How do you say “outline” in Vietnamese?

“Outline” in Vietnamese is đường nét (lines), miêu tả (to describe), phác (to sketch).

Vietnamese words for “outline”

• đường nétListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ nɛt̚˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ nɛk̚˦˥]đường falling nét rising

  lines; outline; contour

• miêu tảListenverb
  Hanoi [miəw˧˧ taː˧˩] · Saigon [miw˧˧ taː˨˩˦]miêu level tả dipping

  to describe; to outline

• phácListenverb
  Hanoi [faːk̚˧˦] · Saigon [faːk̚˦˥]phác rising

  to sketch; to outline

Related Vietnamese words

• phác hoạListenverb

  to sketch; to outline

• phác họaListenverb

  to sketch; to outline

• khái luậnListenverb

  to outline; to generally discuss

• lược đồListennoun

  outline; diagram; sketch

• sơ đồListennoun

  outline; diagram; sketch

• đại cươngListennoun

  outline; gist; fundamentals

• đề cươngListennoun

  outline

• dàn bàiListennoun

  to draw up a plan; to formulate a plan

• hình dángListennoun

  shape; figure

• phác thảoListennoun

  sketch

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.