Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Check please (polite)” in Vietnamese
“Check please (polite)” in Vietnamese is
Cho con tính tiền
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
Cô ơi, cho con tính tiền hai ly chè.
Ma'am, can I have the check for the two sweet soups?
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: cho (let) + con (child/I) + tính (calculate) + tiền (money)
When you would use it
This line comes from the Sweet Soup Order situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs