How do you say “pitiful” in Vietnamese?

“Pitiful” in Vietnamese is tội nghiệp (poor), đáng thương (pitiful).

Vietnamese words for “pitiful”

• tội nghiệpListenadjective
  Hanoi [toj˧˨ʔ ŋiəp̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [toj˨˩˨ ŋip̚˨˩˨]tội heavy nghiệp heavy

  poor; pathetic; pitiful

• đáng thươngListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔɗaːŋ˧˦ tʰɨəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗaːŋ˦˥ tʰɨəŋ˧˧]đáng rising thương level

  pitiful; pitiable

Related Vietnamese words

• lếch thếchListenadjective

  shabby; disheveled; pitiful

• thảm hạiListenadjective

  pitiful; wretched

• thương hạiListenverb

  to feel sorry for someone; to pity; to show compassion to

• thương xótListenverb

  to feel compassion for; to pity

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.