The Vietnamese word for child is
đứa bé
Translations for child and their definitions
| đứa bé | |
| 1. n. child |
| đứa trẻ | |
| 1. n. child |
| con | |
| 1. n. a child (daughter or son) | |
| con cái - children | |
| con nuôi - an adopted child | |
| gà con - a chick | |
| Con cóc con là con con cóc. - A toadlet is an offspring of a toad. | |
| 2. n. (rare, chiefly in translations of ancient texts) a son | |
| 3. n. (only in compounds, in fixed expressions) build; stature | |
| 4. n. (rare, only in compounds) a small thing | |
| con quay - a spinning top | |
| con lắc - a pendulum | |
| 5. pron. I/me (used by children when talking to their parents) | |
| 6. pron. (chiefly central Vietnam and southern Vietnam) I/me (used when talking to someone significantly older than the speaker) | |
| 7. pron. you (used by parents when talking to their children) | |
| 8. pron. (chiefly central Vietnam and southern Vietnam) you (used when talking to some significantly younger than the speaker) | |
| Là con thật! - It's you for real! | |
| 9. classifier. (Indicates animals (including humans).) | |
| 10. classifier. (disrespectful) (Indicates female people.) | |
| một thằng, hai con - one guy, two girls | |
| 11. classifier. Indicates knives, ships, boats, trains and eye pupils. | |
| con dao - a knife | |
| 12. classifier. Indicates roads, rivers, streams and waves. | |
| trên con đường đến hạnh phúc - on the road/path to happiness | |
| 13. classifier. (somewhat, literary) (Indicates written characters.) | |
| con chữ - a character or letter | |
| 14. classifier. (colloquial) (Indicates wheeled vehicles.) | |
| Anh mày có hẳn hai con xe Honda đấy nhớ! - I have two Honda motorbikes! | |
| 15. classifier. (colloquial) (Indicates video games and movies.) | |
| Ông chơi con game này chưa? - Have you played this game? |
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