How do you say “away” in Vietnamese?

“Away” in Vietnamese is đi vắng (to be absent or away).

Vietnamese words for “away”

• đi vắngListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗi˧˧ vaŋ˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗɪj˧˧ vaŋ˦˥]đi level vắng rising

  to be absent or away

  • Cô ấy đã đến ở lại một tuần bầu bạn với mẹ tôi trong khi tôi đi vắng.She came to stay for a week as company for my mother while I was away.

Related Vietnamese words

• điListenadverb

  to go; to walk; to leave

• xaListenadjective

  far

• vắngListenadjective

  deserted; desolate

• xa cáchListenverb

  to be separated; to be distant; to be far away

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.