How do you say “major” in Vietnamese?

“Major” in Vietnamese is thiếu tá (major), chính (main), trọng đại (major).

Vietnamese words for “major”

• thiếu táListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰiəw˧˦ taː˧˦] · Saigon [tʰiw˦˥ taː˦˥]thiếu rising tá rising

  major; lieutenant commander

  for “major” meaning: A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.

• chínhListenadjective
  Hanoi [t͡ɕïŋ˧˦] · Saigon [cɨn˦˥]chính rising

  main; major; chief

• trọng đạiListenadjective
  Hanoi [t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ ʔɗaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʈawŋ͡m˨˩˨ ʔɗaːj˨˩˨]trọng heavy đại heavy

  major; important

Related Vietnamese words

• thành niênListenadjective

  adult; major

• lớnListenadjective

  big; large

• anhListenpronoun

  older brother; you (to a man slightly older); I (said by an older man)

• nhiềuListendeterminer

  many; much; a lot

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.