How do you say “shortcoming” in Vietnamese?

“Shortcoming” in Vietnamese is khuyết điểm (shortcoming), thiếu sót (mistake), sai sót (mistake).

Vietnamese words for “shortcoming”

• khuyết điểmListennoun
  Hanoi [xwiət̚˧˦ ʔɗiəm˧˩] · Saigon [kʰwiək̚˦˥ ʔɗim˨˩˦]khuyết rising điểm dipping

  shortcoming; defect; weakness

• thiếu sótListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰiəw˧˦ sɔt̚˧˦] · Saigon [tʰiw˦˥ ʂɔk̚˦˥]thiếu rising sót rising

  mistake; defect; shortcoming

• sai sótListennoun
  Hanoi [saːj˧˧ sɔt̚˧˦] · Saigon [ʂaːj˧˧ ʂɔk̚˦˥]sai level sót rising

  mistake; error; shortcoming

Related Vietnamese words

• khiếm khuyếtListennoun

  deficient; lacking

• nhược điểmListennoun

  a weak point; a weakness

• yếu kémListennoun

  weak; deficient

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.