How do you say “hesitant” in Vietnamese?

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

"Hesitant" in Vietnamese is ngại (worried).

“Hesitant” in Vietnamese is ngại (worried).

Vietnamese words for “hesitant”

ngạiadjective
Hanoi [ŋaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋaːj˨˩˨]ngại heavy
worried; hesitant; fearful

Related Vietnamese words

dục dặcadjective
hesitant; unsure
e ấpadjective
shy; hesitant
lừng khừngadjective
hesitant; wavering
do dựverb
to hesitate; to waver
ngập ngừngverb
to be hesitant; to waver

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.