How do you say “jail” in Vietnamese?

“Jail” in Vietnamese is nhà tù (prison).

Vietnamese words for “jail”

• nhà tùListennoun
  Hanoi [ɲaː˨˩ tu˨˩] · Saigon [ɲaː˨˩ tʊw˨˩]nhà falling tù falling

  prison; jail

  for “jail” meaning: A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with referenc

Related Vietnamese words

• nhà giamListennoun

  prison; jail

• tùListennoun

  prison; imprisonment; confinement

• laoListennoun

  tuberculosis

• ngụcListennoun

  prison

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.