How do you say “beloved” in Vietnamese?

“Beloved” in Vietnamese is yêu quý (to love and respect), yêu dấu (to love dearly).

Vietnamese words for “beloved”

• yêu quýListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔiəw˧˧ kwi˧˦] · Saigon [ʔiw˧˧ wɪj˦˥]yêu level quý rising

  to love and respect; to treasure

  for “beloved” meaning: Much loved, dearly loved.

• yêu dấuListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔiəw˧˧ zəw˧˦] · Saigon [ʔiw˧˧ jəw˦˥]yêu level dấu rising

  to love dearly; to cherish

  for “beloved” meaning: Much loved, dearly loved.

Related Vietnamese words

• kính yêuListenadjective

  respectfully dear or beloved

• thân yêuListenadjective

  familiarly dear or beloved

• yêuListenadjective

  to love

• cưngListenadjective

  to indulge; to pamper; to spoil

• iuListenadjective

  to love; to love romantically

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.