How do you say “old man” in Vietnamese?

“Old man” in Vietnamese is ông già (old man), ông cụ (an old man).

Vietnamese words for “old man”

• ông giàListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ zaː˨˩] · Saigon [ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ jaː˨˩]ông level già falling

  old man; elderly man

  for “old man” meaning: An elderly man.

  • Ông già ngồi xuống.The old man sat down.
• ông cụListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ ku˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔəwŋ͡m˧˧ kʊw˨˩˨]ông level cụ heavy

  an old man; an elderly man

Related Vietnamese words

• ôngListennoun

  grandfather; Mr.; you (to an older man)

• ôôngListennoun

  grandfather; old man

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.