| **Quốc Ngữ** | **Chữ Nôm** | **Định Nghĩa** |
| ------------ | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| anh | 英 | male around older brother’s age |
| biểu | 表 | table |
| buồn | 煩 | sad |
| bàn | 盤 | 1. table<br>2. board |
| bán | 半 | 1. to sell<br>2. half |
| bánh | 餅 | 1. CL used for breads, cakes, and other flat or balled doughs<br>2. cake |
| báo | 報 | newspaper; to report, tell; |
| bé | 𡮣 | little |
| bình thường | 平常 | normal, ordinary |
| bướng bỉnh | 𬒩𬒩 | stubborn |
| bạn | 伴 | you; friend |
| bảng | 榜 | board; table (of data); |
| bỏ phiếu | 𠬕票 | to vote, cast one's vote |
| bố | 𢂞 | dad |
| bức | 幅 | CL for walls, barriers, handwritten letters, drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures or statues |
| bữa | 𩛷 | meal |
| ca | 牁 | mug |
| cam | 柑 | orange |
| chai | 𥑂 | 1. bottle<br>2. (slang) 1 million dongs<br>3. callus<br>4. used up (batteries) |
| chia | 𢺹 | to share, distribute; to divide; to conjugate; |
| chim | 𪀄 | a bird |
| chiếc | 隻 | 1. CL for inanimate things (formal); <br>2. CL for vehicles |
| chiều | 𣊿 | afternoon |
| chào | 嘲 | to greet, salute, say hello or goodbye to |
| châu | 洲 | continent |
| chí | 誌 | publication, record; |
| chó | 㹥 | dog |
| chúng | 眾 | plural marker for pronouns |
| chạy | 𧼋 | to run |
| chậm | 踸 | slow |
| chụp ảnh | 𨄴影 | to take a photo |
| chữ | 𡨸 | 1. character, letter |
| con | 𡥵 | CL for living things |
| cuốn | 卷 | CL for books (South Vietnam) |
| cà phê | 咖啡 | coffee |
| cá | 𩵜 | fish |
| các | 各 | all, each; |
| cái | 丐 | CL for inanimate objects |
| câu | 句 | sentence |
| cây | 𣘃 | plant with hard trunk; |
| có | 固 | to have |
| cô | 姑 | woman around parent’s age |
| cũ | 古 | 1. old<br>2. obsolete<br>3. second-hand<br>4. former |
| cơm | 粓 | rice |
| cảm | 敢 | brave |
| cần | 懃 | to need |
| cần thiết | 懃切 | necessary |
| cậu | 舅 | third person term (I think) |
| cắn | 哏 | to bite |
| cởi | 襘 | to take off (clothes) |
| của | 𧵑 | of, possession particle |
| cửa | 𨷶 | window, door |
| dài | 𨱽 | long |
| dây | 𦀊 | string |
| dèn pin | 畑pin | flashlight |
| dê | 羝 | goat |
| dì | 姨 | aunt |
| dũng | 勇 | brave |
| dơ | 涂 | dirty |
| dơi | 猚 | bat (animal) |
| dầu | 油 | oil |
| ga | 駅 | train station |
| ghi | 記 | to record, memorize; |
| ghét | 恄 | to hate |
| ghế | 𣖟 | seat, chair |
| giàu | 𢀭 | rich |
| giáo | 教 | teaching |
| giúp | 執 | to help |
| giúp đỡ | 執拖 | to help |
| giường | 床 | bed |
| giấu | 𠥤 | to hide |
| giấy | 紙 | paper |
| gà | 鵸 | chicken |
| gái | 𡛔 | girls, women; |
| găng | 矜 | glove |
| gấu | 𤠰 | bear |
| gọi | 噲 | to order/call |
| hay | 咍 | 1. or<br>2. interesting, entertaining |
| hiện đại | 現代 | modern |
| hà | 河 | river |
| hài hước | 諧謔 | humorous |
| hán | 漢 | Han Chinese |
| hòn | 𡉕 | CL for pebbles, rocks, stones and similar small, round things |
| hạ | 夏 | summer |
| hạnh phúc | 幸福 | 1. happy<br>2. happiness |
| họ | 𣱆 | they |
| học | 學 | to study |
| khuya | 𣅘 | 1. Late<br>2. Late at night |
| không | 空 | empty, void; none; air, sky; not; question particle |
| kia | 箕 | that/those (adjective) (less common); (can also be pronoun); |
| kiên nhẫn | 堅忍 | patient |
| kiếm | 劍 | sword |
| li | 璃 | glass |
| là | 羅 | to be (animate) |
| lạc quan | 樂觀 | optimistic |
| lấy | 𥙩 | 1. to take<br>2. to receive |
| lịch sử | 歷史 | 1. history<br>2. historic |
| lịch sự | 歷事 | polite |
| lớn | 𡘯 | 1. big<br>2. adult<br>3. grand<br>4. loud |
| ma | 魔 | ghost |
| mai | 𣈕 | early morning; (informal) tomorrow; |
| mang | 芒 | to wear (shoes) (South Vietnam) |
| me | 楣 | tamarind |
| muỗng | 𨮵 | spoon (South Vietnam) |
| muốn | 㦖 | to want |
| mà | 𦓡 | but |
| má | 媽 | mom |
| máy tính | 𣛠併 | 1. computer<br>2. calculator |
| mây | 𩄲 | cloud |
| mã | 碼 | code |
| mão | 卯 | [name]; |
| mèo | 猫 | cat |
| mì | 麵 | noodle; bread |
| mình | 𠵴 | self, reflexive pronoun |
| món | 𦁺 | 1. dish (of food); <br>2. classifier for food dishes; |
| mĩ | 美 | america; beautiful; |
| mũ | 𢃱 | hat (North Vietnam) |
| mạ | 𥡗 | rice seedling |
| mả | 墓 | tomb |
| mẫu | 模 | sample; design, model; |
| mẫu | 姆 | mother |
| mắc | 𫄓 | expensive (South Vietnam) |
| mặc | 𧞾 | to wear (tops or bottoms) |
| mẹ | 媄 | mother |
| một | 𠬠 | one |
| mới | 𡤔 | brand new |
| mở | 𨸈 | to open |
| nam | 南 | south |
| nga | 娥 | beautiful |
| nghiêm túc | 嚴肅 | serious |
| nghèo | 𧹅 | poor |
| nghĩ | 𢣂 | to think |
| ngoại | 外 | foreign; |
| nguy hiểm | 危險 | 1. dangerous<br>2. pretentious |
| nguyễn | 阮 | (name) |
| ngã | 我 | to fall |
| người | 㝵 | CL for people; person |
| ngắn | 𥐉 | short (in length or duration) |
| ngủ | 𥄬 | to sleep |
| ngữ | 語 | language |
| nhanh | 𨘱 | fast |
| nhà | 茹 | dynasty |
| nhà | 家 | 1. house, home; <br>2. building (of a complex) |
| nhảy | 䟢 | 1. to jump, leap<br>2. to rise quickly<br>3. to dance<br>4. to mate |
| những | 仍 | plural marker |
| này | 呢 | this/these (adjective); |
| nó | 伮 | it |
| nôm | 喃 | southern (speech, characters) |
| nước | 渃 | water |
| nặng | 曩 | heavy |
| nội | 內 | inside |
| nữ | 女 | woman |
| ong | 蜂 | bee |
| phà | 柀 | ferry |
| phòng | 房 | room |
| phường | 坊 | ward, subdivision; |
| phạm | 范 | name; pattern, model; boundary, rule; |
| phạm | 犯 | to commit (a crime); |
| phải | 沛 | correct; right (side); |
| phụ | 婦 | woman |
| phụ nữ | 婦女 | woman |
| phức tạp | 複雜 | complicated, complex |
| quan trọng | 關重 | important; significant |
| quay | 𨧰 | to rotate |
| quyển | 卷 | CL for books (North Vietnam) |
| quả | 果 | fruit; classifier for fruit |
| quần | 裙 | shorts, pants, boxers, briefs (two-holed bottom) |
| quốc | 國 | nation, country |
| rau | 蒌 | leafy green vegetables |
| rất | 慄 | very (formal; Vietnamese prefers other words) |
| rắn | 吝 | hard, firm, solid |
| rắn | 𧋻 | snake (non-constricting) |
| rồng | 蠬 | dragon |
| sai | 差 | wrong, incorrect |
| sách | 冊 | book |
| sáng | 𠓇 | morning; bright; |
| sét | 𩂶 | lightning |
| sấm | 𩇆 | thunder |
| sẻ | 𪀆 | sparrow |
| sẻ | 𢩿 | to divide, share; |
| sợi | 𥾘 | thread |
| sữa | 𣳪 | milk |
| tao | 𠋺 | i/me (very informal) |
| tay | 𢬣 | hand, arm |
| thanh | 聲 | sound, tone, noise (only in compounds); |
| thu | 秋 | autumn |
| thân thiện | 親善 | friendly |
| thìa | 匙 | spoon (North Vietnam) |
| thích | 適 | to like |
| thư | 書 | letter |
| thấy | 𧡊 | 1. to see<br>2. to succeed in gathering information through the senses |
| thắt lưng | 抶𦡟 | a belt (North Vietnam) |
| thọ | 壽 | longevity |
| thức ăn | 式咹 | food |
| thực | 食 | food (in compounds); |
| tiếng | 㗂 | language |
| tiết | 節 | period |
| tiện lợi | 便利 | convenient |
| toán | 算 | math |
| trai | 𤳆 | boys, men; |
| tre | 𥯌 | bamboo |
| tre | 椥 | bamboo |
| trung thực | 忠實 | 1. faithful, sincere<br>2. honest, truthful |
| truyền thống | 傳統 | 1. traditional<br>2. tradition |
| trà | 茶 | tea |
| trái | 𣡚 | CL for fruits (South Vietnam) |
| trâu | 𤛠 | buffalo |
| trăn | 螓 | snake (constricting) |
| trưa | 暏 | noon |
| trưởng thành | 長成 | 1. mature<br>2. to grow up |
| trẻ | 𥘷 | young; children |
| táo | 枣 | apple; date |
| tích cực | 積極 | 1. positive<br>2. active |
| tôi | 碎 | i/me |
| túi | 襊 | bag, pocket, pouch |
| tạo | 造 | to create |
| tạp | 雜 | miscellaneous |
| tảo | 藻 | seaweed |
| tập | 習 | to practice |
| tế | 際 | edge, border; |
| tệ | 弊 | bad (at doing something) |
| tối | 𣋁 | evening |
| tối | 最 | the most (only in compounds) |
| tốt | 𡄰 | good |
| tờ | 詞 | sheet (CL) |
| tờ | 詞 | classifier for sheets of things, eg paper |
| từ | 詞 | word |
| tự | 字 | Chinese character; courtesy name; |
| uống | 㕵 | to drink |
| viễn | 遠 | forever |
| việt | 越 | Yue people |
| voi | 㺔 | elephant |
| và | 吧 | and |
| váy | 𧚟 | skirt, dress (North Vietnam) |
| văn | 文 | literature; writing; language; |
| vĩnh | 永 | forever |
| vẽ | 𦘧 | to draw, paint |
| với | 唄 | with |
| xe | 車 | car, cart, bike, truck, etc |
| xin | 吀 | to ask for; to beg for; to request |
| xuân | 春 | spring |
| áo khoác | 袄𢸠 | coat, jacket |
| âm | 音 | sound |
| ép | 𢹥 | to press |
| ích kỉ | 益己 | selfish |
| ô | 𢄓 | umbrella |
| ông | 翁 | Sir |
| ý | 意 | desire, idea, meaning |
| ăn | 咹 | to eat |
| đay nịt | 𦀊𦄇 | a belt (South Vietnam) |
| đeo | 𫼔 | to wear (accessories) |
| đi | 𠫾 | 1. to go<br>2. to wear (shoes) (North Vietnam)<br>3. to go by (transit) |
| điển | 典 | book; statute, code; compendium; |
| điện thoại | 電話 | 1. phone<br>2. to call |
| điệu | 調 | manner; |
| đom | 㶩 | firefly (first syllable) |
| đoản | 短 | short (only in compounds) |
| đu | 𣛭 | first syllable of papaya |
| đu | 悠 | to revolve |
| đàn | 𡊨 | flock, herd (used in man) |
| đá | 𥒥 | rock, stone |
| đây | 低 | this/these (pronoun); |
| đó | 妬 | that/those (adjective); (can also be pronoun); |
| đóm | 㶩 | firefly (second syllable) |
| đông | 冬 | winter |
| đúng | 中 | right, correct |
| đĩa | 碟 | plate; disk |
| đơn | 單 | 1. list, menu; <br>2. petition, application; <br>3. purchase order; <br>4. prescription: |
| đơn giản | 單簡 | simple |
| đạp | 踏 | to peddle; to step foot on |
| đầm | | dress (South Vietnam) |
| đắt | 𠿲 | expensive (North Vietnam) |
| định nghĩa | 定義 | 1. definition<br>2. to define |
| đọc | 讀 | to read |
| đồ | 圖 | to trace; stuff, things; |
| đồng | 同 | same |
| độc lập | 獨立 | 1. independent<br>2. independance |
| đội | 戴 | to wear (hats) |
| đội | 戴 | to wear (on the head) |
| đủ | 𣛭 | second syllable of papaya |
| đứa | 𠁂 | CL for children |
| ảnh | 影 | 1. picture (North Vietnam)<br>2. he, him (South Vietnam) |
| ấy | 𧘇 | that (demonstrative) |
| ở | 於 | in, at |