How do you say “come” in Vietnamese?

“Come” in Vietnamese is đến (to arrive), tới (to come), lại (again).

Vietnamese words for “come”

• đếnListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗen˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗəːn˦˥]đến rising

  to arrive; to come; to

  for “come” meaning: To move nearer to the point of perspective.

  • Họ đã đến.They have come.
• tớiListenpreposition
  Hanoi [təːj˧˦] · Saigon [təːj˦˥]tới rising

  to come; to; until

  • Bạn từ đâu tới?Where did you come from?
• lạiListenverb
  Hanoi [laːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [laːj˨˩˨]lại heavy

  again; to come over

  for “come” meaning: To move nearer to the point of perspective.

  • Lại đây.Come here.

Related Vietnamese words

• raListenverb

  to go out; out

• trở thànhListenverb

  to become; to turn into

• trở nênListenverb

  to become

• thànhListenpreposition

  into

• xuấtListenverb

  to advance

• sắp tớiListenadjective

  coming up soon; forthcoming

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.