How do you say “native” in Vietnamese?

“Native” in Vietnamese is bản địa (native).

Vietnamese words for “native”

• bản địaListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔɓaːn˧˩ ʔɗiə˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩˦ ʔɗiə˨˩˨]bản dipping địa heavy

  native; indigenous

  • Tom nói tiếng Việt, ngôn ngữ bản địa của vợ anh ấy.Tom speaks Vietnamese, his wife's native language.

Related Vietnamese words

• tự nhiênListennoun

  nature

• nơi sinhListennoun

  birthplace

• bẩm sinhListenadjective

  innate; inborn; natural

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.