How do you say “ordinary” in Vietnamese?

“Ordinary” in Vietnamese is thường (frequent), thông thường (common), bình thường (normal).

Vietnamese words for “ordinary”

• thườngListenadjective
  Hanoi [tʰɨəŋ˨˩] · Saigon [tʰɨəŋ˨˩]thường falling

  frequent; usual; ordinary

• thông thườngListenadjective
  Hanoi [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰɨəŋ˨˩] · Saigon [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ tʰɨəŋ˨˩]thông level thường falling

  common; ordinary; usual

• bình thườngListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔɓïŋ˨˩ tʰɨəŋ˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɓɨn˨˩ tʰɨəŋ˨˩]bình falling thường falling

  normal; ordinary; usual

  • Cô ta chỉ là một cô gái bình thường.She is just an ordinary girl.
• tầm thườngListenadjective
  Hanoi [təm˨˩ tʰɨəŋ˨˩] · Saigon [təm˨˩ tʰɨəŋ˨˩]tầm falling thường falling

  commonplace; mediocre; trivial

Related Vietnamese words

• nôm naListenadverb

  in crude terms; in layman's terms; essentially

• cơm bữaListenadverb

  frequently; very often

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.