How do you say “sailor” in Vietnamese?

“Sailor” in Vietnamese is lính thuỷ (sailor), thuỷ thủ (a sailor).

Vietnamese words for “sailor”

• lính thuỷListennoun
  Hanoi [lïŋ˧˦ tʰwi˧˩] · Saigon [lɨn˦˥ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]lính rising thuỷ dipping

  sailor

  for “sailor” meaning: A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.

• thuỷ thủListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰwi˧˩ tʰu˧˩] · Saigon [tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦ tʰʊw˨˩˦]thuỷ dipping thủ dipping

  a sailor

  for “sailor” meaning: A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.

Related Vietnamese words

• thuyền viênListennoun

  sailor; crew member

• thuỷ binhListennoun

  sailor; seaman; marine

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.