How do you say “severe” in Vietnamese?

“Severe” in Vietnamese is gay gắt (severe), nghiêm khắc (severe), trầm trọng (severe).

Vietnamese words for “severe”

• gay gắtListenadjective
  Hanoi [ɣaj˧˧ ɣat̚˧˦] · Saigon [ɣa(ː)j˧˧ ɣak̚˦˥]gay level gắt rising

  severe; intense

• nghiêm khắcListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋiəm˧˧ xak̚˧˦] · Saigon [ŋim˧˧ kʰak̚˦˥]nghiêm level khắc rising

  severe; stern; harsh

• trầm trọngListenadjective
  Hanoi [t͡ɕəm˨˩ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʈəm˨˩ ʈawŋ͡m˨˩˨]trầm falling trọng heavy

  severe; grave; dire

  • Chúng tôi bị thiếu nước trầm trọng trong mùa hè này.We are suffering from a severe water shortage this summer.

Related Vietnamese words

• cay nghiệtListenadjective

  severe; harsh

• dữ dộiListenadjective

  fierce; violent; raging

• gắt gaoListenadverb

  sharp; fierce; severe

• nghiệt ngãListenadjective

  severe; harsh; strict

• nặngListenadjective

  heavy

• quyết liệtListenadjective

  drastically; decisively; fiercely

• cứng rắnListenadjective

  hard; firm; rigid

• khắt kheListenadjective

  harsh; austere; strict

• kịch liệtListenadjective

  intensely; fiercely; severely

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.