# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 28 # by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) ả : woman, lass, girl ả xẩm : Chinese woman ắm : to carry (baby) in one's arms bầy : pack, herd, flock bế : to carry (baby) in one's arms bị : reed bag [CL cái], bagfull bị rết : bag, haversack bình tĩnh : to keep calm bọc : package, bundle bóng : shadow bồng : to carry (baby) in one's arms bưng : to carry (tray, etc.) with both hands cảnh : scene khung cảnh : framework, backdrop, background phong cảnh : scenery, landscape căn : [CL for houses, apartments, rooms] căn nhà : house, apartment cắp : to carry under one's arm chăn : blanket [=mền] chăn chiếu : blankets and sleeping mats chen : to make one's way through a crowd chen chúc : to make one's way, elbow one's way through a crowd, jostle chen lấn : to jostle aggressively chở : to transport, carry cõng : to carry piggy-back dành : to wrench away, wrest dồn : to herd (cattle, children) đau : to be painful đau đớn : to be painful đầy : to be full, be filled up đầy ắp : to be full (of) đẩy : to push, shove xô đẩy : to push, shove đèo : to carry (person or thing) on one's bicycle điềm tĩnh : to be calm, be poised đỉnh : incense burner địu : to carry (child) strapped on one's back đoàn : band, ground đổ xô : (of people) to rush, pour out đội : to carry on one's head gánh : to carry with a shoulder pole gầy tếu : to be lean, be gaunt, be emaciated gậy : cane, stick [CL cây, cái] gồng : to carry with a shoulder pole [=gánh] góp : to accumulate, gather, contribute, pool (resources) góp nhặt : to collect, amass little by little, accumulate hiện : to appear hòm : trunk, foot locker [CL cái], trunkful; coffin hỗn độn : to be in a state of confusion cảnh hỗn độn : confusion hốt hoảng : to be panic-stricken, be panicky [=hoảng hốt] kếch xù : to be very big khiêng : (of two or more persons) to carry (heavy thing) khuân : to carry (heavy thing), especially with another person khuân vác : to carry (heavy thing) khung : frame khung cảnh : framework, backdrop, background làn sóng : wave làn sóng người : human waves lắc : to shake (head), swing, sway, rock lắc lư : to be swaying, be bobbing lối : way lối đi : way, pathway mang : to carry, wear, bear tay sách nách mang : to carry several things at a time mặc : to leave alone, let alone, ignore mền : blanket [=chăn] mếu máo : to make faces before, while, or after crying nách : armpit, underarm; to carry under one's arms nặng trịch : to be very heavy ngả : direction nhập : to enter nhập bọn : to join ôm : to embrace, hug (person, object) quẩy : to carry with a shoulder pole rết : haversack, bag run rẩy : to be trembling, be shaking rương : trunk, foot locker, trunkful sáng : to be shiny sáng loáng : to be shiny say sưa : (of sleep) to be sound; soundly súng : gun [CL cái, khẩu] tản cư : to evacuate (population) thau : wash basic (made of brass or copper), washbowlful thúnh : large basket, basketful tòng teng : to be hanging, be dangling từ : to turn down vác : to carry on one's shoulder vơ : to pick up, grab, snatch vơi : not to be quite full xách : to carry (briefcase, case, suitcase) handing from hand and by means of a handle xe bò : ox cart xe máy : bicycle [=xe đạp] xô : to push and shove xô đẩy : (of people) to rush, pour out ỳ ạch : to toil, labor with difficulty yên : saddle, bicycle saddle # end