How do you say “divorce” in Vietnamese?

“Divorce” in Vietnamese is ly dị (to divorce), ly hôn (to divorce), li hôn (to divorce).

Vietnamese words for “divorce”

• ly dịListenverb
  ly level dị heavy

  to divorce

  for “divorce” meaning: To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

  • Cha mẹ tôi đã ly dị.My parents are divorced.
• ly hônListenverb
  ly level hôn level

  to divorce

  for “divorce” meaning: The legal dissolution of a marriage.

  • Tôi đã ly hôn.I got divorced.
• li hônListenverb
  Hanoi [li˧˧ hon˧˧] · Saigon [lɪj˧˧ hoŋ˧˧]li level hôn level

  to divorce

  • Tôi đã li hôn.I got divorced.

Related Vietnamese words

• li dịListenverb

  to divorce

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.