How do you say “bury” in Vietnamese?

“Bury” in Vietnamese is chôn (to bury), mai táng (to bury the dead), chôn vùi (to bury).

Vietnamese words for “bury”

• chônListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕon˧˧] · Saigon [coŋ˧˧]chôn level

  to bury; to inter

  for “bury” meaning: To kill or murder.

  • Chôn nó đi.Bury it.
• mai tángListenverb
  Hanoi [maːj˧˧ taːŋ˧˦] · Saigon [maːj˧˧ taːŋ˦˥]mai level táng rising

  to bury the dead

  for “bury” meaning: To kill or murder.

• chôn vùiListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕon˧˧ vuj˨˩] · Saigon [coŋ˧˧ vuj˨˩]chôn level vùi falling

  to bury; to cover

Related Vietnamese words

• an tángListenverb

  to bury; to inter

• vùi lấpListenverb

  to bury

• dậpListenverb

  to extinguish; to put out

• chôn cấtListenverb

  to bury the dead

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.