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How do you say “person” in Vietnamese?

“Person” in Vietnamese is người (person), ngôi ((classifier for houses, temples, stars)).

Vietnamese words for “person”

  • ngườinoun
    Hanoi [ŋɨəj˨˩] · Saigon [ŋɨj˨˩]người falling

    person; people

    for “person” meaning: An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being.

    • Đi theo người đó.Follow that person.
  • ngôinoun
    Hanoi [ŋoj˧˧] · Saigon [ŋoj˧˧]ngôi level

    (classifier for houses, temples, stars); rank

    for “person” meaning: A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom they are speaking. See grammatical person.

    • Trong tiếng Thổ Nhĩ Kì, động từ "to be" không có dạng nguyên thể và được diễn tả thông qua hậu tố cho từng ngôi.In Turkish, the verb "to be" has no infinitive form and is expressed through suffixes for each person.

Related Vietnamese words

  • đâypronoun

    here; this

  • aipronoun

    who; anyone

  • tênnoun

    name

  • con ngườinoun

    human; human being

  • cá nhânnoun

    individual; personal

  • mạngnoun

    network; spiderweb

  • gãnoun

    lad; bloke

  • anh chàngnoun

    guy; dude; chap

  • khứapronoun

    to cut little by little; to saw off

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.