How do you say “potential” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "potential" in Vietnamese?

"Potential" in Vietnamese is tiềm năng (potential), tiềm lực (potential).

“Potential” in Vietnamese is tiềm năng (potential), tiềm lực (potential).

Vietnamese words for “potential”

tiềm năngnoun
Hanoi [tiəm˨˩ naŋ˧˧] · Saigon [tim˨˩ naŋ˧˧]tiềm falling năng level
potential
for “potential” meaning: A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
- Công trình của Benedito có tiềm năng thúc đẩy lĩnh vực trí tuệ nhân tạo.Benedito's work has the potential to advance the field of artificial intelligence.
tiềm lựcnoun
Hanoi [tiəm˨˩ lɨk̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tim˨˩ lɨk̚˨˩˨]tiềm falling lực heavy
potential; capability

Related Vietnamese words

chân trờinoun
horizon; prospect; possibility
điện thếnoun
electric potential
thếadverb
so; thus; like that
khả năngnoun
ability; capability

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.