Breakdown of Chất thải nguy hại được để riêng.
Questions & Answers about Chất thải nguy hại được để riêng.
Chất thải nguy hại means hazardous waste.
A quick breakdown:
- chất thải = waste, waste material
- nguy hại = harmful, hazardous, dangerous
In Vietnamese, descriptive words usually come after the noun, so:
- chất thải nguy hại = waste hazardous = hazardous waste
This is a common formal or technical expression, especially on signs, labels, and in regulations.
Because in Vietnamese, adjectives normally come after the noun they describe.
So:
- chất thải nguy hại = hazardous waste
- literally: waste hazardous
This is one of the biggest word-order differences from English. English usually puts adjectives before the noun, but Vietnamese usually puts them after it.
Other similar examples:
- nước sạch = clean water
- thực phẩm tươi = fresh food
- khu vực nguy hiểm = dangerous area
Here, được is being used to make the sentence sound passive or impersonal.
So:
- = to keep separate / to place separately