How do you say “unsuccessful” in Vietnamese?

“Unsuccessful” in Vietnamese is bất thành (to be unsuccessful).

Vietnamese words for “unsuccessful”

• bất thànhListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓət̚˧˦ tʰajŋ̟˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɓək̚˦˥ tʰan˨˩]bất rising thành falling

  to be unsuccessful

  for “unsuccessful” meaning: Failed, not successful.

Related Vietnamese words

• lận đậnListenadjective

  beset with difficulties; unsuccessful; ill-starred

• lỡ làngListenadjective

  interrupted; incomplete; unsuccessful

• hỏngListenadjective

  broken; out of order

• toangListenadjective

  wide open; broken into pieces; failed

• tạchListenadjective

  of a light cracking sound; typically from a small explosion

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.