| yacht {n} (slick and light ship) | :: du thuyền |
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah | :: |
| yak {n} (ox-like mammal) | :: bò tây tạng |
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
| yam {n} (any Dioscorea vine) | :: khoai lang |
| yam {n} (taro) SEE: taro | :: |
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
| Yan'an {prop} (prefecture-level city) | :: Diên An |
| Yanbian {prop} (Korean autonomous prefecture in northeast China) | :: Diên Biên (延邊) |
| yang {n} (essential male principle) | :: dương (陽) |
| Yang-chou {prop} (Yangzhou) SEE: Yangzhou | :: |
| Yangon {prop} (largest city in Myanmar) | :: Răng Gun, Yangon |
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| Yangtze {prop} (river) | :: Trường Giang (長江), (sông) Dương Tử (揚子) |
| Yangzhou {prop} (a prefecture-level city in eastern China) | :: Dương Châu |
| Yantai {prop} (a city of China) | :: Yên Đài |
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: Yaoundé |
| yard {n} (land around a house) | :: sân |
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
| yardlong bean {n} (Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis) | :: đậu đũa |
| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving) | :: sợi |
| Yaroslavl {prop} (city) | :: Yaroslavl |
| Yasodhara {prop} (former wife of Gautama Buddha) | :: Da-du-đà-la |
| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: ngáp |
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: ngáp |
| yay {interj} | :: hoan hô, vạn tuế (萬歲) |
| Yay {prop} (A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people) | :: tiếng Bố Y (Bouyei language), tiếng Giáy (Giáy language) |
| yeah {particle} (yes) | :: ừ [informal], ờ [informal] |
| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: năm |
| yearbook {n} (reference book, published annually) | :: niên giám (年鑑) (年鑒) |
| year-round {adj} (continuing throughout the year) | :: quanh năm |
| year-round {adv} (continuing throughout the year) | :: quanh năm |
| yeast {n} (fungus) | :: men |
| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Yekaterinburg |
| yell {v} (shout (verb)) | :: la hét |
| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour) | :: vàng, màu vàng |
| yellow {n} (colour) | :: hoàng, vàng |
| yellow card {n} (card in sports) | :: thẻ vàng |
| yellow fever {n} (illness) | :: sốt vàng, sốt vàng da |
| Yellow River {prop} (river of northern China) | :: Hoàng Hà (黃河) |
| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea) | :: Hoàng Hải (黃海) |
| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen) | :: Y-ê-men |
| yen {n} (unit of Japanese currency) | :: yên |
| Yen-an {prop} (Yan'an) SEE: Yan'an | :: |
| Yen-t'ai {prop} (Yantai) SEE: Yantai | :: |
| yep {n} (informal "yes") | :: ừ, ờ |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: vâng [Northern Vietnam], dạ [Southern Vietnam], có [in response to a question containing có], phải [in response to a question containing (có) phải], được [in response to a question containing được không], rồi [in response to a question containing chưa], ờ [informal], ừ [informal] |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement) | :: có chứ [in response to a statement containing không có], được chứ [in response to a statement containing không được] |
| yes {interj} (response that confirms attention) | :: vâng [Northern Vietnam], dạ [Southern Vietnam], ơi [informal] |
| yes-no {particle} (particle used to form yes-no questions) | :: không [final], phải không [final] |
| yesterday {n} (day before today) | :: hôm qua |
| yesteryear {n} (times gone by) | :: xưa, thời xưa, ngày xưa |
| yet {adv} | :: ... đã ... chưa |
| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even | :: |
| Yichang {prop} (a prefecture-level city in central China) | :: Nghi Xương |
| Yiddish {prop} (language) | :: tiếng Yiddish |
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| yin {n} (essential female principle) | :: âm (陰) |
| Yin-ch'uan {prop} (Yinchuan) SEE: Yinchuan | :: |
| Yinchuan {prop} (a city of China) | :: Ngân Xuyên |
| yin-yang {n} (yin and yang) | :: âm dương (陰陽) |
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| Yên Bái {prop} (province of Vietnam) | :: Yên Bái |
| Yün-nan {prop} (Yunnan) SEE: Yunnan | :: |
| yodel {n} (song) | :: hát yodel |
| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline) | :: thuyết du già |
| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: sữa chua, da ua |
| yoke {n} (wooden bar) | :: ách |
| yoke {n} (wooden frame or bar for a person to carry a pair of buckets) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| yolk {n} (yellow of egg) | :: lòng đỏ |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: [see subject pronouns] |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: [see subject pronouns] |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: various, with the widespread use of kinship terms as pronouns |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: various, with the widespread use of kinship terms as pronouns |
| you {pron} | :: [polite] chị, ông, em, [neutral] quý vị, bác, [{s}; with các, {p}] dì [and other words expressing familial relationship] , các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em, các bạn, [rude unless to a friend or subordinate] các ngươi, bọn mày,bọn mi,bay |
| you {determiner} | :: chị, ông, [polite] emanh , bà, con, bạn, ngươi, [rude unless to a friend or subordinate] mày, [neutral] quý vị, bác, dì [and other words expressing familial relationship] |
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| you get what you pay for {proverb} (quality of goods increases as the prices increases) | :: tiền nào của nấy, tiền nào của đó, tiền nào của đấy |
| you know {interj} (expression signifying a pause or hesitation) | :: ờ, ừm, địt mẹ [vulgar], đủ má [vulgar] |
| you-know-who {pron} | :: Kẻ-mà-ai-cũng-biết-là-ai-đấy |
| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth) | :: trẻ [of humans], non [of other living beings] |
| younger brother {n} (single-word translations) | :: em (㛪) |
| younger brother {n} (multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations) | :: em trai (㛪𤳇) |
| younger sister {n} | :: em (㛪), em gái (㛪𡛔) |
| youngest {adj} (superlative form of young) | :: út, trẻ nhất |
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner)) | :: của bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.) |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: của các bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.) |
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: không có gì (it’s nothing), không có chi, đừng ngại, không sao đâu, không dám |
| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) | :: bệ hạ (陛下) |
| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, singular) | :: của bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.) |
| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, plural) | :: của các bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: các ông, các bà, các anh, các cô, các chị, chúng mày, các em, etc.) |
| yours sincerely {adj} (a polite formula to end letters) | :: thân mến |
| youth {n} (quality or state of being young) | :: tuổi trẻ |
| youth {n} (young man) | :: thanh niên (青年) |
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively) | :: thanh niên (青年), giới trẻ |
| youtiao {n} (deep-fried dough stick) | :: quẩy, giò cháo quẩy, dầu cháo quẩy |
| ytterbium {n} (chemical element) | :: ytecbi |
| yttrium {n} (chemical element) | :: ytri |
| yuan {n} (basic unit of money in China) | :: nguyên |
| Yuan Tan {prop} (Chinese New Year) SEE: Chinese New Year | :: |
| Yuezhi {n} (ancient Indo-European people) | :: Nguyệt Chi |
| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans) | :: Nam Tư (南斯) |
| Yule log {n} (log-shaped cake covered in chocolate) | :: bánh khúc cây |
| yum cha {n} (traditional Chinese meal) | :: ẩm trà (飲茶) |
| yummy {adj} (delicious) | :: ngon, thơm ngon, ăn ngon miệng |
| Yunnan {prop} (a province in China) | :: Vân Nam |
