to strike, usually with your palms or a weapon; to strike, to smack, to whack, to bash, to hit, to beat, to assault, etc.; compare gõ (“to hit with the side of the fist, with the knuckles, or with the fingertips”), đấm (“to punch”) and đá (“to kick”) / to play a game that involves striking or slamming with your hands or something you hold; compare đá (“to kick; to play a sport that involves kicking”) / to play (a non-wind instrument); compare thổi (“to play/blow (a wind instrument)”) / to type on a typewriter or computer keyboard / to rub continuously on the surface of something until it's clean or shiny / to fish with a net or a trap; compare câu (“to fish with a rod”) / to enjoy some eating or resting

to gamble

filch, steal

(linguistics) to spell a Vietnamese syllable as you pronounce it

to defeat

(literally and figuratively) to mark

to equate; to liken; to compare

to evaluate or estimate the price / to evaluate; to estimate; to assess

to brush one's teeth

to defeat