How do you say “tender” in Vietnamese?

“Tender” in Vietnamese is dịu dàng (sweet), non (young).

Vietnamese words for “tender”

• dịu dàngListenadjective
  Hanoi [ziw˧˨ʔ zaːŋ˨˩] · Saigon [jiw˨˩˨ jaːŋ˨˩]dịu heavy dàng falling

  sweet; tender; gentle

  • Chúng tôi dịu dàng nhìn vào mắt nhau.We looked tenderly into each other's eyes.
• nonListenadjective
  Hanoi [nɔn˧˧] · Saigon [nɔŋ˧˧]non level

  young; tender; green

Related Vietnamese words

• ngọt ngàoListenadjective

  sweet; pleasant; loving

• trìu mếnListenadjective

  affectionate; loving; tender

• thơListenadjective

  poetry; a poem

• dịuListenadjective

  soothing; mild

• tơListenadjective

  silk; thread

• mềmListenadjective

  soft

• âu yếmListenadjective

  to caress; to fondle

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.