How do you say “junk” in Vietnamese?

“Junk” in Vietnamese is ghe (kind of boat), phế liệu (waste material).

Vietnamese words for “junk”

• gheListennoun
  Hanoi [ɣɛ˧˧] · Saigon [ɣɛ˧˧]ghe level

  kind of boat

  for “junk” meaning: A Chinese sailing vessel.

• phế liệuListennoun
  Hanoi [fe˧˦ liəw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [fej˦˥ liw˨˩˨]phế rising liệu heavy

  waste material; scrap

  for “junk” meaning: Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.

Related Vietnamese words

• nhôm nhựaListennoun

  scrap; junk

• ve chaiListennoun

  bottles; waste; scrap

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.