Áp suất lốp không ổn.

not

Breakdown of Áp suất lốp không ổn.

• ổn: fine; okay
• áp suất lốp: the tyre pressure

Questions & Answers about Áp suất lốp không ổn.

What does each word in Áp suất lốp không ổn mean?

A natural word-by-word breakdown is:

• áp suất = pressure
• lốp = tire
• không = not
• ổn = okay / fine / normal / in good condition

So the whole sentence means something like:

• The tire pressure isn’t okay.
• The tire pressure is off.
• There’s something wrong with the tire pressure.

In everyday speech, không ổn often means not right, not good, or problematic, not just literally not stable.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

Vietnamese often does not use a direct equivalent of to be in simple descriptive sentences.

So:

• Áp suất lốp không ổn
  literally looks like tire pressure not okay

But in natural English, we translate it as:

• The tire pressure isn’t okay.

This is very normal in Vietnamese. For adjectives and states, you usually do not need a verb like is/are.

Compare:

• Trời nóng. = The weather is hot.
• Xe hỏng rồi. = The car is broken.
• Áp suất lốp không ổn. = The tire pressure is not okay.

Why is lốp after áp suất? Shouldn’t tire pressure be the other way around?