Vietnamese first name

How to pronounce Dũng

Dũng
Without marks
dung
Syllables
1 · dũng
Tone
ngã (tilde · broken rising)
Also a common word
courage, bravery

Dũng, 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 wayu ngờ ung dờ ung dung ngã dũng

dũngcourage, bravery

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

  • d = gi = v
  • ngã = hỏi

North · Hà Nội

  • d = gi = r

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

“dung” without the marks

13 other real words are spelled dung apart from the marks. Only the marks tell them from dũng.

  • đứngto stand
  • đúngright, correct
  • đừngdon't (negative imperative)
  • dùngto use
  • dừngto stop
  • dựngto build, erect
  • đụngto touch, bump into
  • đựngto contain, hold
  • dungto tolerate
  • đùngboom (sound)
  • dưngbut (colloquial)
  • đũngcrotch

Read Dũng? 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 dũng

  • cũngalso, too
  • vũngpuddle
  • trũnglow-lying, sunken
  • đũngcrotch
  • sũngsoaking wet, drenched

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Spelling to know

hỏi or ngã?

Two different marks in writing (hook / tilde). In the South they sound the same: only knowing the word tells you which.

ngủ · phở · sữa · mũi

Quick answers

How do you pronounce Dũng?

Block by block: u → ng → ung → d → dung → ngã → dũng. Tone: ngã (tilde · broken rising). Read each block aloud, then compare with the recording, in a Southern or a Northern voice.

What tone is Dũng?

ngã (tilde · broken rising)

Is Dũng said differently in the South and the North?

South · Sài Gòn: d = gi = v, ngã = hỏi. North · Hà Nội: d = gi = r.

What does “dung” mean without the marks?

Without the marks, dung can be several words: đứng (to stand), đúng (right, correct), đừng (don't (negative imperative)), dùng (to use), dừng (to stop), dựng (to build, erect), đụng (to touch, bump into), đựng (to contain, hold), dung (to tolerate), đùng (boom (sound)), dưng (but (colloquial)), đũng (crotch). The marks decide which one.

Is Dũng also a common word?

courage, bravery

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