How do you say “scourge” in Vietnamese?

“Scourge” in Vietnamese is tai ương (disaster).

Vietnamese words for “scourge”

• tai ươngListennoun
  Hanoi [taːj˧˧ ʔɨəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [taːj˧˧ ʔɨəŋ˧˧]tai level ương level

  disaster; catastrophe

  for “scourge” meaning: A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.

Related Vietnamese words

• thiên taiListennoun

  natural disaster; act of God

• trừng phạtListenverb

  to punish; to chastise

• áp bứcListenverb

  to oppress

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.