Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Be careful” in Vietnamese
“Be careful” in Vietnamese is
Cẩn thận
Hear it in both accents
Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Used in a sentence
Quý khách vui lòng cẩn thận khi bước xuống tàu.
Please be careful when stepping off the train.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: cẩn (careful) + thận (cautious)
When you would use it
This line comes from the HCM Metro situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs