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How do you say “guess” in Vietnamese?

“Guess” in Vietnamese is đoán (to guess), phỏng đoán (to guess), nghĩ (to think).

Vietnamese words for “guess”

  • đoánverb
    Hanoi [ʔɗwaːn˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗwaːŋ˦˥]đoán rising

    to guess; to predict; to surmise

    for “guess” meaning: To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

    • Đoán xem!Guess!
  • phỏng đoánverb
    Hanoi [fawŋ͡m˧˩ ʔɗwaːn˧˦] · Saigon [fawŋ͡m˨˩˦ ʔɗwaːŋ˦˥]phỏng dipping đoán rising

    to guess; to conjecture

    for “guess” meaning: To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

  • nghĩverb
    Hanoi [ŋi˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ŋɪj˨˩˦]nghĩ creaky rising

    to think

    for “guess” meaning: To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

    • Tôi nghĩ là không.I guess not.
  • nghĩ raverb
    Hanoi [ŋi˦ˀ˥ zaː˧˧] · Saigon [ŋɪj˨˩˦ ɹaː˧˧]nghĩ creaky rising ra level

    to imagine; to come up with

    for “guess” meaning: To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

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.