How do you say “tapeworm” in Vietnamese?

“Tapeworm” in Vietnamese is sán (parasitic flatworm), sán dây (a tapeworm).

Vietnamese words for “tapeworm”

• sánListennoun
  Hanoi [saːn˧˦] · Saigon [ʂaːŋ˦˥]sán rising

  parasitic flatworm

  for “tapeworm” meaning: Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

• sán dâyListennoun
  Hanoi [saːn˧˦ zəj˧˧] · Saigon [ʂaːŋ˦˥ jəj˧˧]sán rising dây level

  a tapeworm; cestode

Related Vietnamese words

• sán xơ mítListennoun

  a kind of tapeworm

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.