How do you say “call” in Vietnamese?

“Call” in Vietnamese is gọi (to call), kêu (to cry).

Vietnamese words for “call”

• gọiListenverb
  Hanoi [ɣɔj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ɣɔj˨˩˨]gọi heavy

  to call

  for “call” meaning: To request, summon, or beckon.

  • Họ đã gọi.They called.
• kêuListenverb
  Hanoi [kew˧˧] · Saigon [kew˧˧]kêu level

  to cry

  for “call” meaning: To request, summon, or beckon.

Related Vietnamese words

• triệu hồiListenverb

  to call; to summon

• triệu tậpListenverb

  to call; to summon; to convene

• điện thoạiListenverb

  telephone

• điệnListennoun

  electricity; electric lights

• gọi làListenverb

  to be called

• kêu gọiListenverb

  to appeal to; to call upon

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.