How do you say “puberty” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "puberty" in Vietnamese?

"Puberty" in Vietnamese is dậy thì (to hit puberty).

“Puberty” in Vietnamese is dậy thì (to hit puberty).

Vietnamese words for “puberty”

dậy thìverb
Hanoi [zəj˧˨ʔ tʰi˨˩] · Saigon [jəj˨˩˨ tʰɪj˨˩]dậy heavy thì falling
to hit puberty
for “puberty” meaning: The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
- Các bé gái sẽ bước vào tuổi dậy thì vào khoảng độ tuổi 10 -11 tuổi, còn các bé trai thì sẽ vào khoảng độ tuổi 11-12 tuổi.Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.

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