The 100 most common Vietnamese words (with audio)

The first 100 words of the Vietnamese course, in learning order, with English translations. Press play to hear each word.

#	Vietnamese	English
1	có	to have, to exist, there is
2	yêu	to love
3	đầu	head, beginning, first
4	vì vậy	therefore, so
5	ba	three, father
6	ở đâu	where
7	vào	to enter, into, on (date)
8	sử dụng	to use
9	vấn đề	problem, issue
10	công ty	company, firm
11	về	to return, to go back, about
12	cuộc sống	life
13	tôi	I, me
14	rồi	already, then, and then
15	nói	to say, to speak
16	ăn	to eat
17	không thể	cannot, unable to
18	trường hợp	case, situation
19	có lẽ	maybe, perhaps
20	bố mẹ	parents
21	sau đó	after that, then
22	cố gắng	to try, to make an effort
23	sau	after, behind
24	hỏi	to ask
25	hãy	please, let's
26	sẽ	will, shall
27	mọi người	everyone, everybody
28	việc	work, matter, thing
29	tiền	money
30	thông báo	to announce, announcement
31	làm việc	to work
32	bệnh viện	hospital
33	đúng	right, correct
34	con trai	son, boy
35	quan trọng	important
36	những	plural marker
37	khó khăn	difficult, difficulty
38	hiểu	to understand
39	xem	to watch, to look at
40	ngày	day
41	hai	two
42	sống	to live, life
43	nên	should, therefore
44	em	younger sibling, I, you
45	trẻ em	children
46	hay	or, interesting
47	tay	hand, arm
48	vợ	wife
49	bác sĩ	doctor
50	một	one, a, single
51	được	to get, to be able to, okay
52	mười	ten
53	thịt	meat
54	ngày mai	tomorrow
55	xảy ra	to happen, to occur
56	trời	sky, heaven, weather
57	lập tức	immediately, at once
58	nhỏ	small, little
59	gọi	to call
60	đây	here, this
61	tháng	month
62	trước	before, in front of
63	bạn	friend, you
64	vậy	so, like that
65	phát triển	to develop, development
66	chuẩn bị	to prepare, preparation
67	nhận	to receive, to accept
68	tuy nhiên	however, nevertheless
69	đi	to go, to walk
70	dài	long
71	câu hỏi	question
72	bắt đầu	to begin, to start
73	theo dõi	to follow, to monitor
74	có thể	can, may, to be able to
75	nhiều	many, much, a lot
76	ngân hàng	bank
77	khác	other, different
78	thay đổi	to change, change
79	kinh nghiệm	experience
80	quy định	regulation, rule
81	thế	so, like that
82	giá trị	value, worth
83	hành động	action, to act
84	tất cả	all, everything
85	thành phố	city
86	đầy đủ	complete, sufficient, full
87	cách	way, method, distance
88	mất	to lose, to take (time)
89	ngoài	outside, besides
90	khả năng	ability, possibility
91	chúng ta	we, us
92	đã	already, did
93	đối với	regarding, toward, for
94	máy tính	computer
95	theo	according to, to follow
96	khó	difficult, hard
97	vàng	gold, yellow
98	thông tin	information, news
99	để	to let, in order to, to put
100	cây	tree, plant

These 100 words are the start

Words 101-2,000 are in the course, with a sentence for each and reviews scheduled for you. Free to start.

In English frequency research, the first 100 words cover about 45% of everyday text and 2,000 words about 87%. Coverage varies by language, so treat these as a guide for Vietnamese, not a measurement.

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