Chữ

Thông dụng

Danh từ

Writing, script

chữ quốc ngữ

Vietnamese national script

chữ viết khó xem

a handwriting hard to read

Letter, type

chữ hoa

capital letters

máy đánh chữ

a typewriter

xếp chữ

to set types

Syllable, foot

câu thơ bảy chữ

a seven-syllable (seven-foot) verse

Word

dùng chữ chính xác

to use accurate words

Han-originated word

thích dùng chữ

to be fond of Han-originated words

Knowledge

chữ thầy trả cho thầy

to give back to one's teacher whatever knowledge he has taught, to forget whatever one has learned

người có chữ

a person with knowledge, an educated person

Established notion (of ethics..)

chữ hiếu

(The established notion of) piety

Tradition has it that; it is written in the ancient books that

chữ rằng xuân bất tái lai

tradition has it that one's spring time never returns

(Ancient) coin

một đồng một chữ cũng không có

not to have a penny to call one's own