How do you say “yam” in Vietnamese?

“Yam” in Vietnamese is khoai (yam).

Vietnamese words for “yam”

• khoaiListennoun
  Hanoi [xwaːj˧˧] · Saigon [kʰwaːj˧˧]khoai level

  yam; penis

  for “yam” meaning: Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.

Related Vietnamese words

• khoai từListennoun

  lesser yam

• khoai langListennoun

  sweet potato

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.