How do you say “ugly” in Vietnamese?

“Ugly” in Vietnamese is xấu (ugly), xấu xí (ugly).

Vietnamese words for “ugly”

• xấuListenadjective
  Hanoi [səw˧˦] · Saigon [səw˦˥]xấu rising

  ugly; hideous

  for “ugly” meaning: Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.

  • Tom không xấu.Tom isn't ugly.
• xấu xíListenadjective
  Hanoi [səw˧˦ si˧˦] · Saigon [səw˦˥ sɪj˦˥]xấu rising xí rising

  ugly

  for “ugly” meaning: Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.

  • Tôi xấu xí.I'm ugly.

Related Vietnamese words

• chướngListenadjective

  unsightly; ugly; distasteful

• êuListenadjective

  ugly

• xíListenadjective

  to appropriate to oneself; to claim or assume

• xấu xaListenadjective

  bad; evil; immoral

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.