How do you say “unknown” in Vietnamese?

“Unknown” in Vietnamese is ẩn số (an unknown), xa lạ (strange), vô danh (nameless).

Vietnamese words for “unknown”

• ẩn sốListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔən˧˩ so˧˦] · Saigon [ʔəŋ˨˩˦ ʂow˦˥]ẩn dipping số rising

  an unknown; an unknown entity; a missing link

• xa lạListenadjective
  Hanoi [saː˧˧ laː˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [saː˧˧ laː˨˩˨]xa level lạ heavy

  strange; unfamiliar; unknown

  • Đó là một lĩnh vực xa lạ đối với tôi.This is unknown country to me.
• vô danhListenadjective
  Hanoi [vo˧˧ zajŋ̟˧˧] · Saigon [vow˧˧ jan˧˧]vô level danh level

  nameless; unnamed; anonymous

Related Vietnamese words

• lạ lẫmListenadjective

  strange; foreign; unknown

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.