How do you say “church” in Vietnamese?

“Church” in Vietnamese is nhà thờ (a house of worship), giáo hội (a sangha).

Vietnamese words for “church”

• nhà thờListennoun
  Hanoi [ɲaː˨˩ tʰəː˨˩] · Saigon [ɲaː˨˩ tʰəː˨˩]nhà falling thờ falling

  a house of worship

  for “church” meaning: A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.

  • Bây giờ tôi sẽ đi nhà thờ.I am going to church now.
• giáo hộiListennoun
  Hanoi [zaːw˧˦ hoj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [jaːw˦˥ hoj˨˩˨]giáo rising hội heavy

  a sangha; a church

  for “church” meaning: Any religious group or place of worship; a temple.

Related Vietnamese words

• giáo đườngListennoun

  a temple; church; chapel

• thánh thấtListennoun

  Caodaist temple/church

• buổi lễListennoun

  a ceremony

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.