How do you say “ferocious” in Vietnamese?

“Ferocious” in Vietnamese is dữ tợn (cruel), dữ (ferocious), hung dữ (ferocious).

Vietnamese words for “ferocious”

• dữ tợnListenadjective
  Hanoi [zɨ˦ˀ˥ təːn˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [jɨ˨˩˦ təːŋ˨˩˨]dữ creaky rising tợn heavy

  cruel; brutal; ferocious

• dữListenadjective
  Hanoi [zɨ˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [jɨ˨˩˦]dữ creaky rising

  ferocious

• hung dữListenadjective
  Hanoi [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧ zɨ˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [hʊwŋ͡m˧˧ jɨ˨˩˦]hung level dữ creaky rising

  ferocious; fierce

Related Vietnamese words

• dữ dằnListenadjective

  fierce; ferocious

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.