How do you say “decay” in Vietnamese?

“Decay” in Vietnamese is tàn (to fade).

Vietnamese words for “decay”

• tànListenverb
  Hanoi [taːn˨˩] · Saigon [taːŋ˨˩]tàn falling

  to fade; to wither; to decay

Related Vietnamese words

• biến chấtListennoun

  corruption; degeneracy; deterioration

• phân rãListenverb

  to decay

• rãListenverb

  to dissolve; to decay; to decompose

• suyListenverb

  to ponder over; to think carefully

• úa tànListenverb

  to wither; to wilt

• suy tànListenverb

  to decay; to decline; to wane

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.