How do you say “packed like sardines” in Vietnamese?

“Packed like sardines” in Vietnamese is chật cứng (overcrowded).

Vietnamese words for “packed like sardines”

• chật cứngListenadjective
  Hanoi [t͡ɕət̚˧˨ʔ kɨŋ˧˦] · Saigon [cək̚˨˩˨ kɨŋ˦˥]chật heavy cứng rising

  overcrowded; overpacked; extremely congested

  for “packed like sardines” meaning: Densely packed; tightly squeezed together; crammed.

Related Vietnamese words

• đất chật người đôngListenphrase

  packed like sardines; overcrowding

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.