How do you say “reform” in Vietnamese?

“Reform” in Vietnamese is cải cách (to reform), cải lương (reform).

Vietnamese words for “reform”

• cải cáchListenverb
  Hanoi [kaːj˧˩ kajk̟̚˧˦] · Saigon [kaːj˨˩˦ kat̚˦˥]cải dipping cách rising

  to reform

  for “reform” meaning: The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

  • Chẳng phải đã đến lúc cải cách chính tả rồi sao?Isn't it about time for a spelling reform?
• cải lươngListennoun
  Hanoi [kaːj˧˩ lɨəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [kaːj˨˩˦ lɨəŋ˧˧]cải dipping lương level

  reform

Related Vietnamese words

• canh tânListenverb

  to renovate; to modernise; to reform

• hoàn lươngListenverb

  to reform

• biến cáchListenverb

  declension

• cải tổListenverb

  to reorganize; reshuffle

• sửa đổiListenverb

  to revise

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.