How do you say “cleave” in Vietnamese?

“Cleave” in Vietnamese is chẻ (to split), rẽ (to turn).

Vietnamese words for “cleave”

• chẻListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕɛ˧˩] · Saigon [cɛ˨˩˦]chẻ dipping

  to split; to cleave

• rẽListenverb
  Hanoi [zɛ˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ɹɛ˨˩˦]rẽ creaky rising

  to turn; to cleave; to split

Related Vietnamese words

• bửaListenverb

  to split; to cleave

• bổListenverb

  especially a large one

• tẽListenverb

  to turn; to cleave; to split

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.