How do you say “religious” in Vietnamese?

“Religious” in Vietnamese is tôn-giáo (organized religion), mộ đạo (to be religious or pious), sùng đạo (to be very religious).

Vietnamese words for “religious”

• tôn-giáoListennoun
  Hanoi [ton˧˧ zaːw˧˦] · Saigon [toŋ˧˧ jaːw˦˥]

  organized religion

  for “religious” meaning: Concerning religion.

• mộ đạoListenverb
  Hanoi [mo˧˨ʔ ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [mow˨˩˨ ʔɗaːw˨˩˨]mộ heavy đạo heavy

  to be religious or pious

  for “religious” meaning: Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

• sùng đạoListenadjective
  Hanoi [sʊwŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɗaːw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʂʊwŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɗaːw˨˩˨]sùng falling đạo heavy

  to be very religious

  for “religious” meaning: Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

Related Vietnamese words

• tín ngưỡngListennoun

  a religious practice

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.