How do you say “exist” in Vietnamese?

“Exist” in Vietnamese is tồn tại (to exist), còn (still).

Vietnamese words for “exist”

• tồn tạiListenverb
  Hanoi [ton˨˩ taːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [toŋ˨˩ taːj˨˩˨]tồn falling tại heavy

  to exist

  for “exist” meaning: to be; have existence; have being or reality

  • Điều đó đã tồn tại.That already exists.
• cònListenverb
  Hanoi [kɔn˨˩] · Saigon [kɔŋ˨˩]còn falling

  still; to remain; and (as for)

  • Chúa không còn tồn tại nữa.God no longer exists.

Related Vietnamese words

• sinh tồnListenverb

  to survive; to exist

• sốngListenverb

  to live

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.