How do you say “fuse” in Vietnamese?

“Fuse” in Vietnamese is cầu chì (fuse), ngòi (primer).

Vietnamese words for “fuse”

• cầu chìListennoun
  Hanoi [kəw˨˩ t͡ɕi˨˩] · Saigon [kəw˨˩ cɪj˨˩]cầu falling chì falling

  fuse

  for “fuse” meaning: A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through i

• ngòiListennoun
  Hanoi [ŋɔj˨˩] · Saigon [ŋɔj˨˩]ngòi falling

  primer; fuse; match

Related Vietnamese words

• ngòi nổListennoun

  fuse; detonator

• kípListennoun

  shift; session

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.