How do you say “scared” in Vietnamese?

“Scared” in Vietnamese is sợ hãi (scared).

Vietnamese words for “scared”

• sợ hãiListenadjective
  Hanoi [səː˧˨ʔ haːj˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ʂəː˨˩˨ haːj˨˩˦]sợ heavy hãi creaky rising

  scared; afraid

  for “scared” meaning: Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

  • Tom trông hơi sợ hãi.Tom seemed scared.

Related Vietnamese words

• kinh hãiListenadjective

  frightened; scared

• hoảng sợListenadjective

  to panic

• khủngListenadjective

  awesomely huge

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.