How to Say "Saturday" in Vietnamese

thứ bảy

[tʰɨ˧˦ ʔɓaj˧˩]

Saturday in Vietnamese is thứ bảy.

thứ bảy is the noun used to refer to the day of the week, Saturday.

Meaning: day of the week (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase thứ bảy literally means the seventh in the sequence of days.

Vietnamese days of the week follow a numerical sequence. In this system, thứ hai (Monday) is considered the second day and thứ bảy is the seventh.

In Vietnam, Sunday is not called thứ tám (the eighth), but instead uses the word chủ nhật, which means 'lord's day'.
In traditional Vietnamese culture, the numbering of the week starting with thứ hai (Monday) as the 'second' day reflects an older system where Sunday was the first day.
The word thứ has several homonyms in Vietnamese, including a word derived from a different Chinese character meaning 'forgiveness' or 'mercy'.

Ba tao rảnh vào thứ bảy.
My dad's free on Saturday.
This sentence shows how to use thứ bảy to describe someone's availability.
Tatoeba #1548746 by trieuho, translation #1435901 by caspian
Thứ Bảy bạn có rảnh không?
Are you open on Saturday?
This sentence uses thứ bảy to ask about someone's availability.
Tatoeba #9431929 by dotheduyet1999, translation #2780830 by sharptoothed
Tôi học toán cả ngày thứ Bảy.
All Saturday, I studied maths.
This sentence demonstrates using thứ bảy to describe an activity happening throughout the day.
Tatoeba #13496511 by leucammieuvu, translation #13493646 by Tom9358
8 more sentences on Tatoeba

Chi and Minh are discussing their weekend plans.

Sources

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

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