Words ranked by frequency from Vietnamese Wikipedia, grouped into proficiency levels. See also: browse all words by rank.
Words every beginner needs. High-frequency function words and basic vocabulary.
Everyday conversation vocabulary. Common nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
Reading comprehension vocabulary. Needed for news articles and general texts.
Academic and nuanced vocabulary. Specialized topics and formal registers.
Domain-specific and rare words. Technical, literary, and regional terms.
| # | word | frequency | definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6301 | đại bại | 156 | major defeat |
| 6302 | bào tử | 155 | ovary, spore |
| 6303 | bồ câu | 155 | pigeon |
| 6304 | chi viện | 155 | To assist, to support |
| 6305 | chầu | 155 | soiree with sing-song girls, soiree with geishas-round |
| 6306 | chỉ huy trưởng | 155 | commander, commanding officer (of an army unit) |
| 6307 | chớp | 155 | (1) lightning (bolt), flash, flare; (2) to display, show, lighten, blink, win... |
| 6308 | cộng hưởng | 155 | (1) to enjoy together; (2) resonance |
| 6309 | dữ | 155 | wicked, malicious, vicious, bad |
| 6310 | giàn | 155 | assembly, frame, framework |
| 6311 | gìn giữ | 155 | to conserve, take care of |
| 6312 | khao khát | 155 | desirous, covetous; to thirst for, crave for, long for |
| 6313 | khô cằn | 155 | arid, barren |
| 6314 | không kịp | 155 | to be late, be not on time, miss an opportunity |
| 6315 | lớn lao | 155 | great, considerable, large, big, huge |
| 6316 | mà lại | 155 | but rather, conversely |
| 6317 | mặt tiền | 155 | front (of the building) |
| 6318 | mồng | 155 | (prefix for 1st ten days of month) |
| 6319 | người thợ | 155 | worker, laborer, workman |
| 6320 | nội tâm | 155 | (1) inner feelings; (2) endocentric |
| 6321 | pháo kích | 155 | bombing; to bomb |
| 6322 | sơ khai | 155 | beginning, at a start |
| 6323 | ven sông | 155 | side, edge, bank of a river |
| 6324 | đem ra | 155 | to carry out |
| 6325 | đổ lỗi | 155 | to place blame on, blame |
| 6326 | biên độ | 154 | amplitude |
| 6327 | bình chọn | 154 | chọn qua xem xét và đánh giá |
| 6328 | bỏ ra | 154 | to invest, put up money |
| 6329 | chiến thuyền | 154 | warship, gunboat |
| 6330 | cư xử | 154 | to behave, act, conduct oneself |
| 6331 | giá thành | 154 | cost price |
| 6332 | hoại | 154 | arbotive |
| 6333 | luân lưu | 154 | chuyển lần lượt |
| 6334 | lãi | 154 | profit, interest, dividend; to earn a profit |
| 6335 | mu | 154 | shell, back, top |
| 6336 | say mê | 154 | to have a passion for, be very fond of, be crazy about; passionately |
| 6337 | sư đoàn bộ | 154 | division headquarters |
| 6338 | sụt | 154 | to diminish, decrease, drop, fall, decrease, lower, cave in |
| 6339 | tháng hai | 154 | February |
| 6340 | trung nguyên | 154 | Vietnamese all souls’ day |
| 6341 | trả đũa | 154 | to retaliate |
| 6342 | trụ trì | 154 | a nun; to live in a pagoda, temple |
| 6343 | tê liệt | 154 | paralyzed, palsied, paralytic |
| 6344 | vòng cung | 154 | arc, arch |
| 6345 | vẽ tranh | 154 | to draw a picture |
| 6346 | xuất gia | 154 | to leave one’s home (to become a Buddhist monk or nun) |
| 6347 | đầu cầu | 154 | bridge-head |
| 6348 | độc ác | 154 | cruel, wicked, fiendish |
| 6349 | ấy là | 154 | that is |
| 6350 | ống khói | 154 | chimney |
| 6351 | bàn cờ | 153 | chessboard, checkerboard |
| 6352 | Bắc Bộ | 153 | north(ern) region of Vietnam |
| 6353 | có mùi | 153 | to give off a smell of ~, smell of ~, smell |
| 6354 | ghi danh | 153 | to enroll, register |
| 6355 | hiện hữu | 153 | existent, existing, present |
| 6356 | lãng phí | 153 | to waste; to squander |
| 6357 | mai phục | 153 | to (lie in) ambush |
| 6358 | mùa thu | 153 | autumn, fall |
| 6359 | pho tượng | 153 | statude |
| 6360 | thân mật | 153 | intimate, very close |
| 6361 | thần linh | 153 | deities, gods |
| 6362 | thẩm vấn | 153 | to interrogate, investigate, enquire, examine, question; enquiry, examination |
| 6363 | tổng tuyển cử | 153 | general election |
| 6364 | Việt Minh | 153 | Vietminh |
| 6365 | đáng yêu | 153 | loveable |
| 6366 | đánh mất | 153 | to lose (an object), mislay |
| 6367 | cao tuổi | 152 | advanced in years, elderly, old |
| 6368 | cảm tình | 152 | feeling, sentiment |
| 6369 | cựu chiến binh | 152 | veteran, former soldier |
| 6370 | giao thương | 152 | to do business with, trade with |
| 6371 | gáy | 152 | nape, back of neck |
| 6372 | hài cốt | 152 | bones, remains |
| 6373 | kệ | 152 | (1) shelf; (2) to ignore, leave alone, pay no attention to |
| 6374 | lắng đọng | 152 | accumulation |
| 6375 | lặng lẽ | 152 | quiet, silent |
| 6376 | mục sư | 152 | pastor, clergyman, priest, minister |
| 6377 | ngôi vị | 152 | ngôi thứ, danh vị [nói khái quát] |
| 6378 | ngạc | 152 | palate; crocodile |
| 6379 | ngữ pháp | 152 | grammar |
| 6380 | nhuộm | 152 | to dye |
| 6381 | nhô ra | 152 | to stick out, protrude |
| 6382 | nôm | 152 | popular, common, vulgar |
| 6383 | phá bỏ | 152 | destroy, demolish |
| 6384 | tay đôi | 152 | bipartite, bilateral |
| 6385 | thi hài | 152 | body (dead), corpse |
| 6386 | tiểu vương quốc | 152 | small kingdom, emirate |
| 6387 | trung úy | 152 | first lieutenant |
| 6388 | trúng cử | 152 | elected |
| 6389 | tàn quân | 152 | remnants of a (defeated) army |
| 6390 | tái phát | 152 | to (have a) relapse, recur |
| 6391 | tưới | 152 | to water (plant), irrigate (plants) |
| 6392 | vấp | 152 | to trip, stumble to flounder, make (mistakes) |
| 6393 | xe máy | 152 | bicycle, motorcycle |
| 6394 | ăn cắp | 152 | to rob, steal, filch, pilfer |
| 6395 | đánh thức | 152 | to awake, wake up |
| 6396 | đồ gốm | 152 | pottery, ceramics |
| 6397 | bong bóng | 151 | balloon, bladder, bubble |
| 6398 | bất tử | 151 | (1) immortal; (2) all of a sudden, suddenly |
| 6399 | cá con | 151 | young fish |
| 6400 | cơn đau | 151 | outburst, fit, attack of pain |