bài

bài
noun
  1. card, playing card, card game
  2. tag, tablet
  3. lesson
  4. exercise, paper, task, theme

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

bèo

bèo
noun
  1. duckweed

adj
  1. (slang) cheap, low quality

ca

ca
noun
  1. mug (cup)
  2. mug (about 1/4 liter)
  3. (literary, in compounds) a song
  4. (medicine) case
  5. shift (change of workers)
  6. The name of the Latin-script letter K.

verb
  1. (colloquial in Southern Vietnam, somewhat literary in other dialects) to sing
  2. (colloquial, ironic) to praise
  3. (colloquial) to scold

cỏ

cỏ
noun
  1. grass
  2. (slang) weed; marijuana

adj
  1. (literary) negligible

cờ

cờ
noun
  1. flag; banner; standard; vexillum; streamer
  2. vexillum (upper petal of a papilionaceous flower)
  3. a board game in which there are pieces, such as chess, go, shogi, xiangqi, etc., or tokens such as bootleg Monopoly, Ludo, etc.

cờ ba que

cờ ba que
noun
  1. (chiefly communist Vietnamese, often derogatory, slang) the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam

gan

gan
noun
  1. (anatomy) a liver
  2. (figuratively) audacity; gall; balls
  3. (botany) Malus doumeri

adj
  1. hepatic
  2. courageous, brave, tough

kiểm tra

kiểm tra
noun
  1. (usually education) a test or quiz; compare thi (“exam”, finals or entrance exams)

verb
  1. to check or examine; compare thanh tra (“to inspect”, of an inspector or inspecting agency)

luận

luận
noun
  1. essay

lá

lá
noun
  1. a leaf

classifier
  1. Used for thin and flat and/or leaf-like objects, such as letters, cards, flags, leaf-shaped organs (such as the liver, the lungs, the spleen, the pancreas), etc.

adj
  1. (rare, literary) green

lục bát

lục bát
noun
  1. a traditional Vietnamese poetry with alternating lines of 6 and 8 syllables, whereby the last syllable of a 6-syllable line rhymes with the 6th syllable of the very next 8-syllable line, and the last syllable of an 8-syllable line rhymes with the last syllable of the very next 6-syllable line; the rhyming also has to conform to the matching of trắc or bằng tones

mồng tơi

mồng tơi
noun
  1. Basella alba; Malabar spinach

phổi

phổi
noun
  1. lung

quốc kì

quốc kì
noun
  1. a national flag

rau má

rau má
noun
  1. centella (Centella asiatica)

sơ khai

sơ khai
adj
  1. initial; primordial; original; early

noun
  1. (figuratively) a stub (as an early, incomplete composition)

tam cúc

tam cúc
noun
  1. A multi-trick card game popular in northern Vietnam, played mostly by women for entertainment and at ceremonies and festivals.

thi

thi
noun
  1. (literary) poetry

verb
  1. to compete
  2. to take an examination

thơ con cóc

thơ con cóc
noun
  1. jocular poetry; a jocular poem

thơ thất ngôn tứ tuyệt

thơ thất ngôn tứ tuyệt
noun
  1. a Chinese-style quatrain with 7 syllables for each line, whereby, generally, the last syllables of all but the 3rd line rhyme; poems in Vietnamese also have to have all of their syllables follow some specific patterns of trắc and bằng tones

thư điện tử

thư điện tử
noun
  1. email

tiểu luận

tiểu luận
noun
  1. essay

trầu

trầu
noun
  1. betel

tình ca

tình ca
noun
  1. (literary, music, poetry, literature) a song, poem or narrative that evokes a strong feeling of love (romantic, patriotic, nostalgic or otherwise)

vịnh

vịnh
noun
  1. (geography) a gulf or bay
  2. (poetry) a type of poem that describes or comments on a particular subject

đồng dao

đồng dao
noun
  1. children's folk song

𦹵

𦹵
noun
  1. grass