How do you say “dead” in Vietnamese?

“Dead” in Vietnamese is chết (to die).

Vietnamese words for “dead”

• chếtListenadjective
  Hanoi [t͡ɕet̚˧˦] · Saigon [cəːt̚˦˥]chết rising

  to die; to decease; to perish

  for “dead” meaning: No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)

  • Yanni đã chết.Yanni was dead.

Related Vietnamese words

• vong nhânListennoun

  the dead; the deceased; the departed

• tắtListenverb

  to switch off; turn off; shut down

• chớtListenadjective

  to die; to decease; to perish

• giữaListenpreposition

  in the middle; in the center; amidst

• chết chócListenadjective

  deadly; fatal; lethal

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.