Translation of "right" - English-Vietnamese dictionary

right

adjective /rait/

› on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left)

bên phải
When I’m writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.

› correct

chính xác
Put that book back in the right place
Is that the right answer to the question?

› morally correct; good

hợp đạo đức
It’s not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.

› suitable; appropriate

thích hợp
He’s not the right man for this job
When would be the right time to ask him?
righteous /ˈraitʃəs/ adjective

› (of anger etc) justifiable

công bằng
righteous indignation.

› living a good moral life

ngay thẳng
a righteous man.

› good; morally right

có đạo đức
a righteous action.
righteously adverb

›

có đạo đức; đúng đắn
righteousness noun

›

sự đúng đắn
rightful adjective

› proper; correct; that ought to be or has a right to be something

hợp pháp
He is the rightful king of this country.
rightfully adverb

›

một cách hợp pháp
It rightfully belongs to me, although she has it at the moment.
rightly adverb

› justly, justifiably; it is right, good or just that (something is the case)

công bằng; đúng đắn
He was punished for his stupidity and rightly
Rightly or wrongly she refused to speak to him.

› correctly; accurately

chính xác
They rightly assumed that he would refuse to help.
rightness noun

› the state of being good or morally correct

sự công bằng, sự chính xác
They believe in the rightness of their cause.
righto /raitˈou/ interjection ( right-oh)

› right

đồng ý
Right-oh! I’ll come now.
rights noun plural

› the legal right given in return for a sum of money to produce eg a film from a book

bản quyền
He has sold the film rights of his new book to an American company.
right angle noun

› (mathematics) an angle of ninety degrees, like any of the four angles in a square.

góc vuông
right-angled adjective

› (mathematics) having a right angle

có góc vuông, vuông
a right-angled triangle.
right-hand adjective

› at the right; to the right of something else

bên tay phải
the top right-hand drawer of my desk.

› towards the right

về bên phải
a right-hand bend in the road.
right-handed adjective

› (of people) using the right hand more easily than the left, eg for writing

thuận tay phải
The majority of people are right-handed.
right wing noun

› the members of a political party who hold more traditional opinions

phe cánh hữu
He’s on the right wing of the Labour Party.
right-winger noun

›

người theo cánh hữu
by right(s)

› rightfully

theo lẽ phải
By rights, I ought to be in charge of this department.
get/keep on the right side of

› to make (someone) feel, or continue to feel, friendly or kind towards oneself

tạo ra thiện cảm đối với ai
If you want a pay rise, you’d better get on the right side of the boss.
get right

› to understand, do, say etc (something) correctly

hiểu đúng
Did I get the answer right?
go right

› to happen as expected, wanted or intended; to be successful or without problems

xảy ra như mong đợi
Nothing ever goes right for him.
not in one’s right mind ( not (quite) right in the head)

› (slightly) mad

không tỉnh táo
He can’t be in his right mind – making incredible suggestions like that!
put right

› to repair; to remove faults etc in (something)

sửa chữa
There is something wrong with this kettle – can you put it right?

› to put an end to or change (something that is wrong)

khắc phục; kết thúc
You’ve made a mistake in that sum – you’d better put it right.

› to put (a watch, clock etc) to the correct time.

chỉnh lại giờ

› to correct (someone who has made a mistake)

sửa lỗi cho ai
I thought the meeting was at 2.30, but he put me right.

› to make healthy again

làm ai khỏe lại
That medicine will soon put you right.
put/set to rights

› to put back into the correct order, state etc

lập lại trật tự
The room was in a dreadful mess, and it took us the whole day to set it to rights.
right away adverb

› immediately; at once

ngay lập tức
I’ll do it right away.
right-hand man noun

› a person’s most trusted and useful assistant.

trợ tá đắc lực
right now adverb

› immediately.

ngay lập tức
right of way noun

› the right of the public to use a path that goes across private property.

quyền sử dụng đường của chính phủ chạy qua nhà dân

› (ˌright-of-ˈway – plural rights-of-way) a road or path over private land, along which the public have a right to walk.

đường tư nhưng công chúng được phép qua lại

› the right of one car etc to move first eg when crossing a cross-roads, or going round a roundabout

sự nhường đường cho xe ô tô
It was your fault that our cars crashed – I had right of way.
serve right

› to be the punishment deserved by

đáng đời
If you fall and hurt yourself, it’ll serve you right for climbing up there when I told you not to.

(Translation of “right” from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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