How do you say “heat” in Vietnamese?

“Heat” in Vietnamese is đun (to heat), nhiệt (heat).

Vietnamese words for “heat”

• đunListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗun˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˧˧]đun level

  to heat

  for “heat” meaning: To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

• nhiệtListennoun
  Hanoi [ɲiət̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ɲiək̚˨˩˨]nhiệt heavy

  heat

  • Quần đảo Nhật Bản bị tấn công bởi một đợt sóng nhiệt khủng khiếp.The Japanese archipelago is struck by a terrible heat wave.

Related Vietnamese words

• gia nhiệtListenverb

  to heat

• nhiệt lượngListennoun

  heat; amount of heat

• nhiệt năngListennoun

  heat; thermal energy

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.