How do you say “refrain” in Vietnamese?

“Refrain” in Vietnamese is điệp khúc (chorus), cấm kỵ (to avoid).

Vietnamese words for “refrain”

• điệp khúcListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗiəp̚˧˨ʔ xʊwk͡p̚˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗip̚˨˩˨ kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˥]điệp heavy khúc rising

  chorus

  for “refrain” meaning: The chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza.

• cấm kỵListenverb
  cấm rising kỵ heavy

  to avoid; to abstain; to refrain

Related Vietnamese words

• cấm kịListenverb

  to avoid; to abstain; to refrain

• huý kịListenverb

  to avoid; to abstain; to refrain

• kiêngListenverb

  to avoid; to refrain; to abstain

• kiêng kịListenverb

  to avoid; to abstain; to refrain

• kiêng kỵListenverb

  to avoid; to abstain; to refrain

• ghìmListenverb

  to hold back; to stop; to bring to a stop

• kịListenverb

  a great-great-grandparent

• kỵListenverb

  a great-great-grandparent

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.