How do you say “shoulder” in Vietnamese?

“Shoulder” in Vietnamese is vai (shoulder), vác (to carry).

Vietnamese words for “shoulder”

• vaiListennoun
  Hanoi [vaːj˧˧] · Saigon [vaːj˧˧]vai level

  shoulder; role; part

  for “shoulder” meaning: The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

  • Tôi đau vai.I hurt my shoulder.
• vácListenverb
  Hanoi [vaːk̚˧˦] · Saigon [vaːk̚˦˥]vác rising

  to carry

  for “shoulder” meaning: To put (something) on one's shoulders.

Related Vietnamese words

• gồng gánhListenverb

  to shoulder; to take on; to undertake

• gánhListenverb

  a troupe; load

• láchListennoun

  spleen

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.