

san hô
noun

coral (colony)
coral (substance)

san phẳng

san phẳng
verb

to level

san sát
adj

very close to; adjacent; adjoining; together as if there is no gap
(of speaking) jabbering on and on (in an annoying manner)

san sẻ
verb

to share (out of one's good heart)

sang
adj

expensive, luxurious

verb

to go over, to come over, to cross
to transfer

sang chấn

sang chấn
noun

trauma

sang số
verb

(automotive) to shift gear

sang trọng

sang trọng
adj

luxurious and elegant (generally speaking)

sang tên
verb

to transfer title or ownership of something

sanh
verb

(Southern Vietnam) to give birth (to)

noun

(botany) fig tree

sao
adv

why
how
what; what is it; what now
whatever

adj

problematic, bad

noun

star (luminous celestial body)
asterisk
star (celebrity)
star (actor)

sao Diêm Vương

sao Diêm Vương
name

Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)

sao Hoả
name

Mars (planet)

sao Hải Vương

sao Hải Vương
name

Neptune (planet)

sao Kim
name

Venus (planet)

sao Mộc
name

Jupiter (planet)

sao Thiên Vương

sao Thiên Vương
name

Uranus (planet)

sao Thuỷ
name

Mercury (planet)

sao Thổ
name

Saturn (planet)

sao Vĩ
noun

(Chinese astronomy) Tail

sao biển
noun

a starfish (various echinoderms)

sao băng
noun

(astronomy) meteor

sao chép
verb

to copy; to duplicate; to transcribe

sao chổi
noun

(astronomy) comet

sao khổng lồ đỏ

sao khổng lồ đỏ
noun

red giant

sao kê
noun

bank statement

sao la
noun

a saola

sao lùn
noun

dwarf star

sao lùn trắng

sao lùn trắng
noun

white dwarf

sao sao
noun

limpet

sao đen
noun

Hopea odorata

sao đỏ
noun

(in an elementary or middle school) students who are tasked with catching and reporting rule breakers

sau
adj

rear, hind, back
next, subsequent

adv

later
afterwards

prep

behind
after

sau Công Nguyên

sau Công Nguyên
adv

Misconstruction of Công Nguyên (“Common Era”)

sau cùng
adv

in the end

sau tất cả

sau tất cả
adv

after all

sau đó
adv

later (on); afterwards; thereafter; after that; since that time; since that moment

say
adj

drunk; inebriated
(by extension) suffering motion sickness
(figuratively) enamoured of; with a deep interest in

adv

(of sleep) deep ; fast

say mê
verb

to have a passion for; become infatuated with

say nắng
verb

to suffer from a heat stroke
(figuratively) to have a crush on (someone)

say rượu

say rượu
adj

drunk

say sóng
verb

to get seasick

say sưa
verb

to get drunk; to be intoxicated (generally speaking)
to be in raptures; to be captivated; to be enthralled

say xe
adj

carsick

say xỉn
adj

(colloquial) drunk; inebriated

say đắm
verb

to be taken (with someone); to be in love; to be captivated

say độ cao

say độ cao
noun

altitude sickness

山
character

chữ Hán form of sơn (“mountain”).

廊
character

village

朗
character

Nôm form of lặng (“calm; silent; quiet”).

牢
character

chữ Hán form of lao (“prison”).
Nôm form of lao (“javelin, harpoon”).
Nôm form of Lào (“Laos”).
Nôm form of rao (“to announce”).
Nôm form of sao (“why, how”).
Nôm form of sao (“star”).
Nôm form of sau (“after”).
Nôm form of trau (“to polish”).

牲
character

chữ Hán form of sinh (“domestic or sacrificial animal”).

生
character

chữ Hán form of sinh (“to produce; to yield; to give birth to”).
chữ Hán form of sanh (“to be born”).
Nôm form of siêng (“dilligent; assiduous”).

鏟
character

chữ Hán form of sạn (“shovel”).
Nôm form of xẻng (“shovel”).

𥑥
character

Nôm form of sành (“glazed terracotta”).
Nôm form of sinh (“sulfur”).