How to Say "Chair" in Vietnamese

ghế

[ɣe˧˦]

The Vietnamese word for chair is ghế.

The word ghế is used both for the piece of furniture (chair) and more generally to refer to a seat.

Meaning: furniture (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

In Vietnamese, the noun ghế is often preceded by the classifier cái to form the complete noun phrase cái ghế.

To describe someone being ousted from power, Vietnamese uses the phrase mất ghế, which literally means to 'lose one's chair'.
The word ghế is a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chinese character 几, which historically meant 'stool'.
The word ghế is used in the term ghế nóng, which literally means 'hot chair' but refers to a 'hot seat' or a high-pressure position of power.

Nó ở dưới cái ghế.
It is under the chair.
Tatoeba #9393186 by dotheduyet1999, translation #28185 by CK
Con mèo ở trên ghế.
The cat is on the chair.
Tatoeba #13909325 by leucammieuvu, translation #13191042 by octobaguette
Con thỏ trèo lên ghế.
The rabbit gets up on the chair.
Tatoeba #13809583 by leucammieuvu, translation #13807981 by tieguy
Ngài có thể điều chỉnh ghế của mình không?
Could you adjust your chair, sir/madam?
Anh/chị ơi, xin mời ngồi vào chiếc ghế này.
Hey, please have a seat on this chair.
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In a living room, a man is trying to sit down.

Sources

Wiktionary, “chair” translations and entries ghế, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries ghế, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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