How do you say “ghost” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "ghost" in Vietnamese?

"Ghost" in Vietnamese is ma (ghost), bóng ma (specter).

“Ghost” in Vietnamese is ma (ghost), bóng ma (specter).

Vietnamese words for “ghost”

manoun
Hanoi [maː˧˧] · Saigon [maː˧˧]ma level
ghost; anyone
for “ghost” meaning: A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- Ma có thật không?Are ghosts real?
bóng manoun
Hanoi [ʔɓawŋ͡m˧˦ maː˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɓawŋ͡m˦˥ maː˧˧]bóng rising ma level
specter; ghost; phantom
for “ghost” meaning: A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

Related Vietnamese words

quỷ thầnnoun
god; ghost; or spirit
ám ảnhverb
to haunt; to obsess

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.