d a o u

d đ / ao au âu – 2x3 = 6

âo is invalid.

d

đ

a

dao

dau

đao

đau

â

dâu

đâu


Words you should learn — 12

Ordered by how likely you will hear & say them.

where

đâu

Extremely common, bạn đi đâu?

bean, rarely nut

đậu

Extremely common in menus

strawberry/ mulberry

dâu

Very common, mostly used as strawberry instead of mulberry.

peach

đào

Common flavour at smoothie bars.

head, first, extremity

đầu

Very common

mark, sign, tone

dấu

Very common, especially talking about spelling & pronunciation

oil

dầu

Very common

pain

đau

Used in most words for aches and pains.

knife

dao

Common

a stroll around

dạo

Quite common, hãy đi dạo

island

đảo

Many islands around Viet Nam and the world.

fight, battle

đấu

Normal word but less commonly heard


All words

Order:

  • dao, đao,

  • dau, đau,

  • dâu, đâu

dao

dao

knife (clsf: con)

dáo

dào

full, abundant, rich, ample, bounteous

dảo

dão

/

dạo

to walk, stroll

đao

đao

Chinese sabre, doublet of dao

đáo

unique, original – độc đáo

đào

peach (and many derived fruit names)

đảo

island (clsf: hòn); to turn upside-down

đão

leader, official

đạo

from “way” (): code of conduct, religion; province (historical & foreign placenames). Đạo Đức Kinh.

dau

Overall, it seems like ⟨au⟩ after ⟨d⟩ is broadly invalid.

dau

/

dáu

?

dàu

term, length (or not? Maybe only )

dảu

/

dãu

/

dạu

/

đau

đau

pain, sore, ache

đáu

Thi đáu – compete, competition.

Trận đáu – match.

Giải đáu – tournament.

Chiến đáu – fight.

Đau đáu – common in translations, not sure what it means. (Glosbe) Possibly it is a reduplication of đau as pain. Yes, it is on Wiktionary as restlessly, anxiously, worriedly. (Wiktionary)

đàu

Seems to exist primarily as a misspelling of đầu, occurring especially often in two-part words.

đảu

/

đãu

Mutation of đâu (where)? Glosbe

đạu

/

dâu

dâu

Mulberry (dâu ta, our mulberry) → strawberry (dâu tây, western mulberry). Strawberry is now more popular so most mentions of dâu probably refer to strawberry.

dấu

Mark, sign, diacritic (ký hiệu); tone (thanh điệu, thanh (âm thanh)).

dầu

Oil. Also, alternative pronunciation of dù & dẫu, although (mặc dù).

dẩu

Perhaps valid as a phonic variant of something else? Glosbe

dẫu

Variant pronunciation of dù/dầu in mặc dù (although).

dậu

Rooster? And a Chinese-origin given name.

đâu

đâu

Where. Part of the demonstrative series with đây, đấy, đó.

đấu

Battle, fight. Many derived terms (common: chiến đấu).

đầu

Head (also trốc). An end, extremity; First.

đẩu

Only in compound words. “Dipper” from .

đẫu

/

đậu

Bean; nut. Many derived terms, including things that western food culture does not necessarily deem to be a bean or a nut.

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