How do you say “suicide” in Vietnamese?

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

"Suicide" in Vietnamese is tự tử (to commit suicide), tự sát (to commit suicide).

“Suicide” in Vietnamese is tự tử (to commit suicide), tự sát (to commit suicide).

Vietnamese words for “suicide”

tự tửverb
Hanoi [tɨ˧˨ʔ tɨ˧˩] · Saigon [tɨ˨˩˨ tɨ˨˩˦]tự heavy tử dipping
to commit suicide; to kill oneself
for “suicide” meaning: The act of intentionally killing oneself.
- Tom đã từng cố tự tử.Tom tried to commit suicide.
tự sátverb
Hanoi [tɨ˧˨ʔ saːt̚˧˦] · Saigon [tɨ˨˩˨ ʂaːk̚˦˥]tự heavy sát rising
to commit suicide
for “suicide” meaning: The act of intentionally killing oneself.
- Cô ấy đã không tự sát.She didn't commit suicide.

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.