The Most Common Ways To Say Hello In Vietnamese

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Chào các bạn!

Saying “Hello” in Vietnamese is just a piece of cake because it’s as easy as learning the Vietnamese alphabet especially for new learners.

    – Wait a minute! Then why am I here?

What is really challenging, on the other hand, is how to choose the right pronoun to address locals. It’s not as simple as “You” and “I” only in English. You need to guess how old people are and what the right pronoun to use is (including for yourself) 

    – Wait, what???

Don’t freak out, I’m here to help! 

Needless to say, “Xin chào” is obviously the easiest and most common way to say Hello in Vietnam. However, we are going into it and discover the most common Vietnamese greetings that you can start using by the end of this article. By breaking down the principles into smaller pieces, greeting someone when learning Vietnamese will become way easier than you thought. Not to mention you’ll be able to impress locals also.

Ready? Let’s start with the most “problematic” one, cách xưng hô với người Việt (how to address Vietnamese people)

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  1. Đại từ (Personal pronoun)
  2. Cấu trúc câu (sentence structure)
  3. Cách chào đối với bạn bè thân thiết (How to greet close friends)
  4. Cách chào trang trọng (Formal ways to greet people)
  5. Cách chào đối với các mối quan hệ xã giao (How to greet social relations)
  6. Cách chào theo thời điểm trong ngày (Greetings based on different times of the day)
  7. Cách chào người lâu không gặp (How to greet people you haven’t seen for a long time)
  8. Cách chào tạm biệt (How to say goodbye)
  9. Greeting etiquette

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