How do you say “birth” in Vietnamese?

“Birth” in Vietnamese is đầu (head).

Vietnamese words for “birth”

• đầuListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɗəw˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɗəw˨˩]đầu falling

  head; an end or extremity; compare mũi

  for “birth” meaning: A beginning or start; a point of origin.

Related Vietnamese words

• đẻListenverb

  to give birth to; to birth

• gốcListennoun

  origin; root

• dòng dõiListennoun

  lineage; descent

• sinh tửListenverb

  to live and die

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.