How do you say “cancer” in Vietnamese?

“Cancer” in Vietnamese is ung thư (cancer).

Vietnamese words for “cancer”

• ung thưListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧] · Saigon [ʔʊwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧]ung level thư level

  cancer

  for “cancer” meaning: A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (often rapid) proliferation.

  • Bạn bị ung thư.You have cancer.

Related Vietnamese words

• ung nhọtListennoun

  boils

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.