How do you say “hone” in Vietnamese?

“Hone” in Vietnamese is mài (to grind), dũa (to file).

Vietnamese words for “hone”

• màiListenverb
  Hanoi [maːj˨˩] · Saigon [maːj˨˩]mài falling

  to grind

  for “hone” meaning: To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

• dũaListenverb
  dũa creaky rising

  to file

  for “hone” meaning: To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

Related Vietnamese words

• giồiListenverb

  to apply; rub

• đá màiListennoun

  a whetstone

• quán triệtListenverb

  to execute thoroughly; to implement effectively

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.