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va

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Hanoi [vaː˧˧]Huế [vaː˧˧]Saigon [vaː˧˧] browser voice
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valevelngang

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va means to bump into.

Meanings of va in English

Verb

  1. to bump into (something)
    • Hai người ấy va vào nhau.They (those two) bumped into each other.

Pronoun

  1. dialectal, literary, obsolete he/him; she/her; they/them (singular third person pronoun)

Words with va

va chạmva-liva ni

Example sentences with va

  • Mát-xcơ-va là thành phố lớn nhất châu Âu. Moscow is the largest city in Europe.
  • Cái va li đang mở. The trunk is open.
  • Nghe vớ va vớ vẩn. It sounds like complete nonsense.
  • Anh ấy va phải cột. He collided against the pillar.
  • Tôi là Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va. I'm a Jehovah's Witness.
  • Quân đội của Na-pô-lê-ông đã tiến đến tận Mát-xcơ-va. Napoleon's army advanced up to Moscow.
  • Gắn cái nhãn này vào va li của bạn đi. Attach this tag to your suitcase.
  • Con tàu đã bị chìm sau khi va phải một tảng băng trôi. The ship sank after hitting an iceberg.

Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).

Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)

Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, va could be written as 撝, 爲. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.

Etymology

Attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651) as ua, va.

Frequently asked questions

What does va mean in English?

va (verb) means "to bump into".

How do you pronounce va?

IPA: Hanoi [vaː˧˧]; Saigon [vaː˧˧]. Tones: va — level tone (ngang).

Meanings, pronunciation and etymology from English Wiktionary (wiktionary.org, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0), reviewed and edited; example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). IPA shown for three accents: Hanoi (Northern), Huế (Central) and Saigon (Southern). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice, for reference only. Levels are approximate, estimated from word frequency. Spotted a mistake? Let NgonNgu know.