How do you say “something” in Vietnamese?

“Something” in Vietnamese is cái gì (what), gì (what).

Vietnamese words for “something”

• cái gìListenpronoun
  Hanoi [kaːj˧˦ zi˨˩] · Saigon [kaːj˦˥ jɪj˨˩]cái rising gì falling

  what; something

  for “something” meaning: An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

  • Tom muốn uống cái gì đó.Tom wanted something to drink.
• gìListenpronoun
  Hanoi [zi˨˩] · Saigon [jɪj˨˩]gì falling

  what; anything

  for “something” meaning: An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

  • Làm gì đi.Do something.

Related Vietnamese words

• đồListenparticle

  clothes; unspecified stuff or things

• hoặcListenpronoun

  either; or

• tangListennoun

  tangent

• cùi bắpListennoun

  cob of corn; noob

• gọi làListenverb

  to be called

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.