How do you say “scarce” in Vietnamese?

“Scarce” in Vietnamese is khan hiếm (scarce), hiếm (rare).

Vietnamese words for “scarce”

• khan hiếmListenadjective
  Hanoi [xaːn˧˧ hiəm˧˦] · Saigon [kʰaːŋ˧˧ him˦˥]khan level hiếm rising

  scarce

• hiếmListenadjective
  Hanoi [hiəm˧˦] · Saigon [him˦˥]hiếm rising

  rare; scarce

Related Vietnamese words

• có hạnListenadjective

  limited; scarce; scanty

• khanListenadjective

  dried up; dry

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.