đâm

verb

• To stab, to thrust
  • đâm cho nhát dao găm: to stab (thrust) with a dagger

• To put forth (buds)
  • đâm mầm: to put forth buds, to shoot, to sprout

• To shoot, to dart
  • đâm đầu xuống hồ: to shoot headlong into a lake

• To pound
  • đâm gạo: to pound rice

• To turn, to become, to grow, to go
  • đâm khùng: to grow mad (with anger...)
  • đâm liều