How do you say “flow” in Vietnamese?

“Flow” in Vietnamese is chảy (to flow), dòng chảy (flow).

Vietnamese words for “flow”

• chảyListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕaj˧˩] · Saigon [ca(ː)j˨˩˦]chảy dipping

  to flow; stream; trickle

  for “flow” meaning: To move as a fluid from one position to another.

• dòng chảyListennoun
  Hanoi [zawŋ͡m˨˩ t͡ɕaj˧˩] · Saigon [jawŋ͡m˨˩ ca(ː)j˨˩˦]dòng falling chảy dipping

  flow; current; stream

  for “flow” meaning: Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.

Related Vietnamese words

• luồngListennoun

  flow; channel

• lưu độngListenverb

  to circulate; to flow; to be mobile

• túaListenverb

  to flow; to spill

• ùaListenverb

  to flow; to rush

• ồListenverb

  oh; wow

• mạchListennoun

  pulse; blood vessel

• dòngListennoun

  current; stream

• lưu lượngListennoun

  flow rate; discharge

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.