How do you say “spade” in Vietnamese?

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

"Spade" in Vietnamese is xẻng (a shovel), xuồng (canoe).

“Spade” in Vietnamese is xẻng (a shovel), xuồng (canoe).

Vietnamese words for “spade”

xẻngnoun
Hanoi [sɛŋ˧˩] · Saigon [sɛŋ˨˩˦]xẻng dipping
a shovel
for “spade” meaning: A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
xuồngnoun
Hanoi [suəŋ˨˩] · Saigon [suəŋ˨˩]xuồng falling
canoe
for “spade” meaning: A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

Related Vietnamese words

thuổngnoun
spade
thêunoun
to embroider

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.