ách

noun

• Yoke
  • đặt ách lên con trâu, lồng con trâu vào ách: to put a yoke on a buffalo
  • ách thực dân: the colonialist yoke

verb

• To come to a standstill, to be at a standstill
  • công việc ách lại: business is at a standstill

• To stop
  • ách ai lại hỏi giấy tờ: to stop somebody and check his papers

adj

• Having a bloated (blown up) stomach, feeling bloated (blown up)
  • uống bia ách cả bụng: to feel bloated because of drinking too much beer