How do you say “around” in Vietnamese?

“Around” in Vietnamese is xung quanh (around), vòng quanh (around), quanh (around).

Vietnamese words for “around”

• xung quanhListennoun
  Hanoi [sʊwŋ͡m˧˧ kwajŋ̟˧˧] · Saigon [sʊwŋ͡m˧˧ wan˧˧]xung level quanh level

  around; round; about

  • Trái Đất quay xung quanh Mặt Trời.The Earth revolves around the sun.
• vòng quanhListenadverb
  Hanoi [vawŋ͡m˨˩ kwajŋ̟˧˧] · Saigon [vawŋ͡m˨˩ wan˧˧]vòng falling quanh level

  around; round

  • Tôi muốn đi vòng quanh thế giới.I want to travel around the world.
• quanhListenpreposition
  Hanoi [kwajŋ̟˧˧] · Saigon [wan˧˧]quanh level

  around; round

  • Ngay quanh góc phố.It's just around the corner.

Related Vietnamese words

• khắpListenadverb

  all over; throughout

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.