How do you say “oar” in Vietnamese?

“Oar” in Vietnamese is chèo (oar or paddle), mái chèo (an oar or a paddle).

Vietnamese words for “oar”

• chèoListennoun
  Hanoi [t͡ɕɛw˨˩] · Saigon [cɛw˨˩]chèo falling

  oar or paddle

  for “oar” meaning: A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle ca

• mái chèoListennoun
  Hanoi [maːj˧˦ t͡ɕɛw˨˩] · Saigon [maːj˦˥ cɛw˨˩]mái rising chèo falling

  an oar or a paddle

Related Vietnamese words

• dầmListennoun

  to soak; to get soaked; to steep

• chèo thuyềnListennoun

  rowing

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.