How do you say “flinch” in Vietnamese?

“Flinch” in Vietnamese is nao núng (to flinch), rúm (to flinch).

Vietnamese words for “flinch”

• nao núngListenverb
  Hanoi [naːw˧˧ nʊwŋ͡m˧˦] · Saigon [naːw˧˧ nʊwŋ͡m˦˥]nao level núng rising

  to flinch

• rúmListenverb
  Hanoi [zum˧˦] · Saigon [ɹʊm˦˥]rúm rising

  to flinch; to cringe

Related Vietnamese words

• chùnListenverb

  to recoil; to shrink back; to flinch

• e ngạiListenverb

  to be afraid; to flinch; to worry

• núng thếListenverb

  to flinch; to recede

• xoáyListenverb

  to swirl; to whirl

• chùn bướcListenverb

  to back off; to retreat; to recoil

• do dựListenverb

  to hesitate; to waver

• lưỡng lựListenverb

  to hesitate

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.