canh

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

noun
Soup
canh rau muống water morning-glory soup
canh ngọt tasty soup
thìa canh a soup-spoon, a table-spoon
Warp
canh tơ chỉ vải silk warp and cotton weft
Watch
tiếng mõ cầm canh the watch-announcing tocsin sound
hồi trống tan canh the watch-ending tomtom beating (announcing the end of the fifth watch and daybreak)

	[canh]
		plow
	danh từ
		Soup, broth
			canh rau muống
			water morning-glory soup
			canh ngọt
			tasty soup
			thìa canh
			a soup-spoon, a table-spoon
			chan canh
			pour over the rice
		Warp
			canh tơ chỉ vải
			silk warp and cotton weft
		Watch
			tiếng mõ cầm canh
			the watch-announcing tocsin sound
			hồi trống tan canh
			the watch-ending tomtom beating (announcing the end of the fifth watch and daybreak)
		Gambling session, gambling bout
			canh bạc gặp hồi đen
			an unlucky gambling session
		The seventh Heaven's Stem
		prayers (cũng kinh)
			thày dốt đọc canh khôn
			an ignorant teacher can say prayers in an intelligent way
	động từ
		To watch
			canh đê phòng lụt
			to watch over dykes for floods
			canh máy bay địch
			to watch for enemy planes
		To till, to cultivate, to grow
			vùng chuyên canh lúa
			an area specializing in rice growing
			xen canh gối vụ
			to grow catch crop, to intercrop
		To boil down, to condense
			canh mật
			to boil down molasses
			canh thuốc
			to condense a concoction of herbs
		boil; boil in low fire