Vietnamese Word of the Day
bao
bag
Definitions
| Vietnamese > English |
| bao |
| 1. n. bag; sack; pack |
| 2. n. box; packet |
| 3. v. to enclose; to envelope; to cover |
| 4. v. to guarantee; to assure |
| 5. v. to take on everything; to undertake (the whole of) something as someone's proxy |
| 6. v. to treat; to pay (for someone else); to foot the bill; to cover (someone else); to stand |
| 7. adv. (literary when used stand-alone) how; how much |
| Ngàn năm là bao? - How long is one thousand years really? |
| 8. adv. (Mekong Delta, colloquial) very; super (placed before an adjective to intensify) |
| cam bao ngọt - super-duper sweet oranges |
| 9. det. (literary) so many |
| bao người - people everywhere |
| bao ngày - day after day |
Example Sentences
| Bạn không bao giờ có lớp hay sao? You never have class or what?! Anh ấy không bao giờ nói dối. He's never told a lie. Ông ngồi đọc sách, vợ ông thì đang đan đôi bao tay cạnh bên. He sat reading, with his wife knitting a pair of gloves beside him. Anh ta không bao giờ để tâm việc tôi bận ra sao. He never takes into account the fact that I am very busy. Làm sao bạn luôn đạt điểm tốt như vậy ở trường chứ? Thậm chí tôi chưa bao giờ nhìn thấy bạn mở sách ra đọc. How do you always get such good marks in school? I never see you even crack a book. |
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