How do you say “stranger” in Vietnamese?

“Stranger” in Vietnamese is người lạ (a stranger), người lạ mặt (stranger).

Vietnamese words for “stranger”

• người lạListennoun
  Hanoi [ŋɨəj˨˩ laː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋɨj˨˩ laː˨˩˨]người falling lạ heavy

  a stranger; compare người dưng

  for “stranger” meaning: A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

  • Đừng tin người lạ.Never trust a stranger.
• người lạ mặtListennoun
  Hanoi [ŋɨəj˨˩ laː˧˨ʔ mat̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋɨj˨˩ laː˨˩˨ mak̚˨˩˨]người falling lạ heavy mặt heavy

  stranger

Related Vietnamese words

• người nước ngoàiListennoun

  a foreigner; an alien

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.