This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Vietnamese. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Vietnamese“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

Colors

EnglishVietnamesePronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearsáng
vi-sing_lightclear
darktốivi-sing_dark
colorcolormàu sắcvi-sing_color
coloredcoloredcó màuvi-sing_colored
whitewhitetrắngvi-sing_white
blackblackđenvi-sing_black
yellowyellowvàngvi-sing_yellow
orangeorangecamvi-sing_orange
redredđỏvi-sing_red
pinkpinkhồngvi-sing_pink
violetvioletmàu tímvi-sing_violet
bluebluexanhvi-sing_blue
greengreenxanh lávi-sing_green
brownbrownnâuvi-sing_brown
greygreyxámvi-sing_grey

Appearance & attributes

EnglishVietnamesePronunciation
(Audio)
newmớivi-sing_new
oldgiàvi-sing_old
smallnhỏvi-sing_small
large / bigrộng
lớn
vi-sing_largebig
youngtrẻvi-sing_young
kind / pleasanttốt
sung sướng
vi-sing_kindpleasant
unkind / unpleasantkhông tốt
không vui
vi-sing_unkindunpleasant
patientkiên nhẫnvi-sing_patient
tallcaovi-sing_tall
middle sizedngười trung bìnhvi-sing_middle-sized
smallnhỏvi-sing_small
fatmậpvi-sing_fat
thin / slimốm
mỏng
vi-sing_thinslim
nice / prettyxinh đẹpvi-sing_nicepretty
beautifulđẹpvi-sing_beautiful
uglyxấuvi-sing_ugly
ill / sickyếu
bệnh
vi-sing_illsick
healthykhoẻ mạnhvi-sing_healthy
happy / cheerfulvuivi-sing_happycheerful
sadbuồnvi-sing_sad
sportythể thaovi-sing_sporty
ambitionedtham lamvi-sing_ambitioned
intelligentthông minhvi-sing_intelligent
creativesáng tạovi-sing_creative
activechủ động
hoạt động
vi-sing_active
sentimentalđa cảmvi-sing_sentimental
rationalhợp lívi-sing_rational
emotionalxúc độngvi-sing_emotional
naturaltự nhiênvi-sing_natural
romanticlãng mạnvi-sing_romantic
nice / amiablethân thiệnvi-sing_niceamiable
spontaneoustự phátvi-sing_spontaneous
energeticđầy năng lượngvi-sing_energetic
stressed (out)áp lựcvi-sing_stressed-out
relaxedthư giãnvi-sing_relaxed
frustratedthất bạivi-sing_frustrated
talentedcó tàivi-sing_talented

Questions & phrases

EnglishVietnamesePronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?Anh ấy nhìn như thế nào?vi-sing_what-does-he-look-like
What does she look like?Cô ấy nhìn như thế nào?vi-sing_what-does-she-look-like
What is he like?Anh ấy giống cái gì?vi-sing_what-is-he-like
What is she like?Cô ấy giống cái gì?vi-sing_what-is-she-like

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