1. How many letters does the longest Vietnamese word have?

  • 7
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  • 8
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  • 9
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  • 10
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The longest word in Vietnamese is “Nghiêm” with 7 letters. In addition, there are some other words with 6 letters but not longer than “Nghiêm”, such as “Nghiêm”, “Nghech”, “Nguyen”… Meanwhile, the shortest word in Vietnamese has only 1 letter, such as “á” (exclamation); “ạ” (meaning yes, yes); “ê” (meaning tingling pain, or when calling someone)…

2. Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

  • negligence
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  • Swelling
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  • Finally
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  • Brilliant
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“Xán lâm” is a word of Chinese origin, in which “xán” means brilliant, and “lạn” means bright. “Xán lâm” is an adjective with a positive meaning to talk about something bright and brilliant. All other spellings such as “sáng lâm”, “sáng lâm”, “xáng lâm”… are incorrect spellings that many people make.

The remaining words “negligence”, “sullenness”, and “finally” are all misspelled. The correct words should be “negligence”, “sullenness”, and “finally”.

3. Which of the following words is misspelled?

  • In conclusion
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  • Diagnose
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  • Interheavenly
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  • Draw
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“Lien thien” is a misspelled word, the correct word should be “huyen thien”. This is a word of Chinese origin, in which “huyen” means noisy, boisterous speech; “thien” means sky. To say “huyen thien” means to talk about all sorts of things in the sky. So to say huyen thien means to talk about many meaningless, incoherent things. According to the Vietnamese dictionary (Hoang Phe, editor-in-chief), in the entry “luyen thuyen” it is noted as “rarely used” and instructions for reading “huyen thuyen”.

The words "in short", "diagnosis", and "even" are all spelled correctly.

4. When writing about the action of saving or storing, which word do you use?

  • Win
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  • Reserved
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“Danh” and “gianh” both have the same meaning in Vietnamese, however, their meanings are completely different. The word “gianh” is a verb that means to compete or make an effort to achieve something, such as “gianh thuc”, while the word “danh” means to save, to store or to determine one’s ownership, such as “danh thum”.

5. Which word is used to mean to cover up, not wanting others to know about something?

  • conceal
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  • hide
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  • hide
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  • conceal
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The verb “hide” means to put something in a place that is hard to see so that others do not discover it. Many words can be combined with the word “hide” such as: hide, conceal, conceal, hide away… “Hide” is often used in bad situations.

Meanwhile, “giải diêm” is a meaningless word and is not in the Vietnamese dictionary. This is a misuse.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tu-dai-nhat-tieng-viet-co-bao-nhieu-chu-cai-2412386.html