This is the 960th most frequent Vietnamese word.
old
The Vietnamese word "old" means "già" in English, referring to advanced age or being not new.
The word 'cũ' is used here as an adjective to describe the condition of an object, implying that the car has been used for a long time or is aged.
Cái xe này rất cũ.
This car is very old.
Here, 'già' refers to an aged person, used to describe the elderly man as being advanced in age.
Ông già đọc báo mỗi sáng.
The old man reads the newspaper every morning.
The word 'cũ' again appears here, referring to a prior state or previous ownership, indicating the house I once lived in.