How do you say “cease” in Vietnamese?

“Cease” in Vietnamese is thôi (to stop), tạnh (to stop).

Vietnamese words for “cease”

• thôiListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰoj˧˧] · Saigon [tʰoj˧˧]thôi level

  to stop; to cease; to discontinue

• tạnhListenverb
  Hanoi [tajŋ̟˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tan˨˩˨]tạnh heavy

  to stop; to cease

Related Vietnamese words

• dợListenverb

  to stop; to cease

• đình chỉListenverb

  to suspend; to recess; to cease

• ngừngListenverb

  to stop; to desist

• dừngListenverb

  to stop; to halt

• ngắtListenverb

  to pick; to sharply interrupt

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.