How do you say “serve” in Vietnamese?

“Serve” in Vietnamese is phục vụ (to serve).

Vietnamese words for “serve”

• phục vụListenverb
  Hanoi [fʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ vu˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [fʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ vʊw˨˩˨]phục heavy vụ heavy

  to serve; to attend to

  for “serve” meaning: To be a servant for; to work for, to be employed by.

  • Ở nhà hàng đó, họ phục vụ bữa tối rất tốt.They serve a very good dinner at that restaurant.

Related Vietnamese words

• hầuListenverb

  nearly; almost

• đáp ứngListenverb

  to respond; to meet; to satisfy

• phụng sựListenverb

  to serve wholeheartedly

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.