How do you say “dangerous” in Vietnamese?

“Dangerous” in Vietnamese is nguy hiểm (dangerous), hiểm nghèo (dangerous), lợi hại (excellent).

Vietnamese words for “dangerous”

• nguy hiểmListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋwi˧˧ hiəm˧˩] · Saigon [ŋwɪj˧˧ him˨˩˦]nguy level hiểm dipping

  dangerous; hazardous

  for “dangerous” meaning: Full of danger.

  • Nó nguy hiểm lắm.It's dangerous.
• hiểm nghèoListenadjective
  Hanoi [hiəm˧˩ ŋɛw˨˩] · Saigon [him˨˩˦ ŋɛw˨˩]hiểm dipping nghèo falling

  dangerous; serious; grave

• lợi hạiListenadjective
  Hanoi [ləːj˧˨ʔ haːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ləːj˨˩˨ haːj˨˩˨]lợi heavy hại heavy

  excellent; extraordinary; dangerous

• nham hiểmListenadjective
  Hanoi [ɲaːm˧˧ hiəm˧˩] · Saigon [ɲaːm˧˧ him˨˩˦]nham level hiểm dipping

  insidious; vicious; sinister

• có hạiListenadjective
  Hanoi [kɔ˧˦ haːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [kɔ˦˥ haːj˨˩˨]có rising hại heavy

  harmful; dangerous

Related Vietnamese words

• nguyListenadjective

  dangerous; perilous

• đáng ngạiListenadjective

  dangerous; ominous

• hiểmListenadjective

  impassable; impregnable

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.