# Read Vietnamese, Lesson 29
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No.66-18965
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
bành trướng : to develop, spread out, expand
bao gồm : to include
Bắc Kinh : Peking
bằng : to equal; equally
bút đàm : pen conversation, written conversation
cảm hóa : to move, civilize, make ... change
chịu : to be influenced by
chữ nho : the scholar's characters, Chinese characters, written Chinese, Chinese written symbols
chữ viết : writing system, writing, written language
sõi : world, area, extent, country
dẫu : although, though, even though
đặt : to set up, establish, coin (new word), build (a sentence)
địa cầu : the earth, the globe
giao thông : to communicate; communication
hầu : almost, nearly, virtually
Hi Lạp : Greece; Greek
huống chi : let alone, all the more reason
khách : Chinaman, Chinese
khắp : all over
khí cụ : tool, instrumnet
La Mã : Rome; Roman
Mãn Châu : Manchuria; Manchu
Mông Cổ : Mongolia; Mongolian
Nhật Bản : Japan; Japanese
nội địa : inland, inside the territory
nội thuộc : to be ruled by China, be under Chinese rule
phát tích : to originate
phiên ly : bamboo fence, barrier
đất phiên ly : (of Chinese dependency) to be outlying, bordering
phong tục : customs (and manners)
Phúc Kiến : Fukien
quan : official, officier, mandarin
việc quan : official business
làm quan : to be an official
quan thoại : mandarin's language, mandarin dialect of Chinese
Quảng Đông : Kwangtung
tiếng Quảng Đông : Cantonese dialect (of Chinese)
Quí Châu : Kweichou
Tây Tạng : Tibet; Tibetan
thanh âm : sound, phone
thâu nhập : to import, accept, adopt
thượng cổ : ancient times
tiếng nói : language, speech, voice, spoken language
tràn : to spread
truyền bá : to disseminate
tuyệt nhiên : absolutely
Tứ Xuyên : Szechuan
tự : from [=từ]
văn hóa : culture; cultural
văn minh : civilization, to be civilized
văn tự : writing system, written language, script
Vân Nam : Yunnan
vốn : originally
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