cháy

cháy
verb

(intransitive) to burn, to become burnt; to blaze
(transitive, cooking) to burn (food)
(intransitive) to burn out
(transitive, figuratively) to sense pain (in a part of the body) due to a feeling of urgency

adj

be burnt

noun

a fire
burnt rice caked at the bottom of a pot of rice or rice cooker
a fish of the genus Tenualosa (hilsa), especially Laotian or Toli shad

mây

mây
noun

cloud
rattan

đá

đá
noun

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

đá banh

đá banh
verb

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to play association football; soccer

noun

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) association football; soccer

đá chanh

đá chanh
noun

limeade
lemonade (flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener)
lemonade (clear, carbonated beverage made from lemon)

đá cầu

đá cầu
noun

traditional sport in which players try to keep a weighted shuttlecock in the air with their bodies; jianzi

đá da trời

đá da trời
noun

lapis lazuli

đá gà

đá gà
noun

(Southern Vietnam) cockfight

đá hoa

đá hoa
noun

marble

đá hoa cương

đá hoa cương
noun

(geology) granite

đá lạnh

đá lạnh
noun

ice cube

đá lửa

đá lửa
noun

flint
silex

đá nhám

đá nhám
noun

emery; pumice stone

đá ong

đá ong
noun

laterite

đá quý

đá quý
noun

gemstone, precious stone

đá vôi

đá vôi
noun

limestone

đá vỏ chai

đá vỏ chai
noun

(geology) obsidian; volcanic glass

đái

đái
verb

(informal) to (take a) piss

đái dầm

đái dầm
verb

to wet the bed, squirt

đái ra quần

đái ra quần
verb

(informal) to piss one's pants, especially because of fright

đái tháo đường

đái tháo đường
noun

(medicine) diabetes

đám

đám
noun

cluster, heap
crowd, throng, gathering

classifier

Indicates things with the form of a cluster

đám cưới

đám cưới
noun

(colloquial) wedding

đám ma

đám ma
noun

(informal, colloquial) funeral

đám tang

đám tang
noun

(formal) funeral

đám đông

đám đông
noun

crowd; mob

đán

đán
noun

(only in compounds) morning
(only in compounds) dawn
(only in compounds) day

đáng

đáng
adj

worthy, worth

verb

to deserve, to merit

đáng ghét

đáng ghét
adj

detestable, hatable

đáng giá

đáng giá
adj

worth (the money); worthy

đáng kiếp

đáng kiếp
intj

Synonym of đáng đời

đáng kể

đáng kể
adj

noticeable; significant; remarkable

đáng ngại

đáng ngại
adj

dangerous, ominous

đáng sợ

đáng sợ
adj

awesome
dreaded, fearful, scary, creepy

đáng thương

đáng thương
adj

pitiful; pitiable

đáng yêu

đáng yêu
adj

cute; adorable

đáng đời

đáng đời
intj

serves [objective case pronouns] right; [subjective case pronouns] had it coming; [subjective case pronouns] got [possessive adjective] just desserts

đánh

đánh
verb

to strike, usually with your palms or a weapon; to strike, to smack, to whack, to bash, to hit, to beat, to assault, etc.; compare gõ (“to hit with the side of the fist, with the knuckles, or with the fingertips”), đấm (“to punch”) and đá (“to kick”)
(sports, board games, card games, gambling) to play a game that involves striking or slamming with your hands or something you hold; compare đá (“to kick; to play a sport that involves kicking”)
(music) to play (a non-wind instrument); compare thổi (“to play/blow (a wind instrument)”)
to type on a typewriter or computer keyboard
to rub continuously on the surface of something until it's clean or shiny
(fishing) to fish with a net or a trap; compare câu (“to fish with a rod”)
(colloquial) to enjoy some eating or resting

đánh bạc

đánh bạc
verb

to gamble

đánh bại

đánh bại
verb

to defeat

đánh bật

đánh bật
verb

to dislodge

đánh bắt

đánh bắt
verb

to catch (fish, etc.)

đánh cắp

đánh cắp
verb

filch, steal

đánh dấu

đánh dấu
verb

(literally and figuratively) to mark

đánh ghen

đánh ghen
verb

(transitive) to make a scene out of jealousy

đánh giá

đánh giá
verb

to evaluate or estimate the price
to evaluate; to estimate; to assess

đánh giáp lá cà

đánh giáp lá cà
verb

to engage in a combat, using guns, bayonets, swords, sticks, etc., or bare hands to fight each other

đánh gió

đánh gió
verb

(martial arts) to shadowbox (to practice fighting moves without an actual opponent)

đánh hơi

đánh hơi
verb

to smell, to sniff (as of a dog)

đánh răng

đánh răng
verb

to brush one's teeth

đánh rắm

đánh rắm
verb

to fart, to break wind

đánh thắng

đánh thắng
verb

to defeat

đánh thức

đánh thức
verb

to awaken; to wake up

đánh tiếng

đánh tiếng
verb

to make a noise to make others know of one's presence
to make known indirectly; to inform through an intermediary

đánh trống lảng

đánh trống lảng
verb

(idiomatic) to change the subject of a conversation when you don't really want to talk about it

đánh trống ngực

đánh trống ngực
verb

to have your heart thump
to suffer from arrhythmia

đánh tỉa

đánh tỉa
verb

to prune
(martial arts) to use out-boxer techniques (using speed and agility to hit an opponent without letting them hit back)
(fighting) to snipe, to ambush

đánh võng

đánh võng
verb

(literally) to swing a hammock
(figuratively, transport) to weave

đánh vần

đánh vần
verb

(linguistics) to spell a Vietnamese syllable as you pronounce it

đánh đu

đánh đu
verb

to swing

đánh đòn

đánh đòn
verb

to cane, to whip
to spank

đánh đầu

đánh đầu
verb

(soccer) to head the ball

đánh đố

đánh đố
verb

to bet; to ask riddles

đánh đồng

đánh đồng
verb

to equate; to liken; to compare

đánh đổi

đánh đổi
noun

to sacrifice one thing in exchange of another, to make a trade-off

đáo để

đáo để
adj

impudent; insolent; impertinent

adv

(colloquial) extremely; excessively

đáp

đáp
verb

to reply or respond
(of plane) to land

đáp án

đáp án
noun

(education) the correct answer or solution to a homework or test question or problem

đáp ứng

đáp ứng
verb

to respond (positively to); to meet (needs); to satisfy

đát

đát
noun

(only in compounds) expiration date

đát-đặc-la

đát-đặc-la
noun

tantra

đáy

đáy
noun

the inside bottom of a container, as opposed to a đế which is the outside bottom
the bottom of a well or a natural body of water such as a lake, river, sea, etc.
(geometry, of a solid) a base
(geometry, informal, of a triangle or trapezoid) Short for cạnh đáy (“base”).

但

但
character