Top 100 common Vietnamese words

Are you going to travel to Vietnam soon? Vietnamese people are known to be friendly locals and would love to have small conversations with you. Save this list of top 100 most common Vietnamese words to make sure you´ll have the best travel experience here!

Basic pronouns and people

1	Tôi	I/me
2	Bạn	You (for someone around the same age), friend
3	Anh	You (for a slightly older male), older brother
4	Chị	You (for a slightly older female), older sister
5	Em	You (for a slightly younger person), younger sibling
6	Chúng tôi	We (excluding listener)
7	Cô	You (for an auntie), aunt
8	Chú	You (for an uncle), uncle
9	Ông	Mr., grandpa
10	Bà	Mrs., grandma

Essential verbs

11	Là	to be
12	Có	to have
13	Đi	to go
14	Đến	to come
15	Nói	to speak
16	Nghe	to listen
17	Hiểu	to understand
18	Biết	to know
19	Muốn	to want
20	Cần	to need
21	Thích	to like
22	Yêu	to love
23	Ăn	to eat
24	Uống	to drink
25	Mua	to buy
26	Bán	to sell
27	Làm	to do /to make
28	Học	to learn
29	Dạy	to teach

Common nouns for objects and places

30	Nhà	house/home
31	Cửa hàng	store/shop
32	Nhà hàng	restaurant
33	Trường	school
34	Bệnh viện	hospital
35	Khách sạn	hotel
36	Đường	the way / sugar
37	Xe máy	scooter
38	Ô tô	car
39	Tiền	money
40	Nước	water
41	Cơm	cooked rice / a meal
42	Phở	Vietnamese noodle soup (with flat rice noodles)
43	Gà	chicken
44	Bò	beef / cow
45	Bánh mì	Vietnamese sandwich
46	Cà phê	coffee
47	Trà	tea
48	Điện thoại	phone
49	Internet	the Internet

Numbers and time

50	Một	one
51	Hai	two
52	Ba	three
53	Bốn	four
54	Năm	five / year
55	Sáu	six
56	Bảy	seven
57	Tám	eight
58	Chín	nine
59	Mười	ten
60	Ngày	day
61	Tháng	month
62	Hôm nay	today
63	Ngày mai	tomorrow
64	Hôm qua	yesterday
65	Bây giờ	now
66	Trước	before
67	Sau	after

Adjectives to describe things

68	Tốt	good
69	Xấu	bad/ ugly
70	Đẹp	beautiful
71	Dễ	easy
72	Khó	difficult
73	Lớn / To	big
74	Nhỏ	small
75	Nóng	hot
76	Lạnh	cold
77	Ngon	tasty
78	Vui	happy / fun
79	Buồn	sad
80	Mới	new
81	Cũ	old (used)
82	Trẻ	young
83	Già	old (people)
84	Nhanh	fast
85	Chậm	slow
86	Đúng	correct
87	Sai	wrong

Questions and useful phrases

88	Gì	what
89	Ai	who
90	Ở đâu	where
91	Khi nào	when
92	Tại sao	why
93	Như thế nào	how
94	Bao nhiêu	how much / how many
95	Xin chào	hello
96	Tạm biệt	goodbye
97	Cảm ơn	thank you
98	Xin lỗi	sorry / excuse me
99	Không sao	no problem
100	Ăn chay	to be vegetarian or vegan

Enjoy your time in Vietnam and don't forget to share this list with your traveling buddies! Hẹn gặp lại ở Việt Nam - See you in Vietnam!

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