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month tháng

year nӑm

today hôm nay

tomorrow mai

yesterday hôm qua

now bây giờ

next week tuần tới

last week tuần vừa qua

morning buổi sáng

afternoon buổi chiều

evening buởi tời

night ban đêm

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases |

Numbers

Note that for numbers ending in 5, from 15 onwards, nhӑm is used in northern Vietnam and lӑm in the south, rather than the written form of nӑm. Also, bear in mind that an alternative for numbers that are multiples of ten is chục – so, for example ten would be một chục, twenty would be hai chục, etc.

zero không

one một

two hai

three ba

four bốn

five nӑm

six sáu

seven bơy

eight tám

nine chín

ten mười

eleven mười một

twelve mười hai

thirteen mười ba

fourteen mười bốn

fifteen mười lӑm /nhӑm

sixteen mười sáu

seventeen mười bơy

eighteen mười tám

nineteen mười chín

twenty hai mười

twenty–one hai mười một

twenty–two hai mười hai

thirty ba mười

forty bốn mười

fifty nӑm mười

one hundred một trӑm

two hundred hai trӑm

one thousand một ngàn

ten thousand mđời ngàn

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases |

Eating and drinking

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases | Eating and drinking |

Useful phrases

bat (north);

chen (south) bowl

bao nhieu tien? how much is it?

can chen (north); cheers!

can ly (south)

chuc suc khoe to your good health

cop cup

da ice

dung bo da cam on no ice, thanks

dua chopsticks

it duong a little sugar

lanh cold

nguoi an chay vegetarian

toi khong an thit I don’t eat meat or fish

nong hot

rat ngon delicious

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases | Eating and drinking |

Rice and noodles

bun round rice noodles

bun bo beef with bun noodles

bun bo gio heo chicken, beef and pork with bun noodles

bun ga chicken with bun noodles

com cooked rice

com rang (north); fried rice

com chien (south)

com trang steamed or boiled rice

chao or xhao rice porridge

mi xao fried noodles

pho flat rice noodles, usually in soup

pho bo tai noodle soup with rare beef

pho bo chin with medium-done beef

pho co trung with eggs

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases | Eating and drinking |

Fish, meat and vegetables

ca fish

ca ran (north); fried fish

ca chien (south)

cua crab

luon eel

muc squid

tom shrimp or prawn

tom hum lobster

thit meat

bit tet beefsteak

bo beef

ga chicken

lon (north); heo (south) pork

vit duck

rau co or rau cac loai vegetables

cai bap cabbage

ca chua tomato

ca tim aubergine

dau beans

gia bean sprouts

khoai tay potato

khoai lang sweet potato

mang bamboo shoots

ngo (north); bap (south) sweetcorn

rau xao cac loai stir-fried vegetables

sa lat salad

sa lat ca chua tomato salad

sa lat rau xanh cac loai green salad

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases | Eating and drinking |

Desserts and fruit

banh ngot cakes and pastries

duong sugar

kem ice cream or cream

mat ong honey

sua chua yoghurt

trai cay fruit

buoi pomelo/grapefruit

cam orange

chanh lemon/lime

chom chom rambutan

chuoi banana

dau tay strawberry

dua coconut

dua (north); pineapple

thom (south)

dua hau watermelon

du du papaya

khe star fruit

mang cau (north); custard apple

qua na (south)

mang cut mangosteen

mit jackfruit

nhan longan

qua bo avocado

sau rieng durian

xoai mango

tao tay apple

thang long dragon fruit

vai lychee

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases | Eating and drinking |

Miscellaneous

banh cake (sweet or savoury)

banh mi bread

bo butter

pho mat, fo mat or fromage cheese

lac (north); dau phong (south) peanuts (groundnuts)

muoi salt

mut jam

ot chilli

tao pho (north); dau hu (south) tofu

tieu pepper

trung egg

trung om let or op lep omelette

trung ran or trung op la fried eggs

Vietnamese | Useful words and phrases | Eating and drinking |

Drinks

bia beer

ca phé coffee

ca phé da iced coffee

ca phé den black coffee

ca phé den khong duong black coffee without sugar

ca phé nong hot coffee

ca phé sua coffee with milk

ca phé sua nong hot milk coffee

tra tea

tra voi chanh tea with lemon

tra sua tea with milk

khong da no ice

nuoc