How do you say “underground” in Vietnamese?

“Underground” in Vietnamese is tàu điện ngầm (subway).

Vietnamese words for “underground”

• tàu điện ngầmListennoun
  Hanoi [taw˨˩ ʔɗiən˧˨ʔ ŋəm˨˩] · Saigon [ta(ː)w˨˩ ʔɗiəŋ˨˩˨ ŋəm˨˩]tàu falling điện heavy ngầm falling

  subway; rapid transit; underground

  • Tàu điện ngầm là tàu chạy dưới lòng đất.Subway is a train that goes underground.

Related Vietnamese words

• ngầmListenadverb

  secretly; covertly; unspokenly

• chuiListenadjective

  to duck under; to move headlong; to pass through hunched over

• bí mậtListennoun

  secret

• kínListenadjective

  closed; covered; sealed

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.