 | [cần] |
 | danh từ |
|  | Water dropwort, water parsnip, celery (rau), cummin |
|  | Shaft, rod, role |
|  | cần câu |
| a fishing-rod |
|  | rượu cần |
| rice alcohol (one drinks with the help of a tube) |
|  | Stem, tube |
|  | rượu cần |
| spirit in jar drunk through a stem (by some ethnic minorities) |
|  | điếu có cần dài |
| a bubble-bubble with a long stem |
|  | Neck (of a violin..) |
|  | Vibrator (in a monocord instrument) |
 | động từ |
|  | Need, must, to want |
|  | cần không ngừng tăng năng suất lao động |
| labour efficiency must be constantly raised |
|  | ai cũng cần sự giúp đỡ của tập thể |
| everyone needs help from the community |
|  | thực hiện khẩu hiệu: Đâu cần thanh niên có, đâu khó có thanh niên |
| to translate into reality the slogan Youths are present wherever they are needed, wherever there are difficulties to cope with |
|  | có việc cần phải đi |
| to have to go on some business |
|  | mang theo những thứ cần dùng |
| to bring along the things needed |
|  | quyển sách cần cho mọi người |
| a book necessary to everyone |
 | tính từ |
|  | be needed, urgent, pressing |
|  | thư cần, phải chuyển ngay |
| an urgent letter which must be forwarded at once |
|  | Industrious, diligent; hard-working |
|  | cần, kiệm, liêm, chính |
| industry, thrift, honesty, righteousness |
|  | important |
|  | it is necessary |
|  | khi cần |
| when necessary |
|  | tôi cóc cần! |
| I don't give a damn! |