How do you say “silly” in Vietnamese?

“Silly” in Vietnamese is ngu (stupid), ngớ ngẩn (silly).

Vietnamese words for “silly”

• nguListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋu˧˧] · Saigon [ŋʊw˧˧]ngu level

  stupid; idiotic; moronic

  for “silly” meaning: Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

• ngớ ngẩnListenadjective
  Hanoi [ŋəː˧˦ ŋən˧˩] · Saigon [ŋəː˦˥ ŋəŋ˨˩˦]ngớ rising ngẩn dipping

  silly; absurd; foolish

  • Con người thật ngớ ngẩn.Humans are silly.

Related Vietnamese words

• ba lápListenadjective

  nonsensical; silly; rubbish

• bá lápListenadjective

  nonsensical; silly; rubbish

• bưListenadjective

  silly; stupid

• dại khờListenadjective

  naive; silly; foolish

• khờListenadjective

  silly; naive; foolish

• ngô nghêListenadjective

  silly; stupid; dim

• ngây dạiListenadjective

  naive; inexperienced; unsophisticated

• ngẩn ngơListenadjective

  lost in thought; dreamy; spellbound

• tầm phàoListenadjective

  futile; useless

• vô triListenadjective

  mindless; unsentient

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.