How do you say “snake” in Vietnamese?

“Snake” in Vietnamese is rắn (hard).

Vietnamese words for “snake”

• rắnListenadjective
  Hanoi [zan˧˦] · Saigon [ɹaŋ˦˥]rắn rising

  hard; firm; rigid

  for “snake” meaning: Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.

  • Anh ấy giết rắn.He kills snakes.

Related Vietnamese words

• bé NaListennoun

  snake

• ngoằn ngoèoListenadjective

  sinuous; serpentine

• giậtListenverb

  to pull forcibly; to snatch

• quanh coListenadjective

  tortuous; meandering

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.