Tuttle Concise Vietnamese Dictionary. Phan Van Giuong

moäc n. dugout

      ñoäc ngöõ n. monologue, soliloquy

      ñoäc nhaát adj. only, sole, unique: cô hoäi ñoäc nhaát voâ nhò a unique opportunity

      ñoäc quyeàn n., adj. monopoly [with giöõ, naém to hold]

      ñoäc taøi adj., n. dictatorial; dictatorship: nhaø/tay ñoäc taøi dictator

      ñoäc taáu v., n. to play solo; solo

      ñoäc thaïch n., adj. monolith, to be monolithic

      ñoäc thaân adj. single, unmarried

      ñoäc toá n. toxin

      ñoäc xöôùng v. to sing a solo

      ñoâi n., adj. [SV song] pair, couple; two times, twice: chia ñoâi to divide in two; ñeû sinh ñoâi to have twins; toát ñoâi to make a well-matched couple; tay ñoâi by two; bilateral; chôi/ñi nöôùc ñoâi to play double

      ñoâi ba adj. two or three, a few

      ñoâi baïn n. husband and wife, couple

      ñoâi beân n. the two parties, the two sides

      ñoâi co v. to dispute, to contend

      ñoâi hoài v. to explain oneself; to have a friendly talk with someone

      ñoâi khi adv. occasionally, now and then, sometimes

      ñoâi maùch v. to gossip

      ñoâi möôi n. twenty years old

      ñoâi ta n. L the two of us [man and woman]

      ñoâi taùm n. sixteen years old

      ñoái 1 v. to treat, to behave: ñoái xöû töû teá vôùi ai to treat someone kindly 2 v., n. to be parallel; couplet: ñoái ñaùp to reply; phaûn ñoái to oppose, be against; töông ñoái to be relative

      ñoái chaát v. to confront [witnesses]

      ñoái chieáu v. to compare, to contrast [two entities]

      ñoái choïi v. to confront; to face up, to be in contrast

      ñoái dieän v., adj. to face; face to face; in front of

      ñoái ñaõi v. (= ñoái xöû) to treat, to behave [towards vôùi]

      ñoái ñaùp v. to answer, to reply

      ñoái ñòch adj. opposing, resisting

      ñoái khaùng v. to resist, to oppose

      ñoái laäp adj., n. standing in opposition; opposition

      ñoái ngoaïi adj. [of policy] foreign

      ñoái noäi adj. [of policy] domestic, internal affairs

      ñoái phoù v. to face, to deal, to cope [vôùi with]: ñoái phoù vôùi tình hình kinh teá hieän nay to cope with the present economic situation

      ñoái phöông n. the opposing party, the enemy, the adversary

      ñoái thoaïi n., v. conversation, dialogue; to converse

      ñoái thuû n. rival, opponent

      ñoái töôïng n. object, external thing

      ñoái vôùi prep., adv. towards, vis-avis; regarding

      ñoái xöùng adj. symmetrical

      ñoài n. hill

      ñoài baïi adj. decadent, corrupt, depraved

      ñoài moài n. sea turtle

      ñoài phong baïi tuïc adj., n. immoral; depraved customs

      ñoài truî adj. depraved: taùc phaåm ñoài truî depraved works

      ñoåi v. to change, to alter, to exchange, to barter, to switch, to trade in: thay ñoåi to change

      ñoåi chaùc v. to barter, to trade, to exchange

      ñoåi dôøi v. to change

      ñoåi thay v. to change

      ñoãi n. measure, degree, extent

      ñoäi 1 v. to wear or carry on one’s head: ñoäi muõ to wear a hat 2 n. company [of soldiers], team, squad; sergeant (= trung só): ñaïi ñoäi company; trung ñoäi platoon; tieåu ñoäi squad; phaân ñoäi section

      ñoäi hình n. formation, line-up

      ñoäi loát v. to pretend to be, to pose as, to use as a cloak

      ñoäi nguõ n. army ranks, line-up

      ñoäi ôn adj. grateful

      ñoäi soå adj. at the bottom of a list

      ñoäi tröôûng n. sergeant, chief-sergeant, leader of a group

      ñoäi tuyeån n. selected team

      ñoäi vieân n. member of a group, member of an association

      ñoäi xeáp n. policeman, constable CL oâng, thaày

      ñoâm ñoáp n. clapping of hands

      ñoám n. spot, speckle, dot

      ñoân ñoác v. to urge, to stimulate

      ñoán 1 adj. lousy, wretched, miserable, badly behaved 2 v. to cut down, to fell [a tree]

      ñoán ñôøi adj. degrading, miserable

      ñoán kieáp adj. degraded, miserable

      ñoán maït adj. degraded, miserable

      ñoàn 1 n. post, camp, fort, station 2 v. to spread a rumor: ñoàn ñaïi/ tin ñoàn rumor

      ñoàn ñieàn n. plantation: ñoàn ñieàn cao su rubber plantation

      ñoàn truù v. to camp, to be stationed

      ñoän 1 v. to stuff, to fill, to pack, to mix 2 adj. stupid, dull, witless: ngöôøi ñaàn ñoän/ngu ñoän stupid person

      ñoän thoå v. to vanish underground

      ñoâng 1 n. east: raïng ñoâng dawn; Vieãn Ñoâng Far East; Trung Ñoâng Middle East; Ñoâng AÙ East Asia 2 n. [SV ñoâ ng] winter: muøa ñoâng winter 3 v. to freeze, to congeal, to coagulate: thòt ñoâng frozen cooked meat 4 adj. crowded [people/place]; phaàn ñoâng the majority; ñaùm ñoâng crowd

      Ñoâng AÂu n. East Europe

      ñoâng chí n. winter solstice

      Ñoâng Döông n. Indo-China: ngöôøi Ñoâng Döông Indo-Chinese

      ñoâng ñaûo adj. crowded: ñoânh ñaûo daân chuùng crowds of people

      ñoâng ñuùc adj. [of crowd, population] to be dense, heavy

      Ñoâng Ñöùc n. East Germany

      Ñoâng Kinh n. Tonkin [obs.], Tokyo

      Ñoâng Nam AÙ n. Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian: Toå chöùc Hieäp öôùc (Lieân phoøng) Ñoâng Nam AÙ Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

      ñoâng phöông n. the east, the Orient

      ñoâng taây n. east and west

      ñoângy n. Oriental medicine, Sino-Vietnamese medicine

      ñoáng n. heap, pile, mass: chaát ñoáng to pile up, to heap up

      ñoàng 1 n. field, ricefield, prairie: ngoaøi ñoàng in the ricefields 2 n. copper, bronze, brass 3 n. coin, piastre: ñoàng xu cent, penny; ñoàng haøo dime; ñoàng baïc piastre [coin or bill] 4 adj. R to be of the same [thing]; to have the same; to do together (= cuøng): töông ñoàng to be similar to each other; hoäi ñoàng meeting, council, assembly