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How do you say “marry” in Vietnamese?

“Marry” in Vietnamese is cưới (to marry), kết hôn (to get married), lấy (to take).

Vietnamese words for “marry”

  • cướiverb
    Hanoi [kɨəj˧˦] · Saigon [kɨj˦˥]cưới rising

    to marry; to wed

    for “marry” meaning: To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

    • Tôi muốn cưới cô ấy.I want to marry her.
  • kết hônverb
    Hanoi [ket̚˧˦ hon˧˧] · Saigon [kəːt̚˦˥ hoŋ˧˧]kết rising hôn level

    to get married

    for “marry” meaning: To take as husband or wife.

    • Tôi muốn kết hôn với cô ấy.I want to marry her.
  • lấyverb
    Hanoi [ləj˧˦] · Saigon [ləj˦˥]lấy rising

    to take; to seize

    • Em sẽ lấy anh chứ?Would you marry me?

Related Vietnamese words

  • hôn phốiverb

    to marry

  • đụngverb

    to bump against; to collide; to come into collision

  • gảverb

    to give in marriage; to marry off

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