How do you say “fall asleep” in Vietnamese?

“Fall asleep” in Vietnamese is ngủ gục (to fall asleep), ngủ quên (to fall asleep).

Vietnamese words for “fall asleep”

• ngủ gụcListenverb
  Hanoi [ŋu˧˩ ɣʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋʊw˨˩˦ ɣʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]ngủ dipping gục heavy

  to fall asleep

  for “fall asleep” meaning: To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.

• ngủ quênListenverb
  Hanoi [ŋu˧˩ kwen˧˧] · Saigon [ŋʊw˨˩˦ wəːn˧˧]ngủ dipping quên level

  to fall asleep; to oversleep

Related Vietnamese words

• nhắm mắtListenverb

  mắt; to fall asleep

• thiếpListenverb

  concubine

• thiêm thiếpListenverb

  concubine

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.