bén

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

adj
Sharp
dao bén a sharp knife
verb
To touch, to set
lúc nào cũng vội vã, chân bước không bén đất always in a hurry, he walks so fast that his feet hardly touch the ground
nó không dám bén chân đến nhà bạn nó he dares not set foot in his friend's house
theo bén gót to follow someone (as close as) to touch his heels, to follow on someone's heels
To catch
lửa bén vào mái tranh the fire caught the straw roof

	[bén]
	tính từ
		sharp
			dao bén
			a sharp knife
	động từ
		to touch, to set
			lúc nào cũng vội vã, chân bước không bén đất
			always in a hurry, he walks so fast that his feet hardly touch the ground
			nó không dám bén chân đến nhà bạn nó
			he dares not set foot in his friend's house
			theo bén gót
			to follow someone (as close as) to touch his heels, to follow on someone's heels
		to catch; to blaze up, take fire/catch fire
			lửa bén vào mái tranh
			the fire caught the straw roof
			củi bén lửa
			the firewood catches fire
		be stained/spotted
		to strike
			lúa cấy đã bén
			the transplanted rice has struck
			mạ đã bén rễ
			the sown seeds have struck
			cá bén câu
			the fish has struck (the bait)
		to penetrate deep
			phong trào đã bén sâu trong các tầng lớp nhân dân
			the movement has penetrated deep into the various sections of the people
		to begin to be attached to
			con bén hơi mẹ
			the baby has begun to be attached to its mother
			quen hơi bén tiếng
			to begin to be familiar with and attached to