Sino-Vietnamese Vocabulary

Từ Hán Việt

About this concept

Chinese-origin words forming ~60% of formal vocabulary: quốc gia (nation), giáo dục (education), kinh tế (economy). Used in academic, official, and literary contexts.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~50 cards at level B2.

Examples

quốc gia (国家)nation/country

giáo dục (教育)education

kinh tế (经济)economy

tự do (自由)freedom

Concepts that build on this

Literary VietnameseC1 Archaic and Classical WordsC2

More B2 concepts

Conjunctions and ConnectorsLiên Từ Indirect SpeechLời Nói Gián Tiếp Advanced Conditional PatternsCâu Điều Kiện Nâng Cao Correlative ConstructionsCấu Trúc Tương Liên Complex Sentence StructuresCâu Phức

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