How do you say “joke” in Vietnamese?

“Joke” in Vietnamese is đùa (to joke).

Vietnamese words for “joke”

• đùaListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗuə˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɗuə˨˩]đùa falling

  to joke; to jest; to tease

  for “joke” meaning: Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

  • Đừng đùa!Don't joke around!

Related Vietnamese words

• bông đùaListenverb

  to joke; to jest; to tease

• bỡnListenverb

  to kid; to jest; to joke

• giỡnListenverb

  to joke; to play

• nói chơiListenverb

  chơi; to joke; to jest

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.