mi

Sino-Vietnamese word from 眉 (“eyebrows”). Doublet of mày. Probably unrelated to mí (“eyelid”).


mai

For the connection between "first part of the day" and "day after this one", compare Germanic equivalents such as English morn(ning) and morrow, Dutch morgen, Romance ones such as French demain and Italian domani, and Japanese 明日 and 朝 (ashita).

(colloquial) Short for ngày mai (“tomorrow”).

the hair in front of a person's ears, sideburns


mai

vi-noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) mai • (枚, 梅)

cây (classifier)
bông (classifier)
hoa (classifier)
枚 (CJK)
梅 (CJK)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梅 (“Chinese plum”).

vi-etym-sino

1999, Lê Trung Vũ and Lê Hồng Lý, Lễ hội Việt Nam, Văn hoá Thông tin, page 357

In times of old, the ceremony of selecting Imperial Examination laureates was organized in spring, to coincide with the blooming of the apricot trees.

Ngày xưa kỳ thi Hội chọn lấy đỗ Tiến sĩ được tổ chức vào mùa xuân, cùng với dịp hoa mai nở.

Ochna integerrima, a tree species (sometimes shrub) of the family Ochnaceae, sometimes called apricot in English


ria

bộ (classifier)
挗 (CJK)
髭 (CJK)
𣭯 (CJK)
𩮭 (CJK)


râu

head

𫘼, 𩭶, 𩅺, 𩯁, 鬍

vi-noun

𫘼, 𩭶, 𩅺, 𩯁, 鬍

(classifier sợi, cọng) râu • (𫘼, 𩭶, 𩅺, 𩯁, 鬍)

sợi (classifier)
cọng (classifier)
𫘼 (CJK)
𩭶 (CJK)
𩅺 (CJK)
𩯁 (CJK)
鬍 (CJK)

From Proto-Vietic *-soː, from Old Chinese 鬚 (OC *C-[s.n]o) (B-S) (SV: tu). Cognate with Muong thô. Doublet of tua.

(by extension, of another mammal) a whisker


mái

mái ngố


xù

Con mèo sợ hãi, xù lông.


xanh

head

青, 靑, 撑, 𩇛, 𩇢, 𫕹

xanh • (青, 靑, 撑, 𩇛, 𩇢, 𫕹) (diminutive reduplication xanh xanh)

vi-adj

青, 靑, 撑, 𩇛, 𩇢, 𫕹

青 (CJK)
靑 (CJK)
撑 (CJK)
𩇛 (CJK)
𩇢 (CJK)
𫕹 (CJK)
xanh xanh (diminutive reduplication)

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 青 (“grue”, SV: thanh).

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">thanh</i>

vi-etym-sino

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Meronyms: lam (“blue”), lục (“green”)

bầu trời xanh thẳm

Lá còn xanh như anh đang còn trẻ. / Lá trên cành, như anh trong đoàn quân.

1950, Hoàng Việt (lyrics and music), “Lá xanh [Green Leaves]”:

A leaf is green, like he is young. / A leaf is on a branch, like he is in a troop.

Em yêu anh, ngả nghiêng, bồng bềnh niềm kiêu hãnh. / Thiên đường xanh mướt, gió trong lành […] Hãy yêu nhau, biển trời xanh mãi !

(Can we date this quote?), Mạnh Quân (lyrics and music), “Thiên đường gọi tên [The Paradise is Saying Your Name]”:

I love you, with drifting, floating pride. / A green paradise, with refreshing winds […] Let's be in love so the sea and the sky remain forever blue!

người đầu bạc tiễn kẻ đầu xanh

"the young perish and the old linger"; the old watch the young die (literally, “the "silver-haired" say goodbye to the "green-haired"”)

Tóc nào hãy còn xanh, cho ta chút hồn nhiên.

(Can we date this quote?), Trịnh Công Sơn (lyrics and music), “Ru ta ngậm ngùi [Lull Me with Your Sorrow]”:

Whose hair is still black, granting me a tad of innocence?

Được yêu em đến khi bạc mái đầu xanh.

(Can we date this quote?), Minh Khang (lyrics and music), “Lời nguyền [The Oath]”:

That I could love you until our black hair turns gray.

(literary, of people's head hair) youthfully black


xanh

head

鉎, 𫟰, 錆, 鐣, 鐺, 铛

vi-noun

鉎, 𫟰, 錆, 鐣, 鐺, 铛

(classifier cái) xanh • (鉎, 𫟰, 錆, 鐣, 鐺, 铛)

cái (classifier)
鉎 (CJK)
𫟰 (CJK)
錆 (CJK)
鐣 (CJK)
鐺 (CJK)
铛 (CJK)

Xuống bếp, Vịnh đổ mỡ vào xanh. Mỡ chảy ra trong những tiếng xèo xèo.

Entering the kitchen, Vịnh poured oil into the wok. Grease poured out with a sizzling sound.


鴻毛

(mythology) one of the nine groups of hair of the mane of the horse that Sơn Tinh offered the reigning Hùng king to propose to his princess


lông

vi-noun

(classifier bộ) lông • (籠, 篭, 𣰵, 𣯡, 𦒮, 𱥤, 𬖅, 󱲧, 𣰳, 𣰴, 𱻢, 𫅮, 󰭧, 𱸉, 𱸢)

bộ (classifier)
籠 (CJK)
篭 (CJK)
𣰵 (CJK)
𣯡 (CJK)
𦒮 (CJK)
𱥤 (CJK)
𬖅 (CJK)
𣰳 (CJK)
𣰴 (CJK)
𱻢 (CJK)
𫅮 (CJK)
𱸉 (CJK)
𱸢 (CJK)

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lông mu

lông nách

lông lá

(of a person, especially of a woman) hairy in a socially undesirable way

mọc lông

to have your hair grow, usually involuntarily and undesirably

mọc lông nách

non-head, non-beard, non-mustache and non-whisker hair or feathers; fur, coat or plumage


lông

head

篭, 𣯡, 𱥤, 𬖅, 󱲧, 𣰳, 𣰴, 𱻢, 𫅮, 󰭧, 𱸉, 𱸢

vi-noun

篭, 𣯡, 𱥤, 𬖅, 󱲧, 𣰳, 𣰴, 𱻢, 𫅮, 󰭧, 𱸉, 𱸢

(classifier sợi, cọng) lông • (篭, 𣯡, 𱥤, 𬖅, 󱲧, 𣰳, 𣰴, 𱻢, 𫅮, 󰭧, 𱸉, 𱸢)

sợi (classifier)
cọng (classifier)
篭 (CJK)
𣯡 (CJK)
𱥤 (CJK)
𬖅 (CJK)
𣰳 (CJK)
𣰴 (CJK)
𱻢 (CJK)
𫅮 (CJK)
𱸉 (CJK)
𱸢 (CJK)

a non-head, non-beard, non-mustache and non-whisker hair or feather


huyền

đen huyền

tóc huyền

(thanh) huyền

(dấu) huyền

the grave accent for representing the huyền tone


mút

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mày

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 眉 (“eyebrows”, SV: mi); compare mi (“eyelashes”).

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">mi</i>


gội

From Proto-Vietic *c-goːlʔ. Cognate with Muong cổl.

gội đầu

tắm gội

to wash oneself thoroughly (literally, “to wash both one's body and hair”)


lược

cây (classifier)
cái (classifier)
𥳂 (CJK)

Attested as blựơc in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

a comb (toothed implement for grooming the hair)


mái ngố

[maːj˧˦ ŋo˧˦]

[maːj˨˩˦ ŋow˨˩˦]


chải

head

𦃀, 扯, 沚, 斎, 󱱼

vi-verb

𦃀, 扯, 沚, 斎, 󱱼

From Proto-Vietic *caːs (“to comb”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *caːɕ (“to comb”). Compare also Laven cas, Chrau saːs, Ngeq caːjh.
Doublet of nải (“hand (of banana)”) through an infixed form.

chải tóc

chải lông


đầu đinh

[ʔɗəw˨˩ ʔɗïŋ˧˧]

[ʔɗəw˦˩ ʔɗɨn˧˧]

[ʔɗəw˨˩ ʔɗɨn˧˧]


gàu

trị gàu


hồng mao

[həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]

[həwŋ͡m˦˩ maːw˧˧]

[həwŋ͡m˨˩ maːw˧˧]

voi chín ngà, gà chín cựa, ngựa chín hồng mao

an elephant with nine tusks, a rooster with nine spurs, a horse with nine groups of mane hair


cái răng cái tóc là góc con người

[kaːj˧˦ zaŋ˧˧ kaːj˧˦ tawk͡p̚˧˦ laː˨˩ ɣawk͡p̚˧˦ kɔn˧˧ ŋɨəj˨˩]

[kaːj˨˩˦ ʐaŋ˧˧ kaːj˨˩˦ tawk͡p̚˦˧˥ laː˦˩ ɣawk͡p̚˦˧˥ kɔŋ˧˧ ŋɨj˦˩]

[kaːj˦˥ ɹaŋ˧˧ kaːj˦˥ tawk͡p̚˦˥ laː˨˩ ɣawk͡p̚˦˥ kɔŋ˧˧ ŋɨj˨˩]

Literally, “teeth and head hair are a human being's corners”.

lit

(figurative) teeth and head hair are part and parcel of a person's appearance; teeth and head hair are the most important when it comes to appearance;


tông-đơ

[təwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗəː˧˧]

[təwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗəː˧˧]

[təwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗəː˧˧]

Em muốn cắt kéo chứ không dùng tông-đơ.

I'd like a hair trim with scissors, not an electric hair clipper.


râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia

[zəw˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ nɔ˧˨ʔ kam˧˦ kam˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ kiə˧˧]

[ʐəw˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ nɔ˨˩ʔ kam˦˧˥ kam˦˩ ʔɓaː˦˩ kiə˧˧]

[ɹəw˧˧ ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ nɔ˨˩˨ kam˦˥ kam˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ kiə˧˧]

(literal) this gentleman's beard transplanted onto that lady's chin


lông mao

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ maːw˧˧]

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ maːw˧˧]

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ maːw˧˧]

lông (“fur”) + mao (Sino-Vietnamese word from 毛).

com

Sino-Vietnamese word from <i class="Hani mention" lang="vi">毛</i>


râu quai nón

[ʐəw˧˧ kwaːj˧˧ nɔŋ˦˧˥]

[ɹəw˧˧ waːj˧˧ nɔŋ˦˥]

râu (“beard”) + quai (“strap”) + nón (“Asian conical hat”).

af

a man's beard that connects with his sideburns, in a similar way in which an Asian conical hat strap hugs the wearer's face


đuôi sam

[ʔɗuəj˧˧ saːm˧˧]

[ʔɗuj˧˧ ʂaːm˧˧]

[ʔɗuj˧˧ saːm˧˧]

[ʔɗuj˧˧ ʂaːm˧˧]

[ʔɗuj˧˧ saːm˧˧]


lông tơ

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ təː˧˧]

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ təː˧˧]

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ təː˧˧]


tóc đuôi gà

[tawk͡p̚˧˦ ʔɗuəj˧˧ ɣaː˨˩]

[tawk͡p̚˦˧˥ ʔɗuj˧˧ ɣaː˦˩]

[tawk͡p̚˦˥ ʔɗuj˧˧ ɣaː˨˩]

tóc (“hair”) + đuôi (“tail”) + gà (“chicken”).

com

a ponytail; a hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head


tóc đuôi ngựa

[tawk͡p̚˧˦ ʔɗuəj˧˧ ŋɨə˧˨ʔ]

[tawk͡p̚˦˧˥ ʔɗuj˧˧ ŋɨə˨˩ʔ]

[tawk͡p̚˦˥ ʔɗuj˧˧ ŋɨə˨˩˨]

tóc (“hair”) + đuôi (“tail”) + ngựa (“horse”).


lông măng

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ maŋ˧˧]

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ maŋ˧˧]

[ləwŋ͡m˧˧ maŋ˧˧]

lông (“hair”) + măng (“bamboo shoot; juvenile”).


ria mép

[ziə˧˧ mɛp̚˧˦]

[ʐiə˧˧ mɛp̚˦˧˥]

[ɹiə˧˧ mɛp̚˦˥]