How do you say “grow up” in Vietnamese?

“Grow up” in Vietnamese is trưởng thành (to grow up), lớn lên (to grow up).

Vietnamese words for “grow up”

• trưởng thànhListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˩ tʰajŋ̟˨˩] · Saigon [ʈɨəŋ˨˩˦ tʰan˨˩]trưởng dipping thành falling

  to grow up

• lớn lênListenverb
  Hanoi [ləːn˧˦ len˧˧] · Saigon [ləːŋ˦˥ ləːn˧˧]lớn rising lên level

  to grow up

  • Sao mày không lớn lên?Why don't you grow up?

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.