How do you say “waste” in Vietnamese?

“Waste” in Vietnamese is lãng phí (to waste).

Vietnamese words for “waste”

• lãng phíListenverb
  Hanoi [laːŋ˦ˀ˥ fi˧˦] · Saigon [laːŋ˨˩˦ fɪj˦˥]lãng creaky rising phí rising

  to waste; to squander

  • Đã lãng phí.Wasted.

Related Vietnamese words

• hoang phíListenverb

  to waste; to squander

• phung phíListenverb

  to waste; to squander

• phí hoàiListenverb

  to waste

• phí phạmListenverb

  to waste

• ve chaiListennoun

  bottles; waste; scrap

• xài phíListenverb

  to waste; to squander; to misspend

• phíListenverb

  fee; expenses

• hao mònListenverb

  to use up; to run out of; to wear out

• hoang vuListenadjective

  wild; unaffected by human's activities

• sa mạcListennoun

  desert

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.