How do you say “ambition” in Vietnamese?

“Ambition” in Vietnamese is hoài bão (aspiration), tham vọng (ambition).

Vietnamese words for “ambition”

• hoài bãoListennoun
  Hanoi [hwaːj˨˩ ʔɓaːw˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [waːj˨˩ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦]hoài falling bão creaky rising

  aspiration; ambition

  • Anh ấy là một người đàn ông có hoài bão lớn.He was a man of great ambition.
• tham vọngListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰaːm˧˧ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰaːm˧˧ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨]tham level vọng heavy

  ambition; aspiration

  • Anh ấy có tham vọng đạt giải Nobel.He has an ambition to get a Nobel Prize.

Related Vietnamese words

• chí hướngListennoun

  aspiration; purpose; ambition

• khát vọngListennoun

  great ambition or aspiration

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.