How do you say “disturb” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "disturb" in Vietnamese?

"Disturb" in Vietnamese is làm phiền (to annoy), quấy rầy (to annoy).

“Disturb” in Vietnamese is làm phiền (to annoy), quấy rầy (to annoy).

Vietnamese words for “disturb”

làm phiềnverb
Hanoi [laːm˨˩ fiən˨˩] · Saigon [laːm˨˩ fiəŋ˨˩]làm falling phiền falling
to annoy; to bother; to disturb
for “disturb” meaning: to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
quấy rầyverb
Hanoi [kwəj˧˦ zəj˨˩] · Saigon [wəj˦˥ ɹəj˨˩]quấy rising rầy falling
to annoy; to bother; to badger
for “disturb” meaning: to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- Tôi sẽ cố không quấy rầy bạn học hành.I'll do my best not to disturb your studying.

Related Vietnamese words

phiền nhiễuverb
to annoy; to disturb
quấy pháverb
to harass; to disturb
quấy rốiverb
to harass; to disturb
sinh sựverb
to trouble; to disturb
quậyverb
synonym of quấy; to disturb; to harass
ám quẻverb
to obstruct or disturb fortune-telling

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.