How do you say “urgent” in Vietnamese?

“Urgent” in Vietnamese is gấp (pressing), cấp bách (urgent), cấp thiết (pressing).

Vietnamese words for “urgent”

• gấpListenadjective
  Hanoi [ɣəp̚˧˦] · Saigon [ɣəp̚˦˥]gấp rising

  pressing; urgent; hurry

• cấp báchListenadjective
  Hanoi [kəp̚˧˦ ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦] · Saigon [kəp̚˦˥ ʔɓat̚˦˥]cấp rising bách rising

  urgent; pressing

• cấp thiếtListenadjective
  Hanoi [kəp̚˧˦ tʰiət̚˧˦] · Saigon [kəp̚˦˥ tʰiək̚˦˥]cấp rising thiết rising

  pressing; urgent; imperative

• gấp gápListenadjective
  Hanoi [ɣəp̚˧˦ ɣaːp̚˧˦] · Saigon [ɣəp̚˦˥ ɣaːp̚˦˥]gấp rising gáp rising

  pressing; urgent

• khẩn cấpListenadjective
  Hanoi [xən˧˩ kəp̚˧˦] · Saigon [kʰəŋ˨˩˦ kəp̚˦˥]khẩn dipping cấp rising

  urgent; pressing; emergent

  • Những người chịu nạn đói ở châu Phi cần sự trợ giúp khẩn cấp.Those who are suffering from hunger in Africa need urgent help.
• khẩn trươngListenadjective
  Hanoi [xən˧˩ t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˧] · Saigon [kʰəŋ˨˩˦ ʈɨəŋ˧˧]khẩn dipping trương level

  urgent; pressing

• khẩnListenadjective
  Hanoi [xən˧˩] · Saigon [kʰəŋ˨˩˦]khẩn dipping

  urgent; emergent

Related Vietnamese words

• bức thiếtListenadjective

  urgent; desperate; pressing

• bức xúcListenadjective

  urgent; pressing

• gấp rútListenadjective

  urgent; pressing

• hoả tốcListenadjective

  immediate; urgent

• khẩn thiếtListenadjective

  urgent; pressing

• bức báchListenadjective

  to coerce; to force

• cần kípListenadjective

  imperative; urgently needed; immediately necessary

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.