How do you say “scale” in Vietnamese?

“Scale” in Vietnamese is vảy (scales), cân (weighing instrument).

Vietnamese words for “scale”

• vảyListennoun
  Hanoi [vaj˧˩] · Saigon [va(ː)j˨˩˦]vảy dipping

  scales

  for “scale” meaning: Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.

• cânListennoun
  Hanoi [kən˧˧] · Saigon [kəŋ˧˧]cân level

  weighing instrument; balance; scale

Related Vietnamese words

• cấp độListennoun

  level; scale; degree

• quy môListennoun

  scale; scope

• tỉ lệ xíchListennoun

  scale

• âm giaiListennoun

  musical scale

• nhiệt giaiListennoun

  a scale of temperature

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.