How do you say “majority” in Vietnamese?

“Majority” in Vietnamese is phần đông (majority), đa số (majority), số đông (majority).

Vietnamese words for “majority”

• phần đôngListennoun
  Hanoi [fən˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [fəŋ˨˩ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]phần falling đông level

  majority

  for “majority” meaning: More than half (50%) of some group.

• đa sốListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗaː˧˧ so˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗaː˧˧ ʂow˦˥]đa level số rising

  majority

  for “majority” meaning: More than half (50%) of some group.

• số đôngListennoun
  Hanoi [so˧˦ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [ʂow˦˥ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˧]số rising đông level

  majority

  for “majority” meaning: More than half (50%) of some group.

  • Dân chủ là sự chuyên chế của số đông.Democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

Related Vietnamese words

• đại bộ phậnListennoun

  majority

• phần lớnListennoun

  the greatest part; the most part

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.