How do you say “balance” in Vietnamese?

“Balance” in Vietnamese is cân bằng (balance), cán cân (scale beam), cân (weighing instrument).

Vietnamese words for “balance”

• cân bằngListennoun
  Hanoi [kən˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩] · Saigon [kəŋ˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩]cân level bằng falling

  balance; equilibrium

• cán cânListennoun
  Hanoi [kaːn˧˦ kən˧˧] · Saigon [kaːŋ˦˥ kəŋ˧˧]cán rising cân level

  scale beam; balance; parity

• cânListennoun
  Hanoi [kən˧˧] · Saigon [kəŋ˧˧]cân level

  weighing instrument; balance; scale

Related Vietnamese words

• thăng bằngListennoun

  balance; equilibrium; equipoise

• bù trừListenverb

  balance; offset

• cân đốiListenverb

  balanced; well-proportioned; symmetrical

• do dựListenverb

  to hesitate; to waver

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.