How do you say “idea” in Vietnamese?

“Idea” in Vietnamese is ý tưởng (idea), ý nghĩ (opinion), quan niệm (a mindset).

Vietnamese words for “idea”

• ý tưởngListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔi˧˦ tɨəŋ˧˩] · Saigon [ʔɪj˦˥ tɨəŋ˨˩˦]ý rising tưởng dipping

  idea; thought

  • Đó là 1 ý tưởng tốt!That's a good idea!
• ý nghĩListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔi˧˦ ŋi˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ʔɪj˦˥ ŋɪj˨˩˦]ý rising nghĩ creaky rising

  opinion; idea; thought

  • Ý nghĩ cắm trại chưa bao giờ là điều hấp dẫn tôi.The idea of camping has never appealed to me.
• quan niệmListennoun
  Hanoi [kwaːn˧˧ niəm˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [waːŋ˧˧ nim˨˩˨]quan level niệm heavy

  a mindset; an understanding; or a way of thinking

Related Vietnamese words

• tư tưởngListennoun

  thought; ideology

• tâm tưListennoun

  thought; idea; feelings

• ý niệmListennoun

  thought; notion

• ý địnhListennoun

  intention

• hàm nghĩaListennoun

  to denote; to indicate; to mean

• khái niệmListennoun

  concept; notion

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.