The Vietnamese word for gray is
xám
Translations for gray and their definitions
| xám | |
| 1. adj. ash-coloured; grey |
| bạc | |
| 1. n. silver | |
| 2. n. money | |
| 3. adj. silver (either in material or in appearance) | |
| 4. adj. (figurative, of hair) gray | |
| Tóc thầy bạc trắng như mây. - The teacher's hair is gray like clouds. | |
| 5. adj. (of fate or life) miserable; ill | |
| 6. n. short for, bài bạc, , gambling | |
| Đen tình, đỏ bạc. - Bad luck in romance brings good luck in gambling. |
| buồn | |
| 1. adj. sad | |
| nỗi buồn - sadness | |
| 2. v. (in fixed expressions) to have a strong need to do something | |
| buồn ngủ - to be sleepy (to need to sleep) | |
| buồn tiểu/đái/tè - to need to urinate/pee | |
| buồn cầu/ỉa/ị - to need to defecate/poop | |
| buồn nôn/ói - to feel sick/nauseated/nauseous (to need to puke/vomit) | |
| buồn cười - to find something funny (to need to laugh at something) | |
| 3. v. to feel an itch (to do something); to feel like | |
| 4. adj. (Northern Vietnam) ticklish (when stroked) |
| buồn bã | |
| 1. adj. sad; melancholy |
| rầu | |
| 1. adj. gloomy; melancholy; grieved |
| rầu rĩ | |
| 1. adj. visibly sad or distressed; morose; sullen; sulky |
| âm u | |
| 1. adj. gloomy; dim | |
| Trong rừng đầy chỗ âm u, ẩm thấp, muỗi sinh sôi nhiều. - The jungle is full of dim and damp pockets that facilitate the proliferation of mosquitoes. |
| u ám | |
| 1. adj. (weather) overcast; overshadowed; darkened | |
| 2. adj. dark; gloomy; sombre |
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