How do you say “pass away” in Vietnamese?

“Pass away” in Vietnamese is qua đời (to pass away), từ trần (to pass away), viên tịch (to pass away).

Vietnamese words for “pass away”

• qua đờiListenverb
  Hanoi [kwaː˧˧ ʔɗəːj˨˩] · Saigon [waː˧˧ ʔɗəːj˨˩]qua level đời falling

  to pass away; to decease

  for “pass away” meaning: To die.

• từ trầnListenverb
  Hanoi [tɨ˨˩ t͡ɕən˨˩] · Saigon [tɨ˨˩ ʈəŋ˨˩]từ falling trần falling

  to pass away

  for “pass away” meaning: To die.

• viên tịchListenverb
  Hanoi [viən˧˧ tïk̟̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [viəŋ˧˧ tɨt̚˨˩˨]viên level tịch heavy

  to pass away

  for “pass away” meaning: To die.

• mấtListenverb
  Hanoi [mət̚˧˦] · Saigon [mək̚˦˥]mất rising

  to lose; to take (time); to die

Related Vietnamese words

• khuất núiListenverb

  to pass away

• lìa trầnListenverb

  to pass away

• lìa đờiListenverb

  to pass away

• khuất bóngListenverb

  to be in the shade; to set

• chếtListenverb

  to die; to decease; to perish

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.