How do you say “brief” in Vietnamese?

“Brief” in Vietnamese is vắn tắt (brief), ngắn, ngắn gọn (concise).

Vietnamese words for “brief”

• vắn tắtListenadjective
  Hanoi [van˧˦ tat̚˧˦] · Saigon [vaŋ˦˥ tak̚˦˥]vắn rising tắt rising

  brief; succinct

• ngắnListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋan˧˦] · Saigon [ŋaŋ˦˥]ngắn rising
• ngắn gọnListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋan˧˦ ɣɔn˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋaŋ˦˥ ɣɔŋ˨˩˨]ngắn rising gọn heavy

  concise; brief

  • Anh ta trả lời ngắn gọn.He answered briefly.
• ngắn ngủiListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋan˧˦ ŋuj˧˩] · Saigon [ŋaŋ˦˥ ŋuj˨˩˦]ngắn rising ngủi dipping

  too short; brief

Related Vietnamese words

• cộcListenadjective

  short; brief; trimmed

• cộc lốcListenadjective

  curt; terse; brief

• vắnListenadjective

  brief

• cụt lủnListenadjective

  short; curt; terse

• khái quátListenadjective

  to generalise; to give a general overview; to summarize

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.