How do you say “wink” in Vietnamese?

“Wink” in Vietnamese is đá lông nheo (to wink), chớp mắt (to blink).

Vietnamese words for “wink”

• đá lông nheoListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗaː˧˦ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ɲɛw˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗaː˦˥ ləwŋ͡m˧˧ ɲɛw˧˧]đá rising lông level nheo level

  to wink

  for “wink” meaning: To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

• chớp mắtListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕəːp̚˧˦ mat̚˧˦] · Saigon [cəːp̚˦˥ mak̚˦˥]chớp rising mắt rising

  to blink; to wink

Related Vietnamese words

• nháyListenverb

  to flash back and forth; to wink

• khoảnh khắcListennoun

  short period of time; instant; moment

• nhấp nháyListenverb

  to blink

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.