cầm

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

noun
Lute-like instrument; musical instrument
Cầm, Kỳ, Thi, Hoạ Music, Chess, Poetry, Painting (regarded as the four amusements or accomplishments of a feudal intellectual)
verb
To hold, to keep
Đảng cầm quyền the party holding power, the party in power, the in party
người cầm lái the person holding the steering wheel, the driver
cầm quân đi đánh giặc to hold the command of an army and fight aggressors, to command an army in the fight against aggressors
cầm tay nhau to hold hands

	[cầm]
		musical instrument; music
			Cầm, Kỳ, Thi, Hoạ
			Music, Chess, Poetry, Painting (regarded as the four amusements or accomplishments of a feudal intellectual)
		to hold; to take; to keep
			Người cầm lái
			The person holding the steering wheel; the driver
			Cầm quân đi đánh giặc
			To hold the command of an army and fight aggressors; to command an army in the fight against aggressors
			Cầm tay nhau
			To hold hands
			Cầm không chặt
			To hold something loosely
			Cầm khách ở lại chơi vài ngày
			To keep a guest back for a few days
			Cảm động không cầm được nước mắt
			To be too moved to hold back one's tears; to be moved to tears
			Không sao cầm được mối thương tâm
			To be hardly able to hold back one's feeling of compassion
		to stop; to retain
			Tiêm thuốc cầm máu cho người bị thương
			To give the wounded a shot to stop his bleeding
			Thuốc cầm tiêu chảy
			A medicine which stops diarrhea
		to pawn; to hock; to mortgage
			Cầm ruộng cho địa chủ
			To mortgage one's field to a landlord
			Cầm bộ quần áo được mấy đồng bạc
			To pawn one's suit of clothes for a few dong
		to suppress; to keep back; to hold back
			Cầm được tiếng nức nở
			To suppress sobs
			Anh ấy nghiến răng cố cầm nước mắt
			He clenched his teeth to hold back the rising tears
		Cầm cân nảy mực
			To be a judge