How do you say “sink” in Vietnamese?

“Sink” in Vietnamese is chìm (to be sunk), đắm (to sink).

Vietnamese words for “sink”

• chìmListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕim˨˩] · Saigon [cim˨˩]chìm falling

  to be sunk; to be submerged; to be immersed

  for “sink” meaning: To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

  • Con tàu Titanic không chìm ở Thái Bình Dương.The Titanic didn't sink in the Pacific Ocean.
• đắmListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗam˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗam˦˥]đắm rising

  to sink; to be carried away; to be keen

Related Vietnamese words

• sụt lúnListenverb

  to subside; to be depressed; to sink

• nhậnListenverb

  to receive; to get; to obtain

• lúnListenverb

  to subside; to sink

• trầmListenverb

  deep; low

• ổListennoun

  a nest; a space where lawbreakers gather

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.