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How do you say “negative” in Vietnamese?

“Negative” in Vietnamese is tiêu cực (negative), âm (sound), phủ định (negative).

Vietnamese words for “negative”

  • tiêu cựcadjective
    Hanoi [tiəw˧˧ kɨk̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tiw˧˧ kɨk̚˨˩˨]tiêu level cực heavy

    negative

    for “negative” meaning: Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable.

    • Cô ấy có thái độ tiêu cực với cuộc sống.She has a negative attitude toward life.
  • âmadjective
    Hanoi [ʔəm˧˧] · Saigon [ʔəm˧˧]âm level

    sound

    for “negative” meaning: Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.

  • phủ địnhadjective
    Hanoi [fu˧˩ ʔɗïŋ˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [fʊw˨˩˦ ʔɗɨn˨˩˨]phủ dipping định heavy

    negative

    for “negative” meaning: Denying a proposition; negating a concept.

    • Quốc tế ngữ không có phủ định kép, nhưng tiếng Nga thì có.Esperanto doesn't have double negatives, but Russian does.

Related Vietnamese words

  • âm tínhadjective

    negative

  • ảnh âmnoun

    a negative

  • khôngadverb

    not; no; (end-of-sentence yes/no question particle)

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.