How do you say “temporary” in Vietnamese?

“Temporary” in Vietnamese is tạm thời (temporary), lâm thời (provisional), nhất thời (temporary).

Vietnamese words for “temporary”

• tạm thờiListenadjective
  Hanoi [taːm˧˨ʔ tʰəːj˨˩] · Saigon [taːm˨˩˨ tʰəːj˨˩]tạm heavy thời falling

  temporary

  for “temporary” meaning: Existing only for a short time or short times.

  • Đó là giải pháp tạm thời.It's only a temporary solution.
• lâm thờiListenadjective
  Hanoi [ləm˧˧ tʰəːj˨˩] · Saigon [ləm˧˧ tʰəːj˨˩]lâm level thời falling

  provisional; temporary

  for “temporary” meaning: Existing only for a short time or short times.

• nhất thờiListenadjective
  Hanoi [ɲət̚˧˦ tʰəːj˨˩] · Saigon [ɲək̚˦˥ tʰəːj˨˩]nhất rising thời falling

  temporary; transient

• tạmListenadjective
  Hanoi [taːm˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [taːm˨˩˨]tạm heavy

  temporary; not bad; so-so

Related Vietnamese words

• tạm bợListenadjective

  temporary

• ăn xổi ở thìListenphrase

  short-sighted; lacking foresight; temporary

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.