How do you say “break down” in Vietnamese?

“Break down” in Vietnamese is hỏng hóc (to break down), hỏng (broken), tan vỡ (to break).

Vietnamese words for “break down”

• hỏng hócListenverb
  Hanoi [hawŋ͡m˧˩ hawk͡p̚˧˦] · Saigon [hawŋ͡m˨˩˦ hawk͡p̚˦˥]hỏng dipping hóc rising

  to break down; to fail

  for “break down” meaning: To stop functioning.

• hỏngListenadjective
  Hanoi [hawŋ͡m˧˩] · Saigon [hawŋ͡m˨˩˦]hỏng dipping

  broken; out of order

  for “break down” meaning: To stop functioning.

• tan vỡListenverb
  Hanoi [taːn˧˧ vəː˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [taːŋ˧˧ vəː˨˩˦]tan level vỡ creaky rising

  to break; to break down; to be shattered

Related Vietnamese words

• chết máyListenverb

  to fail; to stall; to break down

• gục ngãListenverb
• phân giảiListenverb

  to decompose; resolve or break down

• vỡ tanListenverb

  to break; to break down; to shatter

• đổ vỡListenverb

  to collapse; to fail; to break down

• giảiListenverb

  an accolade; a prize; an award

• phân tíchListenverb

  to analyze

• đập vỡListenverb

  to shatter; to break into pieces; to smash

• kiệt sứcListenadjective

  exhausted; worn-out

• suy nhượcListenadjective

  depleted; debilitated; weakened

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.