How do you say “suspect” in Vietnamese?

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

"Suspect" in Vietnamese is nghi phạm (criminal suspect), nghi (to doubt), ngờ (to doubt).

“Suspect” in Vietnamese is nghi phạm (criminal suspect), nghi (to doubt), ngờ (to doubt).

Vietnamese words for “suspect”

nghi phạmnoun
Hanoi [ŋi˧˧ faːm˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ŋɪj˧˧ faːm˨˩˨]nghi level phạm heavy
criminal suspect
for “suspect” meaning: A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
- Cô ấy đã tra hỏi một nghi phạm.She questioned a suspect.
nghiverb
Hanoi [ŋi˧˧] · Saigon [ŋɪj˧˧]nghi level
to doubt; to suspect
- Tôi nghi Tom và Mary đã làm việc đó.I suspect Tom and Mary are the ones who did that.
ngờverb
Hanoi [ŋəː˨˩] · Saigon [ŋəː˨˩]ngờ falling
to doubt; to suspect; to be suspicious
nghi ngờverb
Hanoi [ŋi˧˧ ŋəː˨˩] · Saigon [ŋɪj˧˧ ŋəː˨˩]nghi level ngờ falling
to doubt; to suspect
- Tôi đang bắt đầu nghi ngờ là chuyện đó sẽ không xảy ra.I'm beginning to suspect that that isn't going to happen.

Related Vietnamese words

nghi hoặcverb
to doubt; to suspect; to be suspicious
ngờ vựcverb
to doubt; to suspect; to be suspicious
tình nghiverb
to suspect
ám muộiadjective
shady; dubious; suspect
khả nghiadjective
suspicious

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.