How do you say “obscure” in Vietnamese?

“Obscure” in Vietnamese is mờ mịt (obscure), tối tăm (dark), tối nghĩa (difficult to understand).

Vietnamese words for “obscure”

• mờ mịtListenadjective
  Hanoi [məː˨˩ mit̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [məː˨˩ mɨt̚˨˩˨]mờ falling mịt heavy

  obscure; dim

  for “obscure” meaning: Dark, faint or indistinct.

• tối tămListenadjective
  Hanoi [toj˧˦ tam˧˧] · Saigon [toj˦˥ tam˧˧]tối rising tăm level

  dark

  for “obscure” meaning: Dark, faint or indistinct.

• tối nghĩaListenadjective
  Hanoi [toj˧˦ ŋiə˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [toj˦˥ ŋiə˨˩˦]tối rising nghĩa creaky rising

  difficult to understand; obscure; ambiguous

  for “obscure” meaning: Difficult to understand; abstruse.

Related Vietnamese words

• bất minhListenadjective

  unclear; obscure

• che mờListenverb

  to blur; to cloud; to obscure

• mờ nhạtListenadjective

  faint; blurred; fuzzy

• tù mùListenadjective

  obscure; nontransparent

• tốiListennoun

  evening; dark

• khúc mắcListenadjective

  hitch; difficulty; problem

• khúc mắtListenadjective

  hitch; difficulty; problem

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.