How do you say “matter” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "matter" in Vietnamese?

"Matter" in Vietnamese is vật chất (matter), chất (substance), việc (work).

“Matter” in Vietnamese is vật chất (matter), chất (substance), việc (work).

Vietnamese words for “matter”

vật chấtnoun
Hanoi [vət̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕət̚˧˦] · Saigon [vək̚˨˩˨ cək̚˦˥]vật heavy chất rising
matter; material; substance
for “matter” meaning: Anything with mass and volume.
chấtnoun
Hanoi [t͡ɕət̚˧˦] · Saigon [cək̚˦˥]chất rising
substance; matter; material
việcnoun
Hanoi [viək̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [viək̚˨˩˨]việc heavy
work; job; matter
for “matter” meaning: An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
- Tại sao việc đó lại quan trọng?Why did that matter?
vụ việcnoun
Hanoi [vu˧˨ʔ viək̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [vʊw˨˩˨ viək̚˨˩˨]vụ heavy việc heavy
case; incident; matter
- Chúng tôi đã thảo luận vụ việc rất lâu.We debated the matter at length.

Related Vietnamese words

chất liệunoun
material; matter; component
câu chuyệnnoun
a story; tale
hềverb
fool; clown; jester
chủ đềnoun
subject; theme; leitmotif
đềnoun
title
bất chấppreposition
despite; regardless of; no matter
mưng mủverb
to suppurate

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.