How do you say “late” in Vietnamese?

“Late” in Vietnamese is muộn (late), trễ (late), khuya (late).

Vietnamese words for “late”

• muộnListenadjective
  Hanoi [muən˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [muəŋ˨˩˨]muộn heavy

  late; tardy

  for “late” meaning: Near the end of a period of time.

  • Muộn quá.Too late.
• trễListenadjective
  Hanoi [t͡ɕe˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ʈej˨˩˦]trễ creaky rising

  late; tardy

  for “late” meaning: Near the end of a period of time.

  • Cô ấy đến trễ.She's coming late.
• khuyaListenadjective
  Hanoi [xwiə˧˧] · Saigon [kʰwiə˧˧]khuya level

  late

  • Anh không nên thức quá khuya.You should not stay up too late.

Related Vietnamese words

• chầyListenadjective

  late; tardy; delayed

• chậm trễListenadjective

  tardy; late; delayed

• muộn màngListenadjective

  late; belated

• muộn mằnListenadjective

  late

• trễ tràngListenadjective

  late; tardy

• chậmListenadjective

  slow

• chếtListenverb

  to die; to decease; to perish

• gần đâyListenadverb

  nearby; recently

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.