How do you say “chieftain” in Vietnamese?

“Chieftain” in Vietnamese is thủ lĩnh (chieftain), tù trưởng (chieftain).

Vietnamese words for “chieftain”

• thủ lĩnhListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰu˧˩ lïŋ˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [tʰʊw˨˩˦ lɨn˨˩˦]thủ dipping lĩnh creaky rising

  chieftain; leader; head

• tù trưởngListennoun
  Hanoi [tu˨˩ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˩] · Saigon [tʊw˨˩ ʈɨəŋ˨˩˦]tù falling trưởng dipping

  chieftain; tribal chief

Related Vietnamese words

• trùmListennoun

  to cover; to put on

• đầu đảngListennoun

  a gangleader

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.