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About Vietnamese Consonants Chart
Need to know do you know the consonants in Vietnamese language? In articulatory phonetics, a Vietnamese consonant is known as a speech sound which is articulated with complete or partial closure in the vocal region. The word consonant is usually used to relate to a letter of a Vietnamese alphabet that represents a consonant sound. Learn More
Vietnamese Consonants Chart
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Vietnamese Consonants in Alphabet
| b | like 'b' in "bed". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| c | like 'k' in "sky". | |
| d | in the South (Ho Chi Minh City), like 'y' in "yes"; in the North (Hanoi), like 'z' in "zip". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| đ | like 'd' in "dog". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| g | like 'g' in "go". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| h | like 'h' in "help". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| k | like 'k' in "sky". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| l | like 'l' in "love". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| m | like 'm' in "mother". | |
| n | like 'n' in "nice". | |
| p | like 'p' in "sport". Used only at the end of a syllable, except loan words. | |
| r | in the South (Ho Chi Minh City), like 'r' in "red" or 's' in "pleasure"; in the North (Hanoi), like 'z' in "zip". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| s | in the North, like 's' in "set"; in the South, like 'sh' in "show". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| t | like 't' in "stop". | |
| v | in the North, like 'v' in "victory"; in the South, like 'y' in "yes". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| x | like 's' in "set". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| ch | at the beginning of a syllable, like 'ch' in "touch"; at the end, like 'ck' in "sick" (but it is never enunciated) in the North and like 't' in "sit" (but it is never enunciated) in the South. | |
| gh | like 'g' in "go". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| kh | like 'ch' in "loch" or 'c' in "cat". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| ng, ngh | like 'ng' in "singer": Nga. | |
| ph | like 'f' in "fat". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| th | like 't' in "time". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| tr | like 'ch' in "chat". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| gi | in the North, like 'z' in "zip"; in the South, like 'y' in "yes". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. | |
| qu | in the North, like 'qu' in "square"; in the South, like 'w' in "we". Used only at the beginning of a syllable. |
Vietnamese Diphthongs in Alphabet
Select the links directly below to find a number of practical Vietnamese holiday words that are organized by theme. For every travel word or phrase in Vietnamese, you will notice the English translation.
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