How do you say “maid” in Vietnamese?

“Maid” in Vietnamese is hầu gái (maid).

Vietnamese words for “maid”

• hầu gáiListennoun
  Hanoi [həw˨˩ ɣaːj˧˦] · Saigon [həw˨˩ ɣaːj˦˥]hầu falling gái rising

  maid

  for “maid” meaning: An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.)

Related Vietnamese words

• ô-sinListennoun

  a maid; a servant

• con gáiListennoun

  girl; daughter

• thiếu-nữListennoun

  young girl; young woman

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.