Welcome to EverydayViet’s Traveling Phrases Series! We hope this series will provide useful tips for you when traveling to Vietnam.
In this series we will be covering some of the most useful words and phrases to know while traveling. Please comment on what you would like to learn next!
Transportation:
How to say “Bus” in Vietnamese :: xe đò
How to say “Taxi” in Vietnamese :: tắc xi
How to say “Motorcycle” in Vietnamese :: xe mô tô
How to say “Rickshaw” in Vietnamese :: xích lô
Locations
How to say “Airport” in Vietnamese :: sân bay
How to say “Hotel” in Vietnamese :: khách sạn
How to say “Hospital” in Vietnamese :: bệnh viện
How to say “Restaurant” in Vietnamese :: nhà hàng
How to say “Restroom” in Vietnamese :: nhà vệ sinh
How to say “Club” in Vietnamese :: vũ trường
In this lesson we will address an everyday question that we get:
“How do you say your last name?”
This lesson will be helpful in pronouncing some of your friends, co-workers, or classmates last names. The lesson will cover the pronunciation for 20 of these common Vietnamese surnames.
How to pronounce Bùi = boui
How to pronounce Cao = cao
How to pronounce Đặng = dangt
How to pronounce Đinh = din
How to pronounce Đỗ = doh
How to pronounce Hoàng = hwang
How to pronounce Huỳnh = hwin
How to pronounce Lê = lay
How to pronounce Lưu = lou
How to pronounce Lý = lee
How to pronounce Ngô = ngoh
How to pronounce Nguyễn = ngween
How to pronounce Phạm = phaam
How to pronounce Phan = phan
How to pronounce Tôn = tone
How to pronounce Trần = trun
How to pronounce Trương = truung
How to pronounce Võ = voh
How to pronounce Vũ = vu
How to pronounce Vương = vuung
This lesson we will cover how to wish someone a Happy new Year or Chúc Tết. Also, what is lucky money or those Red Envelopes you see during this time of the year? Watch the video to learn more!
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới = Happy New Year
From then add on phrases such as:
An khang [...]
This lesson we will cover how to say the days of the week in Vietnamese. Read below or follow along with the video!
Sunday in Vietnamese is Chủ Nhật
Monday in Vietnamese is Thù́ Hai
Tuesday in Vietnamese is Thù́ Ba
Wednesday in Vietnamese is Thù́ Tủ
Thursday in Vietnamese is Thù́ Năm
Friday in Vietnamese is Thù́ Sau
Saturday in [...]
This lesson will cover how to count in Vietnamese the numbers 11-99.
You can follow the video but read below as well.
The counting strategy for numbers from 11-19:
Mười + _______(single digit number)
Multiples of 10:
_______(single digit number) + Mươi
All other numbers:
_______(single digit number) + Mươi + _______(single digit number)
There is one exception though:
single digit 5 [...]
