How do you say “ridicule” in Vietnamese?

“Ridicule” in Vietnamese is chế nhạo (to mock), chế giễu (to ridicule).

Vietnamese words for “ridicule”

• chế nhạoListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕe˧˦ ɲaːw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [cej˦˥ ɲaːw˨˩˨]chế rising nhạo heavy

  to mock; to ridicule; to deride

  for “ridicule” meaning: To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.

• chế giễuListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕe˧˦ ziəw˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [cej˦˥ jiw˨˩˦]chế rising giễu creaky rising

  to ridicule; to mock; to deride

Related Vietnamese words

• châm biếmListenverb

  to satirize; to ridicule; to mock

• chê cườiListenverb

  to mock; to ridicule; to sneer at

• chọc quêListenverb

  to ridicule; to mock

• cười chêListenverb

  to mock; to ridicule; to sneer at

• kháyListenverb

  to tease; to provoke; to ridicule

• mỉaListenverb

  to speak ironically; to ridicule

• chếListenverb

  to pour

• bôi bácListenverb

  slanderous; defamatory; derisive

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.