How do you say “hold back” in Vietnamese?

“Hold back” in Vietnamese is nín (to hold back), ngần ngại (to hesitate).

Vietnamese words for “hold back”

• nínListenverb
  Hanoi [nin˧˦] · Saigon [nɨn˦˥]nín rising

  to hold back; to stop

• ngần ngạiListenverb
  Hanoi [ŋən˨˩ ŋaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋəŋ˨˩ ŋaːj˨˩˨]ngần falling ngại heavy

  to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant

Related Vietnamese words

• ghìmListenverb

  to hold back; to stop; to bring to a stop

• giấuListenverb

  to hide; to conceal

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.