How do you say “alien” in Vietnamese?

“Alien” in Vietnamese is người nước ngoài (a foreigner), người ngoài hành tinh (extraterrestrial being).

Vietnamese words for “alien”

• người nước ngoàiListennoun
  Hanoi [ŋɨəj˨˩ nɨək̚˧˦ ŋwaːj˨˩] · Saigon [ŋɨj˨˩ nɨək̚˦˥ ŋwaːj˨˩]người falling nước rising ngoài falling

  a foreigner; an alien

  for “alien” meaning: A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

• người ngoài hành tinhListennoun
  Hanoi [ŋɨəj˨˩ ŋwaːj˨˩ hajŋ̟˨˩ tïŋ˧˧] · Saigon [ŋɨj˨˩ ŋwaːj˨˩ han˨˩ tɨn˧˧]người falling ngoài falling hành falling tinh level

  extraterrestrial being; alien

  for “alien” meaning: Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

  • Tom là người ngoài hành tinh.Tom is an alien.

Related Vietnamese words

• ngoại laiListenadjective

  foreign; alien

• nước ngoàiListennoun

  a foreign country

• xa lạListenadjective

  strange; unfamiliar; unknown

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.