How do you say “ambiguous” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "ambiguous" in Vietnamese?

"Ambiguous" in Vietnamese is tối nghĩa (difficult to understand), mơ hồ (dim), nước đôi (ambiguous).

“Ambiguous” in Vietnamese is tối nghĩa (difficult to understand), mơ hồ (dim), nước đôi (ambiguous).

Vietnamese words for “ambiguous”

tối nghĩaadjective
Hanoi [toj˧˦ ŋiə˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [toj˦˥ ŋiə˨˩˦]tối rising nghĩa creaky rising
difficult to understand; obscure; ambiguous
for “ambiguous” meaning: Open to multiple interpretations.
mơ hồadjective
Hanoi [məː˧˧ ho˨˩] · Saigon [məː˧˧ how˨˩]mơ level hồ falling
dim; vague; ambiguous
- Lần này, bài thi không chỉ khó mà câu hỏi còn mơ hồ nữa!This time, the exam was not just difficult, but also, the questions were ambiguous.
nước đôiadjective
Hanoi [nɨək̚˧˦ ʔɗoj˧˧] · Saigon [nɨək̚˦˥ ʔɗoj˧˧]nước rising đôi level
ambiguous; equivocal

Related Vietnamese words

lửng lơadjective
ambiguous; noncommittal; unresolved
nhập nhằngadjective
ambiguous; equivocal; unclear
mập mờadjective
dim; vague

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.