How do you say “midwife” in Vietnamese?

“Midwife” in Vietnamese is bà mụ (midwife), bà đỡ (midwife).

Vietnamese words for “midwife”

• bà mụListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓaː˨˩ mu˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɓaː˨˩ mʊw˨˩˨]bà falling mụ heavy

  midwife

  for “midwife” meaning: A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

• bà đỡListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓaː˨˩ ʔɗəː˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ʔɓaː˨˩ ʔɗəː˨˩˦]bà falling đỡ creaky rising

  midwife

  for “midwife” meaning: A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.

Related Vietnamese words

• hộ sinhListennoun

  to deliver

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.