How do you say “oblique” in Vietnamese?

“Oblique” in Vietnamese is chéo (diagonal), cạnh khoé (oblique), xiên (fork).

Vietnamese words for “oblique”

• chéoListenadjective
  Hanoi [t͡ɕɛw˧˦] · Saigon [cɛw˦˥]chéo rising

  diagonal; oblique; slanted

• cạnh khoéListenadjective
  Hanoi [kajŋ̟˧˨ʔ xwɛ˧˦] · Saigon [kan˨˩˨ kʰwɛ˦˥]cạnh heavy khoé rising

  oblique; hinting; alluding

• xiênListenadjective
  Hanoi [siən˧˧] · Saigon [siəŋ˧˧]xiên level

  fork; skewer

• nghiêngListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋiəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [ŋiəŋ˧˧]nghiêng level

  tilted; leaning; oblique

Related Vietnamese words

• nghiêng nghiêngListenadjective

  tilted; leaning; oblique

• xẹoListenadjective

  slanting; oblique

• trắcListenadjective

  rosewood

• xéoListenadjective

  Beat it!; Take a hike!; Get lost!

• quanh coListenadjective

  tortuous; meandering

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.