How do you say “generally” in Vietnamese?

“Generally” in Vietnamese is đại thể (generally), đại khái (in general), nói chung (in general).

Vietnamese words for “generally”

• đại thểListenadverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ tʰe˧˩] · Saigon [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ tʰej˨˩˦]đại heavy thể dipping

  generally; fundamentally

• đại kháiListenadverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ xaːj˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗaːj˨˩˨ kʰaːj˦˥]đại heavy khái rising

  in general; generally

• nói chungListenadverb
  Hanoi [nɔj˧˦ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [nɔj˦˥ cʊwŋ͡m˧˧]nói rising chung level

  in general; generally speaking

  • Nói chung, cô ấy nói đúng.Generally speaking, what she says is right.

Related Vietnamese words

• thông thườngListenadjective

  common; ordinary; usual

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.