How to Say “Hi to a Friend” in Vietnamese
The phrase for hi to a friend in Vietnamese is chào bạn. chào bạn is an informal greeting used when speaking to a friend.
About Vietnamese
Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam, the first language of about 76 million people, and it is also spoken by large communities in the United States, France and Australia. It belongs to the Austroasiatic family and has borrowed many words from Chinese.
Vietnamese is tonal. The northern standard has six tones, and the marks above and below the vowels show them: ma means ghost, má mother, mà but and mạ rice seedling. It is written in a Latin alphabet called chữ Quốc ngữ. The letter đ is a d sound, while plain d sounds like z in the north and like y in the south. There is no single neutral word for "you". People address each other with family words chosen by age, such as anh (older brother) for a man a little older than you, chị for a woman a little older and em for someone younger. Xin chào is a polite hello with anyone.
| Family | Austroasiatic, Vietic |
|---|---|
| Native speakers | about 76 million (2019) |
| Official in | Vietnam |
| Script | Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) with tone marks |
| Tones | six in the northern standard |
| Codes | vi (ISO 639-1), vie (ISO 639-3) |
Speaker numbers: Ethnologue (2019), via Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.
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