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  • Words you should learn — 8
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  • dung
  • Ä‘ung
  • dưng
  • đưng
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d u ng

d đ / u ư / ng – 2x2x1 = 4

d

Ä‘

u

dung

đung

ư

dung

đưng

Words you should learn — 8

Ordered by how likely you will hear & say them.

correct

đúng

Extremely common. You will say this 50 times a day: đúng rồi!

to use

dĂąng

Very common. Seems like a contraction of sử dụng. Note the change of tone.

to use

sử dụng

Common

don’t

đừng

Common. Compare with dừng. Used as imperative “don’t”.

stop

dừng

Common

build, erect

xây dựng

Common, you will see this on construction signs often.

stand

đứng

Normal, but you won’t need to use it often.

a name

Dũng

I know 3 people with this name. Fairly common.


All words

dung

dung

dĂşng

dĂąng

dá»§ng

Dũng

dụng

content

/

use

/

a name; brave

use, employ

đung

đung

đúng

đùng

đủng

đũng

đụng

tolerate

correct

bang; kind of field

/

?

collide

dưng

dưng

dứng

dừng

dá»­ng

dững

dá»±ng

rise

/

stop

uncaring

/

build, erect

đưng

đưng

đứng

đừng

đửng

đững

đựng

/

stand; stand up for; halt

don’t

/

/

contain, hold

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