Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Give up seat” in Vietnamese

Give up seat” in Vietnamese is

Nhường ghế

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

Làm ơn nhường ghế cho phụ nữ mang thai.

Please give up your seat for pregnant women.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: nhường (yield/give up) + ghế (chair/seat)

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

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