How to Say “Earth” in Vietnamese

Trái Đất
[t͡ɕaːj˧˦ ʔɗət̚˧˦]
The English word "earth" (referring to the planet) is translated into Vietnamese as Trái Đất. Wiktionary also lists Địa Cầu.
Meaning: third planet of the Solar System (name)

Ways to say it

“earth” in Vietnamese
Vietnamese IPA
Trái Đất [t͡ɕaːj˧˦ ʔɗət̚˧˦] (Hà Nội, narrow)
[ʈaːj˨˩˦ ʔɗək̚˦˧˥] (Huế, narrow)
Địa Cầu [ʔɗiə˧˨ʔ kəw˨˩] (Hà Nội, narrow)
[ʔɗiə˨˩ʔ kəw˦˩] (Huế, narrow)

Trái Đất is the standard term used in everyday conversation, news and general education to refer to the planet. Note that if you wish to refer to the material "land" or "soil", you should use the word Đất.

What does it mean word for word?

The term Trái Đất literally means "Earth fruit" or "Earth sphere", where trái is a classifier used for round objects and đất means earth or soil.

Which one should you use?

Trái Đất is the common way to name the planet, while Địa Cầu is a more formal, scientific or literary term used to refer to the Earth as a globe.

Related words

Did you know?

  • The formal term Địa Cầu is an orthographic borrowing from the Chinese word 地球, which was coined by the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci.

Examples in context

  • Trái Đất là một nhà tù.
    The Earth is a prison.
    This example shows how to use Trái Đất to describe the planet as a prison.
    Tatoeba #13931224 by leucammieuvu, translation #13930280 by maaster
  • Trái Đất nằm trong không gian.
    Earth is in space.
    This example shows the location of Trái Đất in space.
    Tatoeba #14036578 by nhuttan2004, translation #12422114 by Miktsoanit
  • Trái Đất đang tắm mưa sao băng.
    The Earth is taking a meteor shower.
    This example shows Trái Đất experiencing a meteor shower.
    Tatoeba #14028391 by leucammieuvu, translation #3059112 by Hybrid
  • Hãy giữ gìn Trái Đất chúng ta.
    Let's take care of our Earth.
  • Ngày Trái Đất là ngày mà tất cả mọi người đều nên chú ý đến.
    Earth Day is a day when everyone should pay attention.
  • Trái Đất có 7 tỷ người sinh sống.
    Earth has a population of 7 billion people.
  • Cõi Trần này rất đẹp đấy!
    This Earth is so beautiful!
  • Tất cả mọi người sống trên Cõi Trần này.
    Everyone lives on this Earth.
  • 12 more sentences on Tatoeba

Example conversation

Mai and Nam are looking at a space map together.

  1. Mai

    Hãy nhìn xem, đây là Trái Đất.
    Look, this is Earth.
  2. Nam

    Nó trông thật nhỏ bé.
    It looks so small.
  3. Mai

    Trái Đất là hành tinh xanh.
    Earth is the blue planet.
  4. Nam

    Tôi rất yêu hành tinh này.
    I love this planet very much.

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