How do you say “foolish” in Vietnamese?

“Foolish” in Vietnamese is dại dột (foolish), ngốc (foolish), ngốc nghếch (foolish).

Vietnamese words for “foolish”

• dại dộtListenadjective
  Hanoi [zaːj˧˨ʔ zot̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [jaːj˨˩˨ jok̚˨˩˨]dại heavy dột heavy

  foolish; stupid

  for “foolish” meaning: Lacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.

  • Cô ấy hành xử khá dại dột.She behaved quite foolishly.
• ngốcListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋəwk͡p̚˧˦] · Saigon [ŋəwk͡p̚˦˥]ngốc rising

  foolish; doltish

• ngốc nghếchListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋəwk͡p̚˧˦ ŋəjk̟̚˧˦] · Saigon [ŋəwk͡p̚˦˥ ŋəːt̚˦˥]ngốc rising nghếch rising

  foolish; stupid

Related Vietnamese words

• cục mịchListenadjective

  dull-witted; stupid; clumsy

• dại khờListenadjective

  naive; silly; foolish

• hồ đồListenadjective

  foolish

• khờListenadjective

  silly; naive; foolish

• khờ dạiListenadjective

  naive; foolish; stupid

• ngu xuẩnListenadjective

  very stupid; brainless; slow-witted

• ngây dạiListenadjective

  naive; inexperienced; unsophisticated

• ngớ ngẩnListenadjective

  silly; absurd; foolish

• vô lýListenadjective

  making no sense; nonsensical; impossible

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.