How do you say “seldom” in Vietnamese?

“Seldom” in Vietnamese is ít khi (seldom), hiếm khi (rarely).

Vietnamese words for “seldom”

• ít khiListenadverb
  Hanoi [ʔit̚˧˦ xi˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɨt̚˦˥ kʰɪj˧˧]ít rising khi level

  seldom; rarely

  for “seldom” meaning: Infrequently, rarely.

  • Tom ít khi đi lại.Tom seldom travels.
• hiếm khiListenadverb
  Hanoi [hiəm˧˦ xi˧˧] · Saigon [him˦˥ kʰɪj˧˧]hiếm rising khi level

  rarely; seldom

  • Tom hiếm khi cười.Tom seldom laughs.

Related Vietnamese words

• thảng hoặcListenadverb

  very rarely; seldom

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.