How do you say “despise” in Vietnamese?

“Despise” in Vietnamese is khinh miệt (to despise), bỉ (to despise).

Vietnamese words for “despise”

• khinh miệtListenverb
  Hanoi [xïŋ˧˧ miət̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [kʰɨn˧˧ miək̚˨˩˨]khinh level miệt heavy

  to despise; to disdain

  • Họ khinh miệt bà ấy.They despise her.
• bỉListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓi˧˩] · Saigon [ʔɓɪj˨˩˦]bỉ dipping

  to despise; to slight

Related Vietnamese words

• bài bácListenverb

  to despise

• căm hờnListenverb

  to despise; to detest; to loathe

• căm phẫnListenverb

  to hate; despise

• phỉ nhổListenverb

  to spit upon; to despise; to disdain

• khiListenverb

  when

• oánListenverb

  to vehemently resent

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.