How do you say “mercurial” in Vietnamese?

“Mercurial” in Vietnamese is lanh lợi (clever).

Vietnamese words for “mercurial”

• lanh lợiListenadjective
  Hanoi [lajŋ̟˧˧ ləːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [lan˧˧ ləːj˨˩˨]lanh level lợi heavy

  clever; smart; quick-witted

  for “mercurial” meaning: Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.

Related Vietnamese words

• đồng bóngListenadjective

  fickle; capricious; mercurial

• thuỷ ngânListennoun

  mercury; quicksilver

• lanhListenadjective

  flax

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.