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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