How do you say “moderate” in Vietnamese?

“Moderate” in Vietnamese is phải chăng (reasonable), vừa phải (moderate), ôn hoà (temperate).

Vietnamese words for “moderate”

• phải chăngListenadjective
  Hanoi [faːj˧˩ t͡ɕaŋ˧˧] · Saigon [faːj˨˩˦ caŋ˧˧]phải dipping chăng level

  reasonable; sensible; moderate

  for “moderate” meaning: Not excessive; acting in moderation.

• vừa phảiListenadjective
  Hanoi [vɨə˨˩ faːj˧˩] · Saigon [vɨə˨˩ faːj˨˩˦]vừa falling phải dipping

  moderate; morally right; appropriate

  for “moderate” meaning: Not excessive; acting in moderation.

• ôn hoàListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔon˧˧ hwaː˨˩] · Saigon [ʔoŋ˧˧ waː˨˩]ôn level hoà falling

  temperate; moderate; mild

Related Vietnamese words

• cầm chừngListenadjective

  moderate; perfunctory

• tiết chếListenverb

  to restrain; to moderate; to regulate

• vừaListenadjective

  just (recently); to fit; moderate

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.