How do you say “stepmother” in Vietnamese?

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

"Stepmother" in Vietnamese is mẹ ghẻ (stepmother), mẹ kế (stepmother), dì ghẻ (stepmother).

“Stepmother” in Vietnamese is mẹ ghẻ (stepmother), mẹ kế (stepmother), dì ghẻ (stepmother).

Vietnamese words for “stepmother”

mẹ ghẻnoun
Hanoi [mɛ˧˨ʔ ɣɛ˧˩] · Saigon [mɛ˨˩˨ ɣɛ˨˩˦]mẹ heavy ghẻ dipping
stepmother
for “stepmother” meaning: A person or thing likened to a stereotypical stepmother, having cold, cruel, or ungenerous qualities.
mẹ kếnoun
Hanoi [mɛ˧˨ʔ ke˧˦] · Saigon [mɛ˨˩˨ kej˦˥]mẹ heavy kế rising
stepmother; stepmom
for “stepmother” meaning: A person or thing likened to a stereotypical stepmother, having cold, cruel, or ungenerous qualities.
- Mẹ kế của cậu ấy là chị dâu của tôi.His stepmother is my sister-in-law.
dì ghẻnoun
Hanoi [zi˨˩ ɣɛ˧˩] · Saigon [jɪj˨˩ ɣɛ˨˩˦]dì falling ghẻ dipping
stepmother

Related Vietnamese words

dìnoun
maternal aunt; mother's sister

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.