Vietnamese Alphabet: Example for each letter (with picture)

    The Vietnamese Alphabet

*Please note this we skipped ă, â and q in this audio. We read from left to right, every letter twice.

The letters in the National language are traditionally pronounced as a, be, xe,…. but nowadays we also can pronounce as: a, bo, co,…

Please find details example for each letter from the Vietnamese Alphabet below:

A:

Anh : Older brother (for pronoun)

 

 

Tám: 8

 

Ă: 

Ăn : Eat

 

Tắm: Shower

 

 

Â:

Cơm Tấm : Broken rice

 

Bận: Busy

 

B: 

Bạn: You (Formal pronoun)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bò: Beef

 

C:

Cá: Fish

 

Cam : Orange (Color and Fruit)

 

D:

Dơ: Dirty

 

Đ:

Đi: Go

Đen : Black

-> Cà phê đen: Black coffee

 

 

 

E: 

Em: Younger people (pronoun)

 

Mẹ: Mom

 

Ê:

Ê: Hey  (How Vietnamese say to people to get their attention)

 

Lê: Pear

 

G: 

Gà: Chicken

 

Gái: Girl

 

H:

Hai: 2

Hồng: Pink

I:

Chị : Older sister (Pronoun)

 

Mì : Egg noodle

 

K:

Kem: Ice cream

 

L: 

Ly: Glass

 

Lớn: Big (Size)

 

M:

Một: 1

 

Mang: Bring

-> Mang về: Take away (Bring back)

 

N:

No: Full

Nóng: Hot

 

O:

Cho: (to) Give

-> Cho tôi……. (How Vietnamese order or buy things)

 

Có: (to) Have

 

Ô:

Ông: Grandfather (Pronoun for old man)

 

Tô: Big bowl

 

Ơ:

Chợ: Market

 

Trời ơi: OMG

 

 

P:

Pin: Battery

 

 

Hộp : Box

 

 

R: 

Rồi: Already

 

Rảnh: Free (time)

S:

Sáu: 6

 

 

Sông: River

-> Sông Sài Gòn: Sai Gon River

 

T:

Tôi: I (Formal)

 

Tốt: Good (Quality)

 

U:

Chú : Uncle (Pronoun)

 

Ngủ: Sleep

 

 

Ư:

Ừ: Yes  (Apply for responding between friends and friends)

 

Từ từ: Slow down

 

 

 

V:

Vâng : Yes (Formal way – Polite)

 

 

Vui: Happy

 

 

 

X:

Xe : Vehicle

-> Xe máy : Motorbike

 

 

Xem: Watch

-> Xem TV: watch TV

 

 

 

 

Y: 

Mỹ: America

 

 

 

Ph:

Phở: Flat noodle

 

Phòng: room

-> Phòng ăn: Dining room

 

 

-> Phòng ngủ: Bed room

 

 

 

 

Ch:

Chờ: Wait

 

-> Chờ năm phút : Wait for 5 minutes

 

 

 

Tr:

Trễ: Late

 

Trên: On

-> Trên đường: On the street…..

 

Qu:

Quá: Very much/ So

-> Ngon quá: So Delicious

 

Quận: District

-> Quận hai: District 2

 

 

 

 

Gi:

Gì: What

 

 

 

Giờ: O’clock

 

 

Th:

Thích: Like

 

 

Thịt: Meat

 

 

 

Kh:

Không: No

 

Khoẻ: Fine

-> Khoẻ không?: How are you? (Are you fine?)

 

Ng:

Ngu: Stupid

 

Ngon: Delicious

Nh:

Nhỏ: Small

 

Nhà: House

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