30 Most Useful Vietnamese Adjectives You Must Know

VocabularyUpdated: November 7th, 2022
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Adjectives are important to know if you want to describe something.

In Vietnamese, adjective is called tính từ.

Here are some basic Vietnamese adjectives you should know for basic conversations.

30 Must-know adjectives

EnglishVietnamese
goodtốt
badxấu
biglớn
smallnhỏ
longdài
shortngắn
fastnhanh
slowchậm
expensivemắc
cheaprẻ
newmới
old
youngtrẻ
oldgià
hotnóng
coldlạnh
earlysớm
latetrễ
richgiàu
poornghèo
right / correctđúng
wrongsai
difficultkhó
easydễ
simpleđơn giản
strongmạnh
weakyếu
interestingthú vị
boringchán
freemiễn phí

How is it?

We can use adjectives to answer the question "How's it?". Here are some examples.

EXAMPLE
Q:
Bài kiểm tra thế nào?
How's the test?
A:
Nó khó lắm.
It's very difficult.
EXAMPLE
Q:
Chị Lan chạy nhanh không?
Can Lan run fast?
A:
Không. Chị ấy chạy chậm.
No. She runs slow.
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