How do you say “false” in Vietnamese?

“False” in Vietnamese is sai (not right), giả (fake), giả dối (untruthful).

Vietnamese words for “false”

• saiListenadjective
  Hanoi [saːj˧˧] · Saigon [ʂaːj˧˧]sai level

  not right; correct or proper; wrong

  for “false” meaning: Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

  • Thông tin này sai sự thật.This information is false.
• giảListenadjective
  Hanoi [zaː˧˩] · Saigon [jaː˨˩˦]giả dipping

  fake; false

• giả dốiListenadjective
  Hanoi [zaː˧˩ zoj˧˦] · Saigon [jaː˨˩˦ joj˦˥]giả dipping dối rising

  untruthful; deceitful; false

Related Vietnamese words

• dởmListenadjective

  fake; false; bad

• sạoListenadjective

  false; untrue; deceitful

• nhầmListenverb

  to make a mistake; to be mistaken

• bậyListenadjective

  morally wrong; false

• lừaListennoun

  a donkey

• dốiListenadjective

  carelessly done

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.