bia

bia
noun

beer
tombstone; gravestone; stele; monument
(by extension) target (for shooting); bullseye

biểu ngữ

biểu ngữ
noun

banner; slogan

biểu đồ

biểu đồ
noun

a diagram (graph or chart)

bài

bài
noun

card, playing card, card game
tag, tablet
lesson
exercise, paper, task, theme

classifier

used for compositions like songs, drawings, poems, essays, etc.

bánh

bánh
noun

a broad, vaguely defined term, mostly used by collocation or intuition, for foods that come in a specific shape or solid (a flat piece, a block, a ball, a loaf, etc.) and that are often made from grain or legume flour or plain rice, by size often larger than and contrasted with what is known as kẹo (“candy”)
(cooking) certain types of noodles in their raw forms
a cake (a block of any of various dense materials)
a wheel

romanization

Sino-Vietnamese reading of 鍠 (“weapon/trident/sound of drums/bells”)
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 碰/掽 (“collide/meet/offend”)
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 庳 (“low/short”)
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 䗒 (“clam”)
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蟔 (“caterpillar”)
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 蓻
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 榵

bánh Thánh

bánh Thánh
noun

(Roman Catholicism) communion wafer

bánh lễ

bánh lễ
noun

(Roman Catholicism) communion wafer

báo tường

báo tường
noun

wall newspaper

bìa

bìa
noun

book cover
cardboard
frame; border; edge

bình phong

bình phong
noun

a screen; blind
a folding screen; room divider

bích chương

bích chương
noun

a poster

bưu thiếp

bưu thiếp
noun

postcard

bạt

bạt
noun

tarpaulin; tarp; hootch
(money) baht
(literature) epilogue

bản đồ

bản đồ
noun

bảng

bảng
noun

a board such as a blackboard or whiteboard
a table (grid of data in rows and columns)
(numismatics) a pound

bảng chọn

bảng chọn
noun

(computing, gaming) menu (list from which the user may select an operation to be performed)

bằng khen

bằng khen
noun

certificate of merit; certificate awarded by authorities to acknowledge some achievement by a person or an organization

bằng lái

bằng lái
noun

driver's license

bằng lái xe

bằng lái xe
noun

driver’s license

chiếu

chiếu
noun

a sown mat made of straw strands or bamboo pieces
seat; rank
(history) imperial order

verb

to emit light onto a surface; to light up, to shine, to project onto, etc.
(by extension) to display a movie in a theater, by projection or otherwise
(by extension, geometry) to project
(chess, xiangqi) to check

cót

cót
noun

winding key
(Northern Vietnam) a kind of sheet woven from bamboos

giại

giại
noun

(bamboo) screen placed at the porch
cemetery ground

giấy than

giấy than
noun

carbon paper

gương

gương
noun

a mirror (smooth reflecting surface)
(tấm ~) an example; a role model
(Central Vietnam) Synonym of kính (“eyeglasses”)

hoành phi

hoành phi
noun

horizontal lacquered board engraved with Chinese characters (usually hung over a door and flanked by two vertical scrolls forming a couplet)

huy chương

huy chương
noun

a medal

hình

hình
noun

image
a figure or a silhouette
(Southern Vietnam) a photo; a picture
(geometry) a shape
Clipping of hình học (“geometry”).

khiên

khiên
noun

shield

liếp

liếp
noun

protective panel made of woven bamboo

lá chắn

lá chắn
noun

a shield
(figuratively) a protector, person who protect

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)

lưng

lưng
noun

back (the back of people, animals, or objects)

lưới

lưới
noun

a (fishing) net

lụa

lụa
noun

silk fabric
unripened banana leaf or betel palm husk, used as a wrap in Vietnamese cuisine to impart flavor to various chả and bánh

adj

silky, soft

mặt

mặt
noun

face (front part of head)
face (facial expression)
face (public image)
face (geometry: bounding surface of a polyhedron)
face (surface, especially a front or outer one)
aspect; dimension

adj

(archaic) right (of direction)

nệm

nệm
noun

mattress

ra
verb

to go out, to leave
(by extension) to go northwards in Vietnam
to be released, to be published, to be out, to come out
to become, to turn into

noun

bed sheet

rái

rái
noun

otter

sáo

sáo
noun

blackbird
starling
myna
bamboo flute
bamboo screen

adj

clichéd; tired

séc

séc
noun

a cheque; check (a kind of bank order document)

thuẫn

thuẫn
noun

(weaponry, dated or archaic) shield

thảm

thảm
noun

carpet, rug (floor covering)
carpet, bed (surface or cover)

verb

to carpet, to blanket, to cover

adj

tragic

tấc

tấc
noun

name of several units of length

tấm

tấm
noun

broken or fractured rice grains

classifier

Used for large flat things, such as pieces of cloth (vải), planks (ván), boards (gỗ), pictures (ảnh, hình), mirrors (gương), etc.
(literary) Used for small or seemingly insignificant things that are deemed valuable or worth cherishing.

tấn

tấn
noun

a tonne (1000 kilograms)

verb

(only in compounds) to advance; to go forward

tấn công

tấn công
verb

to attack; to offend

tấp nập

tấp nập
adj

in great number; in crowds

tất

tất
adv

then surely; of course

noun

all; the whole of
(Northern Vietnam, colloquial) Clipping of bít tất (“sock”).

tất bật

tất bật
adj

hurried; hectic

tất cả

tất cả
noun

all, everything, everybody

tất nhiên

tất nhiên
adv

inevitably, naturally, of course

tất niên

tất niên
noun

celebrations for the end of the year

tất tần tật

tất tần tật
noun

all and everything

tất yếu

tất yếu
adj

indispensable; necessary

tấu

tấu
verb

to perform, to play
to report to (a royalty, usually the king)

ván

ván
noun

a plank (long, broad and thick piece of timber)
(card games, board games) a game

ván ép

ván ép
noun

a plank of plywood

vé

vé
noun

ticket

vé số

vé số
noun

lottery ticket

vảy

vảy
noun

(anatomy) scales

đệm

đệm
noun

mattress; cushion
buffer

verb

to place (under)
to accompany

đức bất cô, tất hữu lân

đức bất cô, tất hữu lân
phrase

Virtue never has solitude and always has companionship.

ảnh

ảnh
noun

image; reflection
(chiefly Northern Vietnam) photograph; picture

pron

(Southern Vietnam) he; him (man of equal or slightly greater social status)

則

則
character

chữ Hán form of tắc (“law; regulation”).

卌

奏

心

心
character

chữ Hán form of tâm (“heart; feeling”).

橫批
noun

chữ Hán form of hoành phi (“horizontal lacquered board engraved with Chinese characters (usually hung over a door and flanked by two vertical scrolls forming a couplet)”).