Vietnamese Numbers and Counting
This page is a great place to start if you are looking to learn the basic numbers in Vietnamese. The numbers included on this page currently range from 1 to 29, but as we receive more information, we hope to increase this number.
Included are modern Native Vietnamese (Quốc Ngữ) written with Latin letters, next in brackets, if available is Native Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm) written with Chinese characters, then is listed standard English, and then the basic Numerical form for each number.
The most common way to write numbers in Vietnam is listed first. This column has Native Vietnamese numbers written with Quốc Ngữ. Quốc Ngữ is the modern form of Vietnamese writing which uses the Portuguese alphabet (consisting of Latin letters). This form of writing first came into use in Vietnam in the 1920s.
Before this time, it was common for Vietnamese numbers to be written in Chữ Nôm Vietnamese, which was based off Chinese characters. Numbers written in Chữ Nôm have been included in brackets for the first 10 numbers and are sometimes seen in older Vietnamese texts.
Though Chữ Nôm scripted Vietnamese is all but obsolete in today's modern world, I thought it couldn't hurt to include a little information about the former way of writing the Vietnamese numbers, just in case you happen to come across the older script in your language learning journey. It is also interesting from a historical point of view for those of you who are learning about the history of Vietnam and its various number systems.
The final two parts of the list below have the standard English translation (One, Two, Three, etc.) and the basic Numerical symbol (1, 2, 3, etc.) that is used to represent each number.
Notes: Words in bold added during the last update. You can also view this list of Vietnamese numbers with translations from English to Vietnamese.
How to Count in Vietnamese from 1 to 29
Một (𠬠) ➔ One ➔ 1
Hai (𠄩) ➔ Two ➔ 2
Ba (𠀧) ➔ Three ➔ 3
Bốn (𦊚) ➔ Four ➔ 4
Năm (𠄼) ➔ Five ➔ 5
Sáu (𦒹) ➔ Six ➔ 6
Bảy (𦉱) ➔ Seven ➔ 7
Tám (𠔭) ➔ Eight ➔ 8
Chín (𠃩) ➔ Nine ➔ 9
Mười (𨒒) ➔ Ten ➔ 10
Mười một ➔ Eleven ➔ 11
Mười hai ➔ Twelve ➔ 12
Mười ba ➔ Thirteen ➔ 13
Mười bốn ➔ Fourteen ➔ 14
Mười năm ➔ Fifteen ➔ 15
Mười sáu ➔ Sixteen ➔ 16
Mười bảy ➔ Seventeen ➔ 17
Mười tám ➔ Eighteen ➔ 18
Mười chín ➔ Nineteen ➔ 19
Hai mười ➔ Twenty ➔ 20
Hai mười một ➔ Twenty one ➔ 21
Hai mười hai ➔ Twenty two ➔ 22
Hai mười ba ➔ Twenty three ➔ 23
Hai mười tư ➔ Twenty four ➔ 24
Hai mười lăm ➔ Twenty five ➔ 25
Hai mười sáu ➔ Twenty six ➔ 26
Hai mười bảy ➔ Twenty seven ➔ 27
Hai mười tám ➔ Twenty eight ➔ 28
Hai mười chín ➔ Twenty nine ➔ 29
* Modern Vietnamese (Quốc Ngữ), which uses the Portuguese alphabet, is based on Latin script and first came into use in the 1920s.
** Older texts may still show the Vietnamese numbers written in Chữ Nôm - a script that was formerly used to write Vietnamese. These are shown in brackets for numbers 1-10.
*List of Vietnamese numbers last updated: October 30, 2024.
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