How do you say “bad” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "bad" in Vietnamese?

"Bad" in Vietnamese is xấu (ugly), dở (bad), tệ (bad).

“Bad” in Vietnamese is xấu (ugly), dở (bad), tệ (bad).

Vietnamese words for “bad”

xấuadjective
Hanoi [səw˧˦] · Saigon [səw˦˥]xấu rising
ugly; hideous
for “bad” meaning: Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- Thời tiết xấu.The weather is bad.
dởadjective
Hanoi [zəː˧˩] · Saigon [jəː˨˩˦]dở dipping
bad; uninteresting
for “bad” meaning: Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
tệadjective
Hanoi [te˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tej˨˩˨]tệ heavy
bad
- Tom là một gã rất tệ.Tom's a very bad guy.
tồi tệadjective
Hanoi [toj˨˩ te˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [toj˨˩ tej˨˩˨]tồi falling tệ heavy
bad; evil; terrible
- Mọi thứ đều tồi tệ.Everything is bad.
tồiadjective
Hanoi [toj˨˩] · Saigon [toj˨˩]tồi falling
poor; bad; mediocre
- Nó có tồi không?Is it bad?

Related Vietnamese words

bất hảoadjective
bad
dởmadjective
fake; false; bad
kém cỏiadjective
weak; bad; inferior
lỏadjective
bad; terrible
tệ hạiadjective
awful; bad
xấu xaadjective
bad; evil; immoral
saoadjective
why; how; star
kémadjective
less; lesser
bẩnadjective
dirty; unclean; filthy

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.