Wordlist

Below you will find audio files for words in Southern Vietnamese with their English translations to the right.
Parts of the body

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
hand
left
right
leg/foot
skin
back
belly/stomach
bone
intestines
liver
lungs
breast
shoulder
blood
head
neck
hair (head/body)
nose
mouth
tooth
tongue
eye
ear

Family terms

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
person/human being
man / male
woman / female
child
husband
wife
mother
father
name

Everyday objects

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
road
house
path
rope
needle
stick

Animals

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
dog
bird
egg
feather
worm
rat
meat/flesh
tail
snake
earth worm
spider
fish

Natural objects and phenomena

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
branch
leaf
soil

flower
fruit
grass
earth
stone
sand
water
sea
salt
woods/forest/jungle
sky
sun
moon
star
rain
wind
fire
smoke

night
day

Verbs of the body

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
to drink
to spit
to eat
to chew
to breathe
to smell
to laugh
to cry/to weep
to vomit/to throw up
to bite
to hear
to see
to yawn
to sleep

Verbs of action

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
to walk
to swim
to know
to be knowledgeable
to think
to fear
to say
to cook
to sit
to stand
to lie down
to climb
to tie up/to fasten
to sew
to shoot
to stab/to pierce
to hit
to kill
to die/to be dead
to live/to be alive
to scratch
to cut/to hack
to work
to plant
to choose
to grow
to squeeze
to hold
to open
to throw

Adjectives

Southern Vietnamese Word English Translation
dirty
clean
sharp
warm
cold
small
big

short
long

thin
thick
narrow
wide
black
white
red
yellow
green
painful
sick
old (object)
new
good
bad
correct
tue

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