How do you say “be born” in Vietnamese?

“Be born” in Vietnamese is sinh (to give birth), chào đời (to be born).

Vietnamese words for “be born”

• sinhListenverb
  Hanoi [sïŋ˧˧] · Saigon [ʂɨn˧˧]sinh level

  to give birth; to produce; to yield

  for “be born” meaning: To come into existence through birth.

• chào đờiListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕaːw˨˩ ʔɗəːj˨˩] · Saigon [caːw˨˩ ʔɗəːj˨˩]chào falling đời falling

  to be born

Related Vietnamese words

• giáng sinhListenverb

  Christmas

• giáng thếListenverb

  to be born

• lọt lòngListenverb

  to be born

• sinh raListenverb

  to give birth

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.