Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Keep your distance” in Vietnamese
“Keep your distance” in Vietnamese is
Giữ khoảng cách
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
Vui lòng giữ khoảng cách với xe phía trước.
Please keep your distance from the vehicle in front.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: giữ (keep) + khoảng cách (distance)
When you would use it
This line comes from the The 'Ninja Lead' situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs