How do you say “aspiration” in Vietnamese?

“Aspiration” in Vietnamese is khát vọng (great ambition or aspiration), nguyện vọng (hope), tham vọng (ambition).

Vietnamese words for “aspiration”

• khát vọngListennoun
  Hanoi [xaːt̚˧˦ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [kʰaːk̚˦˥ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨]khát rising vọng heavy

  great ambition or aspiration

• nguyện vọngListennoun
  Hanoi [ŋwiən˧˨ʔ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋwiəŋ˨˩˨ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨]nguyện heavy vọng heavy

  hope; aspiration

• tham vọngListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰaːm˧˧ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰaːm˧˧ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨]tham level vọng heavy

  ambition; aspiration

Related Vietnamese words

• chí hướngListennoun

  aspiration; purpose; ambition

• hoài bãoListennoun

  aspiration; ambition

• tâm nguyệnListennoun

  aspiration; cherished desire; dream

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.