How do you say “thug” in Vietnamese?

“Thug” in Vietnamese is du côn (delinquents), côn đồ (thug), đầu gấu (thug).

Vietnamese words for “thug”

• du cônListennoun
  Hanoi [zu˧˧ kon˧˧] · Saigon [jʊw˧˧ koŋ˧˧]du level côn level

  delinquents; thugs

  for “thug” meaning: A person who is a member of a gang or criminal organization.

• côn đồListennoun
  Hanoi [kon˧˧ ʔɗo˨˩] · Saigon [koŋ˧˧ ʔɗow˨˩]côn level đồ falling

  thug; outlaw

• đầu gấuListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗəw˨˩ ɣəw˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗəw˨˩ ɣəw˦˥]đầu falling gấu rising

  thug; delinquent; bully

Related Vietnamese words

• lưu manhListennoun

  thug; hooligan; scoundrel

• đầu trâu mặt ngựaListenphrase

  a thug

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.