How do you say “shallow” in Vietnamese?

“Shallow” in Vietnamese is nông (shallow), cạn (no longer containing any liquid), nông cạn (superficial).

Vietnamese words for “shallow”

• nôngListenadjective
  Hanoi [nəwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [nəwŋ͡m˧˧]nông level

  shallow

  for “shallow” meaning: Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

• cạnListenadjective
  Hanoi [kaːn˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [kaːŋ˨˩˨]cạn heavy

  no longer containing any liquid; dry

  for “shallow” meaning: Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

• nông cạnListenadjective
  Hanoi [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ kaːn˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [nəwŋ͡m˧˧ kaːŋ˨˩˨]nông level cạn heavy

  superficial; perfunctory; shallow

Related Vietnamese words

• cạn cợtListenadjective

  shallow; superficial

• nông nổiListenadjective

  shallow; superficial

• sơ lượcListenadjective

  very general; very vague; shallow

• đơn bạcListenadjective

  superficial; shallow

• thiển cậnListenadjective

  short-sighted; impulsive; improvident

• tếuListenadjective

  funny; hilarious; comic

• hời hợtListenadjective

  perfunctory

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.