How to Say "Daughter" in Vietnamese

con gái

[kɔn˧˧ ɣaːj˧˦]

The English word "daughter" is translated into Vietnamese as con gái.

con gái is the term used to refer to a daughter in both biological contexts and more general contexts.

Meaning: female offspring (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of con, meaning child or offspring and gái, meaning girl or female.

To indicate possession, such as saying "John's daughter", you use the structure con gái của [person].

In Vietnamese culture, children often refer to themselves as con when speaking to parents, effectively calling themselves 'child' instead of using 'I'.
The word con is used not only for human children but also as a general classifier for animals.
The word con is a cognate with the Khasi word khun, showing its ancient presence in the Austroasiatic language family.

Con là con gái của mẹ.
You're my daughter.
This sentence is useful for identifying the relationship between a mother and her daughter using con gái.
Tatoeba #13666087 by leucammieuvu, translation #7796865 by CK
Mary là con gái út của Tom.
Mary is Tom's youngest daughter.
This sentence shows how to identify the youngest daughter using con gái.
Tatoeba #11578578 by dotheduyet1999, translation #10239049 by terrywallwork
Cô ấy gọi cho con gái mình.
She called her daughter.
This sentence demonstrates how to use con gái when talking about someone's daughter.
Tatoeba #13647666 by leucammieuvu, translation #13647426 by araneo
Tôi có một con gái tên là Lan.
I have a daughter named Lan.
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Lan and Minh are talking about their families.

Sources

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

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