The Vietnamese word for hand is
tay
Translations for hand and their definitions
| tay | |
| 1. n. (colloquial) a hand | |
| quẹo bên tay phải - to turn right (to the right-hand side) | |
| 2. n. (colloquial) an arm | |
| tay áo - a sleeve | |
| 3. n. (informal) a guy; a dude | |
| Tay này không phải vừa đâu! - He’s not the type to be trifled with! |
| chữ viết | |
| 1. n. writing; script; written language | |
| Chữ viết tay - Handwriting | |
| Hệ chữ viết - Writing System |
| đưa | |
| 1. v. to bring, to take, to give, to hand | |
| Tôi đã đưa số tiền cho ông ấy. - I already gave him older man some money. | |
| đưa thư đến tận tay - to deliver a letter to the recipient's hands | |
| đưa tin cho báo - to tip off a newspaper | |
| 2. v. to lead, to guide, to drive | |
| Đưa trâu ra đồng. - Take the water buffalo out to the field. | |
| Đưa khách đi tham quan. - Take the guests sightseeing. | |
| đưa bóng vào lưới - to drive the ball into the net | |
| 3. v. to reach out (to extend one's hand, foot, etc.); to brandish | |
| Đưa tay đỡ lấy đứa bé. - Hold the baby in your hands. | |
| Đưa chân đá quả bóng. - Kick the ball with your foot. | |
| đưa dao ra hăm dọa - to brandish a knife menacingly | |
| đưa đầu chịu đòn - to show one's head to accept punishment | |
| 4. v. to put into | |
| Đưa tất cả công sức vào việc này. - Put all your effort into this task. | |
| đưa tiền ra mua chuộc - to put out money to bribe | |
| 5. v. to bring up | |
| Các báo đã đưa tin… - The newspapers have reported… | |
| Đưa vấn đề ra thảo luận. - Bring up the issue for discussion. | |
| 6. v. to accompany, to escort | |
| Đưa khách ra đến tận cổng. - Accompany the guests to the outermost gate. | |
| đưa bạn lên đường - to accompany a friend on the road | |
| 7. v. to lead to, to guide to, to drive an outcome | |
| đưa cuộc kháng chiến tới thắng lợi - to lead the resistance to victory | |
| Chủ quan đưa đến thất bại. - Subjectivity leads to failure. | |
| 8. v. to shuffle, to shift, to swing (to move in a slovenly, dragging manner) | |
| Mắt nó cứ đưa qua đảo lại. - The child's eyes kept shifting back and forth. | |
| đưa võng ru em - to push a hammock to lull a child to sleep |
| Kim | |
| 1. Proper noun. vi-propn, head=Kim | |
| 2. Proper noun. (historical) the Jin dynasty (1115–1234 AD) | |
| 3. Proper noun. surname, from=Chinese | |
| 4. Proper noun. given name, female, from=Chinese | |
| 5. n. (rare, only in compounds) metal | |
| 6. n. Metal, one of the Wu Xing | |
| Thổ sinh kim. Kim sinh thuỷ.Hoả khắc kim. Kim khắc mộc. - Earth bears Metal. Metal enriches Water.Fire melts Metal. Metal chops Wood. | |
| 7. n. a needle | |
| 8. n. (of a clock/watch) a hand |
| giúp | |
| 1. v. to help; to aid | |
| 2. v. (with other verb) to do instead of, to do for | |
| Anh pha cà phê giúp em nha. - Could you make coffee for me? |
| công nhân | |
| 1. n. a blue-collar worker | |
| 2. n. (communism) a worker |
| phía | |
| 1. n. side, way, direction |
| ván | |
| 1. n. a plank (long, broad and thick piece of timber) | |
| ván ép - plywood | |
| 2. n. (cards, board game) a game | |
| đánh 2 ván bài/cờ - to play 2 card games/games of xiangqi/chess |
| Quyền | |
| 1. Proper noun. vi-propn, head=Quyền | |
| 2. Proper noun. given name, male, from=Chinese | |
| 3. Proper noun. surname, from=Chinese | |
| 4. n. a right | |
| 5. n. power | |
| 6. n. (chiefly martial arts) a punch | |
| 7. n. (martial arts) a martial arts move, or a systematic set of such moves; a martial arts style | |
| Bài quyền này chỉ dành cho biểu diễn thôi. - This style is only for show performance. | |
| Long Hổ Quyền! Khai quyền! - Dragon-Tiger Style! Start! | |
| tuý quyền - the Drunken Fist |
| đỡ | |
| 1. v. to raise (someone) from a fall; to lift up | |
| 2. v. to prop; to support | |
| 3. v. to take in one's hands (what is offered, given); to help down with some load | |
| 4. v. to parry; to ward off | |
| 5. v. (colloquial) to help; to give a hand | |
| 6. v. to reduce (a negative emotion or situation); to relieve | |
| 7. v. to get better (after falling sick); to recover | |
| Em đỡ chưa? - Feeling better? / Recovered yet? | |
| 8. v. (short for, đỡ đẻ, , to deliver (a woman in childbirth)) | |
| 9. adv. (northern Vietnam) temporarily (in the absence of a better method); as a makeshift |
| nhân công | |
| 1. n. manpower; labour; workforce |
| bên | |
| 1. n. side | |
| 2. n. edge | |
| 3. n. face | |
| 4. prep. by; beside | |
| bên con nước - beside the stream |
| buộc | |
| 1. v. to tie an object or seal a container by tying; compare trói and thắt | |
| buộc/cột dây dày - to tie your shoes | |
| buộc/cột tóc - to tie up your hair | |
| buộc/cột bao lại cho chắc - to securely seal the bag by tying its handles | |
| 2. v. to force; to compel |
| quyền hành | |
| 1. n. authority; power |
| thủy thủ | |
| 1. n. vi-alternative spelling of thuỷ thủ |
| hướng | |
| 1. n. direction | |
| hướng đông/tây/nam/bắc - east/west/south/north | |
| 4 phương, 8 hướng - 4 cardinals (east, west, south and north) and 8 ordinals | |
| phương hướng - direction | |
| phương hướng hành động - a course of action to take | |
| 2. v. to face toward | |
| figurative luôn hướng về tổ quốc - to always face toward the motherland luôn hướng về tổ quốc, to never stop missing your motherland, lit=to always face toward the motherland |
| mặt | |
| 1. face | |
| 2. surface | |
| 3. clock face |
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