How do you say “nostalgia” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "nostalgia" in Vietnamese?

"Nostalgia" in Vietnamese is hoài niệm (to reminisce), nuối tiếc (to miss).

“Nostalgia” in Vietnamese is hoài niệm (to reminisce), nuối tiếc (to miss).

Vietnamese words for “nostalgia”

hoài niệmverb
Hanoi [hwaːj˨˩ niəm˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [waːj˨˩ nim˨˩˨]hoài falling niệm heavy
to reminisce; to be nostalgic
for “nostalgia” meaning: A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.
nuối tiếcverb
Hanoi [nuəj˧˦ tiək̚˧˦] · Saigon [nuj˦˥ tiək̚˦˥]nuối rising tiếc rising
to miss; to be nostalgic; to regret
for “nostalgia” meaning: A bittersweet yearning for the things of the past.

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.