Kiểm tra má phanh, xích tải và ắc quy.

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Breakdown of Kiểm tra má phanh, xích tải và ắc quy.

• kiểm tra: to check
• má phanh: the brake pad
• xích tải: the drive chain

Questions & Answers about Kiểm tra má phanh, xích tải và ắc quy.

Why is there no subject in Kiểm tra má phanh, xích tải và ắc quy?

Because this is an instruction or command. In Vietnamese, the subject is often omitted when it is obvious from context, especially in manuals, checklists, warning labels, and step-by-step directions.

So Kiểm tra... by itself naturally means something like:

• Check...
• Inspect...

You do not need to say Bạn kiểm tra... unless you specifically want to mention the person doing the action.

Is kiểm tra one word or two words?

It is written as two separate syllables, kiểm tra, because standard Vietnamese spelling separates syllables with spaces. But grammatically and semantically, it functions as one lexical unit meaning to check / to inspect.

This is very common in Vietnamese, especially with Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary.

So you should think of kiểm tra as a single verb expression, even though it is written with a space.

Why doesn’t Vietnamese use words like the or plural -s here?

Vietnamese does not mark articles and plural the way English does.

So:

• má phanh can mean brake pad, the brake pad, or brake pads
• ắc quy can mean battery or the battery

The exact interpretation comes from context.

In a maintenance instruction like this, English often adds the and sometimes pluralizes nouns, but Vietnamese simply leaves the nouns in their base form.