How do you say “commit suicide” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "commit suicide" in Vietnamese?

"Commit suicide" in Vietnamese is tự tử (to commit suicide), tự sát (to commit suicide).

“Commit suicide” in Vietnamese is tự tử (to commit suicide), tự sát (to commit suicide).

Vietnamese words for “commit suicide”

tự tửverb
Hanoi [tɨ˧˨ʔ tɨ˧˩] · Saigon [tɨ˨˩˨ tɨ˨˩˦]tự heavy tử dipping
to commit suicide; to kill oneself
for “commit suicide” meaning: To kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Tom đã từng cố tự tử.Tom tried to commit suicide.
tự sátverb
Hanoi [tɨ˧˨ʔ saːt̚˧˦] · Saigon [tɨ˨˩˨ ʂaːk̚˦˥]tự heavy sát rising
to commit suicide
for “commit suicide” meaning: To kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- Cô ấy đã không tự sát.She didn't commit suicide.

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.