How do you say “arbitrary” in Vietnamese?

“Arbitrary” in Vietnamese is tuỳ tiện (arbitrary), độc đoán (arbitrary).

Vietnamese words for “arbitrary”

• tuỳ tiệnListenadjective
  Hanoi [twi˨˩ tiən˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [t⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩ tiəŋ˨˩˨]tuỳ falling tiện heavy

  arbitrary; casual

  for “arbitrary” meaning: Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

• độc đoánListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗwaːn˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗəwk͡p̚˨˩˨ ʔɗwaːŋ˦˥]độc heavy đoán rising

  arbitrary; authoritarian; domineering

Related Vietnamese words

• võ đoánListenadjective

  arbitrary; subjective; dogmatic

• tuỳ ýListenverb

  to be as one wishes

• tự ýListenverb

  to act voluntarily; to act without authorisation; to take upon oneself

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.