How do you say “lady” in Vietnamese?

“Lady” in Vietnamese is phu nhân (a First Lady), bà chủ (landlady).

Vietnamese words for “lady”

• phu nhânListennoun
  Hanoi [fu˧˧ ɲən˧˧] · Saigon [fʊw˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧]phu level nhân level

  a First Lady

  for “lady” meaning: An aristocratic title for a woman.

• bà chủListennoun
  Hanoi [ʔɓaː˨˩ t͡ɕu˧˩] · Saigon [ʔɓaː˨˩ cʊw˨˩˦]bà falling chủ dipping

  landlady; proprietress

  for “lady” meaning: The mistress of a household.

Related Vietnamese words

• vợListennoun

  wife

• bàListennoun

  a grandmother; an old woman; an old lady

• nữListenadjective

  female

• đàn bàListennoun

  woman; married woman who had children

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.