How do you say “wriggle” in Vietnamese?

“Wriggle” in Vietnamese is giãy (to squirm violently).

Vietnamese words for “wriggle”

• giãyListenverb
  Hanoi [zaj˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [ja(ː)j˨˩˦]giãy creaky rising

  to squirm violently; to writhe violently; to wriggle

Related Vietnamese words

• ngọ nguậyListenverb

  to wriggle; to squirm

• lenListennoun

  wool; yarn

• luồnListenverb

  to pass through

• quằn quạiListenverb

  to writhe in pain

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.