How do you say “scar” in Vietnamese?

“Scar” in Vietnamese is sẹo (scar), thẹo (scar).

Vietnamese words for “scar”

• sẹoListennoun
  Hanoi [sɛw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʂɛw˨˩˨]sẹo heavy

  scar; cicatrice

  for “scar” meaning: A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

  • Tom có sẹo trên chân phải.Tom has a scar on his right leg.
• thẹoListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰɛw˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰɛw˨˩˨]thẹo heavy

  scar; cicatrice

  for “scar” meaning: A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.

Related Vietnamese words

• thiêu đốtListenverb

  to burn; to consume by fire

• khỏiListenverb

  to recover from; or be cured of

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.