Food & Drinks in Vietnamese

Food and drinks are a recurring talking point, not only while eating out on vacation. So let’s learn the most common words and phrases related to this topic.

Contents

Basic Food & Spices
Basic Words & Phrases
Dishes
Dishes & Cutlery
Drinks
Flavors
Fruit & Vegetables
Meat & Sausages
Sweets
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Basic Food & Spices

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
bread [Sg]	bánh mì	vi-sing_bread
breads [Pl]	những ổ bánh mỳ	vi-plur_bread
roll [Sg]	bánh mì nhỏ	vi-sing_roll
rolls [Pl]	những ổ bánh mì nhỏ	vi-plur_roll
butter	bơ	vi-sing_butter
cheese	pho mat	vi-sing_cheese
honey	mật ong	vi-sing_honey
jam [Sg]	mức	vi-sing_jam
jams [Pl]	những lọ mức	vi-plur_jam
egg [Sg]	trứng	vi-sing_egg
eggs [Pl]	những quả trứng	vi-plur_egg
noodles	mỳ	vi-sing_noodles
rice	gạo	vi-sing_rice
yoghurt	ya ua	vi-sing_yoghurt
sugar	đường	vi-sing_sugar
salt	muối	vi-sing_salt
pepper	tiêu	vi-sing_pepper
spice [Sg]	gia vị	vi-sing_spice
spices [Pl]	những gia vị	vi-plur_spice
oil	dầu	vi-sing_oil

Basic Words & Phrases

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) eat	ăn	vi-sing_to-eat
food	thức ăn	vi-sing_food
(to) drink	uống	vi-sing_to-drink
drink [Sg]	nước uống	vi-sing_drink
drinks [Pl]	những nước uống	vi-plur_drink
hungry	đói	vi-sing_hungry
hunger	sự đói	vi-sing_hunger
thirsty	khát	vi-sing_thirsty
thirst	sự khát	vi-sing_thirst
(to) cook	nấu	vi-sing_to-cook
(to) taste	nêm	vi-sing_to-taste
tasty	ngon đầy hương vị	vi-sing_tasty
delicious	ngon	vi-sing_delicious
Bon appetit! / Enjoy your meal!	chúc ngon miệng	vi-sing_bon-appetitenjoy-your-meal
Cheers! / To your health!	hoan hô vì sức khỏe của bạn	vi-sing_cheersto-your-health
breakfast	bữa sáng	vi-sing_breakfast
lunch	bữa trưa	vi-sing_lunch
dinner	bữa tối	vi-sing_dinner
restaurant [Sg]	nhà hàng	vi-sing_restaurant
restaurants [Pl]	những nhà hàng	vi-plur_restaurant
bar [Sg]	quán bar	vi-sing_bar
bars [Pl]	những quán bar	vi-plur_bar
café	cafe	vi-sing_cafe

Dishes

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
soup [Sg]	canh	vi-sing_soup
soups [Pl]	những món canh	vi-plur_soup
salad	salad	vi-sing_salad
french fries / chips	khoai tây chiên chip	vi-sing_french-frieschips

Dishes & Cutlery

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
cutlery	dao kéo	vi-sing_cutlery
fork	nĩa	vi-sing_fork
spoon	muỗn	vi-sing_spoon
knife	dao	vi-sing_knife
plate	dĩa	vi-sing_plate
glass	ly	vi-sing_glass
cup	tách	vi-sing_cup
mug	cốc	vi-sing_mug

Drinks

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
water	nước	vi-sing_water
mineral water	nước khoáng	vi-sing_mineral-water
soda water / sparkling water	nước soda nước có ga	vi-sing_soda-watersparkling-water
still water	nước tinh khiết	vi-sing_still-water
juice [Sg]	nước hoa quả	vi-sing_juice
juices [Pl]	những ly nước hoa quả	vi-plur_juice
beer	bia	vi-sing_beer
wine	rượu	vi-sing_wine
champagne	champagne	vi-sing_champagne
cocktail	cocktail	vi-sing_cocktail
milk	sữa	vi-sing_milk
cocoa	coca	vi-sing_cocoa
coffee	cofe	vi-sing_coffee
tea	trà	vi-sing_tea

Flavors

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
sweet	ngọt	vi-sing_sweet
sour	chua	vi-sing_sour
spicy	cay	vi-sing_spicy
salty	mặn	vi-sing_salty
bitter	đắng	vi-sing_bitter

Fruit & Vegetables

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
fruit	trái cây	vi-sing_fruit
vegetables	rau củ	vi-sing_vegetables
apple [Sg]	táo	vi-sing_apple
apples [Pl]	những trái táo	vi-plur_apple
orange [Sg]	cam	vi-sing_orange
oranges [Pl]	những trái cam	vi-plur_orange
strawberry [Sg]	dâu	vi-sing_strawberry
strawberries [Pl]	những trái dâu	vi-plur_strawberry
banana [Sg]	chuối	vi-sing_banana
bananas [Pl]	những trái chuối	vi-plur_banana
potato [Sg]	cà chua	vi-sing_potato
potatoes [Pl]	những trái cà chua	vi-plur_potato
cucumber [Sg]	dưa chuột	vi-sing_cucumber
cucumbers [Pl]	những trái dưa chuột	vi-plur_cucumber

Meat & Sausages

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
meat	thịt	vi-sing_meat
sausage [Sg]	xúc xích	vi-sing_sausage
sausages [Pl]	những cây xúc xích	vi-plur_sausage
small sausage [Sg]	xúc xích nhỏ	vi-sing_small-sausage
small sausages [Pl]	những cây xúc xích nhỏ	vi-plur_small-sausage
ham [Sg]	lợn xông khói	vi-sing_ham
hams [Pl]	những miếng lơn xông khói	vi-plur_ham
chicken [Sg]	thị gà	vi-sing_chicken
chicken [Pl]	những miếng thịt gà	vi-plur_chicken
fish [Sg]	món cá	vi-sing_fish
fish [Pl]	những món cá	vi-plur_fish
beef	thịt bò	vi-sing_beef
lamb	thịt cừu con	vi-sing_lamb

Sweets

English	Vietnamese	Pronunciation (Audio)
chocolate	socola	vi-sing_chocolate
pie [Sg]	bánh nướng	vi-sing_pie
pies [Pl]	những cái bánh nướng	vi-plur_pie
cake [Sg]	bánh ngọt	vi-sing_cake
cakes [Pl]	những cái bánh ngọt	vi-plur_cake
biscuit [Sg]	bánh qui	vi-sing_biscuit
biscuits [Pl]	những cái bánh qui	vi-plur_biscuit
icecream [Sg]	kem	vi-sing_icecream
icecream [Pl]	những cái kem	vi-plur_icecream

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