How do you say “petty” in Vietnamese?

“Petty” in Vietnamese is nhỏ nhen (small-minded), vụn vặt (petty).

Vietnamese words for “petty”

• nhỏ nhenListenadjective
  Hanoi [ɲɔ˧˩ ɲɛn˧˧] · Saigon [ɲɔ˨˩˦ ɲɛŋ˧˧]nhỏ dipping nhen level

  small-minded; petty

• vụn vặtListenadjective
  Hanoi [vun˧˨ʔ vat̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [vʊwŋ͡m˨˩˨ vak̚˨˩˨]vụn heavy vặt heavy

  petty; trifling; trivial

Related Vietnamese words

• hẹp hòiListenadjective

  narrow-minded; petty

• nhỏ nhoiListenadjective

  small; little; petty

• tủn mủnListenadjective

  petty; finicky; nit-picky

• lặt vặtListenadjective

  insignificant; sundry

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.