How do you say “heal” in Vietnamese?

“Heal” in Vietnamese is thương (lance), hàn gắn (to heal).

Vietnamese words for “heal”

• thươngListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰɨəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [tʰɨəŋ˧˧]thương level

  lance; long-handled spear

  for “heal” meaning: To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.

• hàn gắnListenverb
  Hanoi [haːn˨˩ ɣan˧˦] · Saigon [haːŋ˨˩ ɣaŋ˦˥]hàn falling gắn rising

  to heal; to mend; to repair

  • Lời nói gây tổn thương dễ dàng hơn là hàn gắn.Words wound more easily than they heal.

Related Vietnamese words

• làm lànhListenverb

  to make up

• chữa bệnhListenverb

  to treat medically; to cure

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.