(historical) a grand ceremony for sacrifices to heaven offered by the emperor
nhị
nhị num
two
noun
(二胡) Erhu, two-string Chinese violin
a stamen
Synonym of nhuỵ (“pistil”)
organ
organ noun
(Vietnam) keyboard (device with keys of a musical keyboard)
oóc
oóc noun
(music) organ
(rare, fantasy) orc
oóc-gan
oóc-gan noun
(music) organ
pi-a-nô
pi-a-nô noun
(music) a piano
tì
tì verb
to press
noun
pipa
tì bà
tì bà noun
pipa (pear-shaped plucked lute) or one of its derivatives (Vietnamese dan ty ba, Japanese biwa, Korean bipa)
loquat
vi-ô-lông-xen
vi-ô-lông-xen noun
cello
Đà Lôi
Đà Lôi name
Tolui (a Mongol khan, the fourth son of Genghis Khan)
Đà Lạt
Đà Lạt name
Da Lat, the capital city of Lâm Đồng Province
Đà Nẵng
Đà Nẵng name
Da Nang, Danang (a large city in Central Vietnam)
Đài Bắc
Đài Bắc name
Taipei (the capital city of Taiwan)
Đài Loan
Đài Loan name
Taiwan
adj
Taiwanese
Đài Sơn
Đài Sơn name
Taishan (a county-level city in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China)
Đài Trung
Đài Trung name
Taichung (a city in Taiwan)
Đàng Ngoài
Đàng Ngoài name
(historical) Northern Vietnam during the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ centuries
Đàng Trong
Đàng Trong name
(historical) Central and Southern Vietnam during the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ centuries
đà
đà noun
momentum (impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events)
beam, girder
đà điểu
đà điểu noun
long-legged ratite
đài
đài adj
(literary, only in compounds) noble-mannered
noun
a platform
(broadcasting) a network or a station
(radio, by extension) a radio (receiver)
romanization
Sino-Vietnamese reading of 苔
đài các
đài các adj
upper-class
(by extension) elegant
đài hoa
đài hoa noun
(botany) calyx
đài nguyên
đài nguyên noun
(geography) tundra
đài quyền đạo
đài quyền đạo noun
taekwondo
đàm
đàm noun
Synonym of đờm (“phlegm; sputum”)
verb
(only in compounds) to talk; to discuss; to negotiate
đàm phán
đàm phán verb
to negotiate
đàm thoại
đàm thoại noun
conversation
verb
to converse
đàm tiếu
đàm tiếu verb
to sneer (at); to jeer (at); to mock (at)
đàn
đàn noun
flock, herd
a number of musical instruments (properly a string instrument, though used for a few non-string instruments)
verb
to play (a string instrument)
đàn bà
đàn bà noun
a woman
đàn bà con gái
đàn bà con gái noun
females; women (generally speaking)
đàn bầu
đàn bầu noun
dan bau
đàn gáo
đàn gáo noun
a traditional Vietnamese bowed string instrument with two strings and a coconut shell resonator
đàn gảy tai trâu
đàn gảy tai trâu noun
(idiomatic) a situation where you say something to someone and they simply would not listen or pay attention.
đàn hạc
đàn hạc noun
harp
đàn hặc
đàn hặc verb
to impute, to charge with
to impeach (to bring a legal proceeding against a public official)
đàn hồi
đàn hồi adj
elastic
đàn luýt
đàn luýt noun
lute
đàn nguyệt
đàn nguyệt noun
moon lute, a traditional Vietnamese plucked, fretted lute with a round body and two strings
đàn nhị
đàn nhị noun
a vertical bowed string instrument with two strings, used in the traditional and classical music of Vietnam
đàn tam
đàn tam noun
a fretless lute with snakeskin-covered body and three strings
đàn tam thập lục
đàn tam thập lục noun
a hammered dulcimer with 36 strings, used in the traditional and classical music of Vietnam
đàn tranh
đàn tranh noun
A small plucked zither with movable bridges and usually 16 or 17 strings, of Vietnamese origin
đàn tì bà
đàn tì bà noun
a Vietnamese plucked fretted lute with a pear-shaped body and four strings
đàn xếp
đàn xếp noun
accordion
đàn áp
đàn áp verb
to suppress; to repress; to oppress
đàn ông
đàn ông noun
a man
đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây tổ ấm
đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây tổ ấm proverb
men make houses, women make homes
đàn ông đàn ang
đàn ông đàn ang phrase
(colloquial, disapproving) what kind of man that...
đàn đáy
đàn đáy noun
a Vietnamese lute with three strings, a hollow trapezoidal wooden body with an open back, and a very long neck, used in traditional Vietnamese music (particularly ca trù)
đàn địch
đàn địch verb
(archaic, rare) to play music (generally)
đàng
đàng noun
(archaic or dialectal, Central Vietnam) Alternative form of đường (“road”)
(dialectal, Central Vietnam) Alternative form of đằng (“direction; way”)
đàng hoàng
đàng hoàng adj
(of people) scrupulous and trustable, not sketchy or shady
adv
(of executing a job or task) properly and competently
đành
đành verb
to resign oneself to; to have no choice but; to acquiesce
đành rằng
đành rằng adv
admittedly; granted; I concede the fact that
đào
đào noun
peach
verb
to dig up, to unearth
(historical) a songstress or an actress in certain types of Vietnamese performance art
đào bới
đào bới verb
to dig; to excavate (generally speaking)
đào hoa
đào hoa adj
(of a man) lucky in love
đào lộn hột
đào lộn hột noun
cashew
đào mỏ
đào mỏ verb
(literally) to mine (to dig into, for ore or metal)
(figuratively, slang) to be a gold digger
đào ngũ
đào ngũ verb
(military) to desert
đào thải
đào thải verb
to purge; to get rid of
đào thải tự nhiên
đào thải tự nhiên noun
(evolutionary theory) Synonym of chọn lọc tự nhiên (“natural selection”)