Victor
name

(Roman Catholicism) Victor

Vin-ni-út
name

Vilnius (the capital city of Lithuania)

Vinh
name

The provincial capital of Nghệ An, Vietnam

Viêm Đế

Viêm Đế
name

(Chinese mythology) the Yan Emperor

Viên
name

Vienna (the capital city of Austria; state of Austria)

adj

Viennese

Viêng Chăn

Viêng Chăn
name

Vientiane (the capital city of Laos)

Viễn Tây

Viễn Tây
name

the Wild West

Viễn Đông

Viễn Đông
name

the Far East; the Orient

Việt
name

(history) Yue, a state in ancient China
(only in compounds) Vietnam
(rare) Guangdong and Guangxi, also known as Yue

adj

(history) of Yue origin
(linguistics) Vietic
(slightly literary) nationally or culturally Vietnamese
(rare, of a person) Synonym of Kinh (“ethnically Vietnamese”)

Việt Cộng

Việt Cộng
name

(historical or chiefly Overseas Vietnamese) Communist Vietnam
(chiefly Overseas Vietnamese, often derogatory) Vietcong

Việt Minh

Việt Minh
name

Viet Minh

Việt Nam
name

Vietnam (a country in Asia; capital: Hanoi; largest city: Ho Chi Minh City)

Việt Nam hoá

Việt Nam hoá
verb

to Vietnamize, to assimilate with Vietnamese culture
(Vietnam War) to Vietnamize, to reduce US involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops

Việt Nam học

Việt Nam học
noun

Vietnam studies

Việt Tân

Việt Tân
name

(politics) Việt Tân (Vietnam Reform Revolutionary Party)

Việt Võ Đạo

Việt Võ Đạo
noun

(neologism, martial arts) Synonym of Vovinam

Việt bính

Việt bính
noun

Jyutping (one of the many Cantonese romanization systems)

Việt gian

Việt gian
noun

Vietnamese collaborating with the enemy

Việt kiều

Việt kiều
name

(collective) overseas Vietnamese; Vietnamese nationals

Việt ngữ

Việt ngữ
noun

(dated or Overseas Vietnamese, formal) Vietnamese (language)

Việt ngữ học

Việt ngữ học
noun

Vietnamese language studies

(only in compounds) sad; sorrowful

noun

a marble (spherical ball)
(billiards, snooker) a ball
(slang) a ball (testicle)

bi ve
noun

glass marble

gạch
noun

a brick (hardened block used for building)
(by extension) a tile (mostly rectangular shaped sheet of ceramic or fired clay to cover surfaces)
any punctuation mark that is a line; a hyphen, a dash, a slash, etc.

verb

to draw a line, especially over text to delete it

hoàn
verb

to return, to give back, to restore

noun

(medicine) a pellet; round tablet

adj

(in compounds) complete; perfect

kẹo đồng

kẹo đồng
noun

(slang, firearms) a bullet

mọc
verb

(of a plant) to shoot out of the soil
(of zoological hair, nails, teeth, feathers, claws, lumps, pimples or botanical roots) to start to grow, extend or expand
(of animals) to start growing hair, nails, teeth, feathers, claws, lumps, pimples
(of the sun) to rise

noun

(cooking) meatballs served in some noodle dishes

ngọc
noun

a gem; a precious stone

ngọc trai

ngọc trai
noun

pearl

phấn
noun

(cosmetics) face powder
(piece of) chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)
(botany) pollen

verb

(in compounds) to be excited; to be stimulated

sỏi
noun

pebble, gravel

adj

(colloquial) accustomed to; acquainted with
(colloquial, linguistics) fluent

thiên thạch

thiên thạch
noun

meteorite

trân châu

trân châu
noun

pearl

(anatomy, especially of sharks) Alternative form of vây (“fin”)

micro-

vi ba
noun

microwave

vi khuẩn
noun

bacterium, bacteria

vi khuẩn học

vi khuẩn học
noun

bacteriology

vi khí hậu

vi khí hậu
noun

(meteorology) microclimate

vi mô
adj

microscopic (very small)

vi nhung mao

vi nhung mao
noun

(anatomy) microvillus

vi phân
noun

(mathematics) differential, with an infinitesimally small change
(mathematics) differential, relating to differential calculus

vi phạm
verb

to violate (a law); to break

vi phẫu
noun

(medicine) microsurgery

vi sinh vật

vi sinh vật
noun

microorganism, microbe

vi sinh vật học

vi sinh vật học
noun

microbiology

vi sóng
noun

microwave

vi thể
noun

(cytology) microbody

vi trùng
noun

bacteria; microbe; germ

vi trùng corona

vi trùng corona
noun

coronavirus

vi tích phân

vi tích phân
noun

calculus

vi tảo
noun

microalgae

vi xử lí

vi xử lí
noun

a microprocessor

vi-rút
noun

virus (infective agent)
(computing) virus (type of malware)

vi-ta-min
noun

vitamin

vi-ô-lông

vi-ô-lông
noun

a violin

vi-ô-lông-xen

vi-ô-lông-xen
noun

cello

vinh
noun

glory; honour

vinh danh
verb

to honour (someone)

vinh dự
noun

honor (favorable reputation)

vinh hạnh

vinh hạnh
noun

honor (privilege)

adj

(formal, humble) honored thanks to betowed privilege

vinh quang
adj

glorious

noun

glory

virus corona

virus corona
noun

coronavirus

viêm
noun

(medicine) inflammation

viêm cơ tim

viêm cơ tim
noun

(medicine) myocarditis

viêm da
noun

(medicine) dermatitis

viêm gan
noun

(medicine) hepatitis

viêm họng

viêm họng
noun

(medicine) pharyngitis

viêm khớp

viêm khớp
noun

(bệnh ~) (medicine) arthritis

viêm khớp dạng thấp

viêm khớp dạng thấp
noun

(bệnh ~) (medicine) rheumatoid arthritis

viêm màng não

viêm màng não
noun

(medicine) meningitis

viêm màng não mủ

viêm màng não mủ
noun

(medicine) bacterial meningitis

viêm não Nhật Bản

viêm não Nhật Bản
noun

Japanese encephalitis

viêm phổi

viêm phổi
noun

(medicine) pneumonia

viêm ruột thừa

viêm ruột thừa
noun

(medicine) appendicitis

viêm xoang

viêm xoang
noun

(medicine) sinusitis

viêm xương khớp

viêm xương khớp
noun

(bệnh ~) (medicine) osteoarthritis

viên
suffix

member

(history) indicates government workers
Indicates small, solid things, such as bricks (gạch), pills (thuốc), tiles (ngói), bullets (đạn), etc.

verb

to round off; to make round; to ball up

adj

(only in compounds) round

viên chức

viên chức
noun

civil servant; public employee; officer or official

viên mãn
adj

perfect; faultless

viên ngoại

viên ngoại
noun

(historical) ancient official title
(historical) hollow (i.e. honorific, ceremonial) title granted to wealthy notables
(historical) notable

viên tịch

viên tịch
verb

(Buddhism, of a monk or nun) to pass away

viếng
verb

(dated, still used by Overseas Vietnamese) to visit (a person or a place)
to pay a visit of condolence (to someone)

viếng thăm

viếng thăm
verb

to visit; to call on
(specifically) to visit a grave

viết
verb

to write

noun

(Southern Vietnam) non-chalk handheld writing instrument

viết chì

viết chì
noun

(Southern Vietnam) a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)

viết lách

viết lách
verb

to do writing; to write

viết nhịu

viết nhịu
noun

act of miswriting, slip of the pen, lapsus calami

verb

to miswrite, to make a slip in writing

viết tắt

viết tắt
noun

abbreviation

viền
noun

hem, edge

viển vông

viển vông
adj

fantastical; fanciful
unrealistic; impractical
in vain; futile

viễn
adj

(only in compounds) far
(colloquial) Clipping of viễn thị (“farsighted”).

viễn chinh

viễn chinh
noun

(military) an expedition; journey; venture

adj

(military) expeditionary

viễn chí

viễn chí
noun

milkwort (flowering medicinal herb of the genus Polygala)

viễn du
verb

to travel far away

noun

long journey, voyage

viễn thám

viễn thám
noun

remote sensing

viễn thông

viễn thông
noun

telecommunication

viễn thị

viễn thị
adj

(pathology) long-sighted; far-sighted; hypermetropic

viễn tưởng

viễn tưởng
adj

(fiction) futuristically fictional

việc
noun

job, work, business
thing, matter, affair

việc làm

việc làm
noun

work; employment

viện
noun

institute
court chamber
(colloquial) Short for bệnh viện (“hospital”).

verb

to advance or give reasons for; to invoke; to call upon; to adduce; to allege

viện bảo tàng

viện bảo tàng
noun

Synonym of bảo tàng (“museum”)

viện dưỡng lão

viện dưỡng lão
noun

nursing home

viện hàn lâm

viện hàn lâm
noun

an academy (learned society)

viện sĩ
noun

academician

viện trợ

viện trợ
noun

(chiefly diplomacy) aid

việt quất

việt quất
noun

blueberry

việt vị

việt vị
verb

(soccer) to be in offside position

vẫn thạch

vẫn thạch
noun

meteorite

xí ngầu
noun

die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

rock, stone
(by extension) ice as used for consumption or refrigeration
(slang) meth, methamphetamine

verb

to kick without using the sole
(colloquial, slang) to dump (one's girlfriend, boyfriend, etc.); to abandon
(Southern Vietnam) to fight each other
(Southern Vietnam) to go; to come by
(Southern Vietnam) to eat or drink

đạn
noun

(firearms) a bullet

員
character

chữ Hán form of viên (“person, member, staff, personnel”).

媛
character

a beauty; a beautiful woman

役
character

chữ Hán form of dịch (“service, work”).
Nôm form of việc (“work, job, business, matter, affair”).

微
character

chữ Hán form of vi (“micro-”).

榮
character

glory, honor
Vinh, the capital of Nghệ An Province

chữ Hán form of vị (“for”).

conj

chữ Hán form of vì (“because”).

verb

Nôm form of vay (“to borrow”).

越
character

chữ Hán form of Việt (“short for Việt Nam”).
Nôm form of vượt (“to exceed; to cross over”).