How do you say “history” in Vietnamese?

“History” in Vietnamese is lịch sử (history), sử (history), sử học (history).

Vietnamese words for “history”

• lịch sửListennoun
  Hanoi [lïk̟̚˧˨ʔ sɨ˧˩] · Saigon [lɨt̚˨˩˨ ʂɨ˨˩˦]lịch heavy sử dipping

  history

  for “history” meaning: The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.

  • Tôi dạy lịch sử.I teach history.
• sửListennoun
  Hanoi [sɨ˧˩] · Saigon [ʂɨ˨˩˦]sử dipping

  history

• sử họcListennoun
  Hanoi [sɨ˧˩ hawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʂɨ˨˩˦ hawk͡p̚˨˩˨]sử dipping học heavy

  history

Related Vietnamese words

• sử sáchListennoun

  history; chronicles; annals

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.