Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Fifty-five thousand (VND).” in Vietnamese

“Fifty-five thousand (VND).” in Vietnamese is

Năm mươi lăm ngàn.

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

Ly cà phê này giá năm mươi lăm ngàn.

This coffee costs fifty-five thousand dong.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: năm (five) + mươi (tens) + lăm (five) + ngàn (thousand)

North vs south: In the North, people usually say 'nghìn' instead of 'ngàn'.

When you would use it

This line comes from the Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street situation pack in XinChao (Beginner) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.

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