How do you say “east” in Vietnamese?

“East” in Vietnamese is đông (winter).

Vietnamese words for “east”

• đôngListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]đông level

  winter

  for “east” meaning: The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.

  • Mặt trời mọc đằng đông.The sun rises in the east.

Related Vietnamese words

• Đông phươngListennoun

  the Orient; the East

• miền ĐôngListennoun

  eastern region

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.