The Vietnamese word for father is
ba
Translations for father and their definitions
| ba | |
| 1. n. (chiefly southern Vietnam) father | |
| 2. adj. (southern Vietnam, of a sibling) secondborn | |
| anh/chị ba - second eldest brother/sister | |
| bác ba - second eldest brother/sister of one's parent | |
| chú ba - secondborn younger brother of one's father | |
| 3. det. (colloquial) some, an indefinite quantity greater than one | |
| Ba cái đó chả đáng quan tâm. - There's no need to be concerned about those. | |
| 4. n. (only in compounds) wave; ripple |
| cha | |
| 1. n. (dated, or literary, or Catholic) a father | |
| 2. n. (southern Vietnam, humorous) a dude | |
| Thôi dẹp đi cha! - Stop it, dude! | |
| 3. pron. (dated, or literary) I/me, your father | |
| 4. pron. (dated, or literary) you, my father | |
| 5. pron. (Catholic) you, father |
| tía | |
| 1. n. (Southern Vietnam) father; dad | |
| 2. adj. (dated) purple |
| thầy | |
| 1. n. a male teacher | |
| 2. n. (history, now literary) a teacher | |
| Muốn sang thì bắc cầu kiềuMuốn con hay chữ thì yêu lấy thầy - Want to cross a river? Build a bridgeWant your children educated? Show their teacher some love | |
| 3. n. (dialectal, northern Vietnam) a father | |
| thầy mẹ/u - parents | |
| 4. n. (only in compounds) Buddhist monk; expert | |
| thầy cãi - a lawyer | |
| thầy lang - a practitioner of East Asian alternative medicine | |
| 5. pron. I/me, your male teacher | |
| 6. pron. you, my male teacher | |
| 7. pron. he/him, that male teacher we're talking about | |
| 8. pron. (dialectal, northern Vietnam) I/me, your father | |
| 9. pron. (dialectal, northern Vietnam) you, my father | |
| 10. pron. (dialectal, northern Vietnam) he/him, your/my father |
| cậu | |
| 1. n. a maternal uncle (mother's brother) | |
| 2. n. a young male master | |
| 3. n. a younger male stranger | |
| 4. n. (central Vietnam) a father | |
| 5. pron. I/me, your mother's brother | |
| 6. pron. you, my mother's brother | |
| 7. pron. (familiar) you, my peer who I know is as old as me | |
| 8. pron. (familiar) you, a male younger than me | |
| 9. pron. (honorific) you, my young master, my old master's son | |
| 10. pron. (narratology) you, a young boy or man | |
| 11. pron. (narratology) he/him, a young boy or man |
| bố | |
| 1. n. (northern Vietnam) a father | |
| 2. pron. (northern Vietnam) I/me, your father | |
| 3. pron. (northern Vietnam) you, my father | |
| 4. pron. (northern Vietnam) he/him, your/my father | |
| 5. pron. (northern Vietnam, ironic) you, a male who I'm thinking is being stupid | |
| 6. n. burlap; jute fabric |
| Bác | |
| 1. pron. (informal, affectionate) I/me, the old Ho Chi Minh | |
| 2. pron. (informal, affectionate) you, the old Ho Chi Minh | |
| 3. pron. (informal, affectionate) he/him, the old Ho Chi Minh | |
| bác mẹ - parents | |
| 4. n. paternal uncle, father's elder brother | |
| 5. n. paternal aunt-in-law, father's elder brother's wife | |
| 6. pron. you, someone who's presumably slightly older than one of my parents | |
| 7. pron. he/him/she/her, someone who's presumably slightly older than one of my parents | |
| 8. pron. (familiar) you, someone who's slightly older than me | |
| 9. v. to scramble (eggs, etc.) | |
| 10. v. (often in compounds) to reject, to dismiss, to refute, to turn down |
| bọ | |
| 1. n. insect; bug | |
| 2. n. (southern Vietnam) guinea pig | |
| 3. n. (Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh) father; dad |
| áng | |
| 1. n. (literary) beautiful piece | |
| áng thơ - beautiful poem | |
| 2. classifier. vi-cls, 盎 | |
| 3. classifier. (literary) Indicates clouds | |
| 4. classifier. topics, Male, Parents |
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