How do you say “expect” in Vietnamese?

“Expect” in Vietnamese is mong đợi (to expect), mong chờ (to expect), chờ mong (to expect).

Vietnamese words for “expect”

• mong đợiListenverb
  Hanoi [mawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗəːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [mawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗəːj˨˩˨]mong level đợi heavy

  to expect; to wait

  for “expect” meaning: To predict or believe that something will happen

  • Tôi không bắt được đủ số cá như mong đợi.I could not catch as many fish as I had expected.
• mong chờListenverb
  Hanoi [mawŋ͡m˧˧ t͡ɕəː˨˩] · Saigon [mawŋ͡m˧˧ cəː˨˩]mong level chờ falling

  to expect; to await

  • Tôi đã mong chờ điều tệ hơn.I expected worse.
• chờ mongListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕəː˨˩ mawŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [cəː˨˩ mawŋ͡m˧˧]chờ falling mong level

  to expect; to await

Related Vietnamese words

• dự tínhListenverb

  to expect

• ngóngListenverb

  to wait for; to expect

• ngóng đợiListenverb

  to wait for; to expect

• trông mongListenverb

  to expect; to wait

• chờ đợiListenverb

  to wait; to await

• vọngListenverb

  to echo; to resound

• dèListenverb

  to stint; to economise

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.