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How do you say “shake” in Vietnamese?

“Shake” in Vietnamese is lắc (to shake), lay (to shake), lẩy bẩy (to shiver).

Vietnamese words for “shake”

  • lắcverb
    Hanoi [lak̚˧˦] · Saigon [lak̚˦˥]lắc rising

    to shake; to wag; to bump

    for “shake” meaning: To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

    • Chúng tôi thấy ngồi nhà rung lắc.We felt the house shake.
  • layverb
    Hanoi [laj˧˧] · Saigon [la(ː)j˧˧]lay level

    to shake

    for “shake” meaning: To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.

  • lẩy bẩyverb
    Hanoi [ləj˧˩ ʔɓəj˧˩] · Saigon [ləj˨˩˦ ʔɓəj˨˩˦]lẩy dipping bẩy dipping

    to shiver; to shake

Related Vietnamese words

  • lắc lưverb

    to shake; to sway

  • rung rinhverb

    to shake; to stir; to vibrate

  • rung độngverb

    to shake; to rock; to vibrate

  • rùngverb

    to shake; to tremble; to shiver

  • xócverb

    to shake

  • bắt tayverb

    to shake hands; to join hands with; to collaborate

  • sinh tốnoun

    a smoothie

  • cà giựtverb

    to shake

  • đảoverb

    island

  • rungverb

    to put in motion; to shake; to agitate

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.