The Vietnamese word for ship is
tàu thuỷ
Translations for ship and their definitions
| tàu thuỷ | |
| 1. n. (watercraft) a ship |
| Tàu | |
| 1. adj. (informal, sometimes ethnic slur) Chinese; Chinaman; Chink | |
| ăn cơm Tàu, ở nhà Tây, lấy vợ Nhật - the best things a man can have are Chinese meals, a Western-style house, and a Japanese wife | |
| Tàu khựa - Chink | |
| 2. n. one of several types of vehicle or craft, usually large, designed for navigation in or on water, in air, on rails, or through outer space | |
| (mer, tàu hoả, t1=train, tàu điện, t2=electric train, tàu điện ngầm, t3=subway, tàu thuỷ, t4=ship, tàu ngầm, t5=submarine, tàu vũ trụ, t6=spaceship, tàu bay, t7=aircraft, qq7=dated) | |
| (coi, say tàu, trainsick or seasick) | |
| (coi, tàu bay, aircraft) | |
| tàu Người Hà Lan Bay - the Flying Dutchman | |
| tàu Nautilus - the Nautilus | |
| tàu Con Thoi - the Space Shuttle | |
| 3. n. a large leaf | |
| Sâu đầu đen gây hại làm tàu dừa cháy khô từ những lá già bên dưới. - The Coconut black-headed caterpillar harmfully makes the coconut tree's large leaves dry-out from the older leaves underneat | |
| 4. adj. alternative case form of Tàu Chinese |
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