How do you say “sneak” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "sneak" in Vietnamese?

"Sneak" in Vietnamese is lẻn (to sneak), thập thò (to act stealthy).

“Sneak” in Vietnamese is lẻn (to sneak), thập thò (to act stealthy).

Vietnamese words for “sneak”

lẻnverb
Hanoi [lɛn˧˩] · Saigon [lɛŋ˨˩˦]lẻn dipping
to sneak
for “sneak” meaning: To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- Tôi không thể tin là bạn đã không bị trừng phạt về việc lẻn ra khỏi nhà tối qua. Cha bạn đã không nghe thấy.I can't believe you got away with sneaking out of your house last night. Your father didn't hear you.
thập thòverb
Hanoi [tʰəp̚˧˨ʔ tʰɔ˨˩] · Saigon [tʰəp̚˨˩˨ tʰɔ˨˩]thập heavy thò falling
to act stealthy; to sneak

Related Vietnamese words

chuiverb
to duck under; to move headlong; to pass through hunched over
trốnverb
to hide oneself; to escape; to flee
lénadverb
stealthily; covertly; secretly

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.