How do you say “strum” in Vietnamese?

“Strum” in Vietnamese is gảy (to pluck), khảy (to pluck).

Vietnamese words for “strum”

• gảyListenverb
  Hanoi [ɣaj˧˩] · Saigon [ɣa(ː)j˨˩˦]gảy dipping

  to pluck; to strum

  for “strum” meaning: To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

• khảyListenverb
  Hanoi [xaj˧˩] · Saigon [kʰa(ː)j˨˩˦]khảy dipping

  to pluck

  for “strum” meaning: To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.

Related Vietnamese words

• gãiListenverb

  to scratch

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.