Vietnamese food

How to pronounce chè

chè
Without marks
che
Syllables
1 · chè
Tone
huyền (grave accent · low falling)
Meaning
sweet dessert soup (chè)
Frequency
No. 2,964 among the most used words

chè, block by block

Each line adds one piece. Read it aloud, then tap a card to compare: a consonant plays the way it is spelled at school (ph = “phờ”).

Spelled the Vietnamese school waychờ e che huyền chè

chèsweet dessert soup (chè)

Every tone

The same letters without a tone (the root), then with each tone the spelling allows: some are words, some only possible syllables.

Southern or Northern?

South · Sài Gòn

  • ch = tr

North · Hà Nội

  • ch = tr

Same sound, different spelling: the accent changes the sound, never the written word.

“che” without the marks

5 other real words are spelled che apart from the marks. Only the marks tell them from chè.

  • cheto cover, hide
  • chêto criticize, belittle
  • chẻto split, chop
  • chélarge ceramic jar
  • chếto pour

Read chè? Then you can read these

Same rhyme, same tone: only the first consonant changes. That's how the app teaches reading, from words you know to every word that sounds like them.

Like chè

  • nèhey, look! (Southern)
  • hèsummer
  • đèto press down, crush
  • tèto pee
  • bèraft
  • kèembankment, dyke
  • mèsesame
  • vèfolk rhyme, ballad

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Quick answers

How do you pronounce chè?

Block by block: e → ch → che → huyền → chè. Tone: huyền (grave accent · low falling). Read each block aloud, then compare with the recording, in a Southern or a Northern voice.

What tone is chè?

huyền (grave accent · low falling)

Is chè said differently in the South and the North?

South · Sài Gòn: ch = tr. North · Hà Nội: ch = tr.

What does “che” mean without the marks?

Without the marks, che can be several words: che (to cover, hide), chê (to criticize, belittle), chẻ (to split, chop), ché (large ceramic jar), chế (to pour). The marks decide which one.

What does chè mean?

sweet dessert soup (chè)

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