How do you say “degenerate” in Vietnamese?

“Degenerate” in Vietnamese is thoái hoá (to degenerate).

Vietnamese words for “degenerate”

• thoái hoáListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰwaːj˧˦ hwaː˧˦] · Saigon [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːj˦˥ waː˦˥]thoái rising hoá rising

  to degenerate; decline or regress

Related Vietnamese words

• biến chấtListenverb

  corruption; degeneracy; deterioration

• thối nátListenadjective

  corrupt; degenerate; despicable

• suy đồiListenverb

  to be depraved/degraded; to fall into decadence

• tha hoáListenverb

  to alienate; to estrange

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.