How do you say “swing” in Vietnamese?

“Swing” in Vietnamese is đu (swing), đung đưa (to sway lightly), đánh đu (to swing).

Vietnamese words for “swing”

• đuListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗu˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗʊw˧˧]đu level

  swing

  for “swing” meaning: To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

• đung đưaListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗɨə˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗʊwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɗɨə˧˧]đung level đưa level

  to sway lightly; to swing; to dangle

  for “swing” meaning: To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

• đánh đuListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗajŋ̟˧˦ ʔɗu˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗan˦˥ ʔɗʊw˧˧]đánh rising đu level

  to swing

Related Vietnamese words

• dao độngListenverb

  to oscillate; to vacillate; to swing

• đưaListenverb

  to bring; to take; to give

• xích đuListennoun

  a swing hung by chains

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.