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