How do you say “tree” in Vietnamese?

“Tree” in Vietnamese is cây (tree), thụ (a tree).

Vietnamese words for “tree”

• câyListennoun
  Hanoi [kəj˧˧] · Saigon [kəj˧˧]cây level

  tree; plant; (classifier for stick-like things)

  for “tree” meaning: A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.

  • Cây đổ.The tree fell down.
• thụListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰu˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰʊw˨˩˨]thụ heavy

  a tree

Related Vietnamese words

• cây gỗListennoun

  tree; log of wood

• cầnListenverb

  to need

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.