How do you say “syllable” in Vietnamese?

“Syllable” in Vietnamese is âm tiết (a syllable), chữ (a letter or character).

Vietnamese words for “syllable”

• âm tiếtListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔəm˧˧ tiət̚˧˦] · Saigon [ʔəm˧˧ tiək̚˦˥]âm level tiết rising

  a syllable

  for “syllable” meaning: A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

• chữListennoun
  Hanoi [t͡ɕɨ˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [cɨ˨˩˦]chữ creaky rising

  a letter or character; a writing system; a script

Related Vietnamese words

• từListennoun

  from; since; word

• tiếngListennoun

  language; sound; voice

• chửListennoun

  a letter or character; a writing system; a script

• vầnListennoun

  rhyme; syllable

• đọcListenverb

  to read

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.