Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Yellow line” in Vietnamese

Yellow line” in Vietnamese is

Vạch vàng

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 đứng sau vạch vàng khi đợi tàu.

Please stand behind the yellow line while waiting for the train.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: vạch (line/stripe) + vàng (yellow)

North vs south: In the South, 'vàng' is often pronounced with a 'y' sound instead of 'v'.

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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