How do you say “misfortune” in Vietnamese?

“Misfortune” in Vietnamese is nạn (accident), hoạn nạn (calamity).

Vietnamese words for “misfortune”

• nạnListennoun
  Hanoi [naːn˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [naːŋ˨˩˨]nạn heavy

  accident; danger; calamity

  for “misfortune” meaning: An instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident.

• hoạn nạnListennoun
  Hanoi [hwaːn˧˨ʔ naːn˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [waːŋ˨˩˨ naːŋ˨˩˨]hoạn heavy nạn heavy

  calamity; misfortune; disaster

Related Vietnamese words

• oan giaListennoun

  misfortune

• vạListennoun

  disaster; misfortune; calamity

• hoạListennoun

  a painting

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.