How do you say “rational” in Vietnamese?

“Rational” in Vietnamese is hợp lý (sensible), hợp lí (sensible).

Vietnamese words for “rational”

• hợp lýListenadjective
  hợp heavy lý rising

  sensible; reasonable; logical

  for “rational” meaning: Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

• hợp líListenadjective
  Hanoi [həːp̚˧˨ʔ li˧˦] · Saigon [həːp̚˨˩˨ lɪj˦˥]hợp heavy lí rising

  sensible; reasonable; logical

  for “rational” meaning: Logically sound; not self-contradictory or otherwise absurd.

Related Vietnamese words

• chí líListenadjective

  logical; reasonable; rational

• hữu líListenadjective

  rational; well-founded

• hữu tỉListenadjective

  rational

• có lýListenadjective

  reasonable; consistent with reason

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.