Vietnamese food

How to pronounce gỏi cuốn

gỏi cuốn
Without marks
goi cuon
Syllables
2 · gỏi · cuốn
Tone
gỏi: hỏi (hook above · dipping) · cuốn: sắc (acute accent · high rising)
Meaning
fresh spring roll (summer roll)

gỏi cuốn, 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”).

Syllable 1 · gỏi

Syllable 2 · cuốn

Spelled the Vietnamese school wayo i oi gờ oi goi hỏi gỏi — uô nờ uôn cờ uôn cuôn sắc cuốn

gỏi cuốnfresh spring roll (summer roll)

Every tone

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

Syllable 1 · gỏi

Syllable 2 · cuốn

Southern or Northern?

South · Sài Gòn

  • g = r
  • hỏi = ngã

North · Hà Nội

said as written

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

Read gỏi cuốn? 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 gỏi

  • khỏito recover
  • hỏito ask
  • tỏigarlic
  • sỏigravel, pebble
  • mỏitired, weary
  • thỏibar, ingot
  • giỏigood, skilled, capable
  • đỏihawser, mooring rope

Like cuốn

  • muốnto want
  • uốnto bend

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Spelling to know

g or gh?

Same sound. Write GH before i, e, ê, and G everywhere else.

ghế · ghi · ghe · gà · gỗ

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

c or k?

Same /k/ sound. Write K before i, e, ê, y, and C before every other vowel.

kẹo · kêu · kỳ · cá · cơm · con

uô or ua?

One vowel: written uô when a final follows (muốn), ua when there is none (mua).

muốn · uống · mua · chùa

Quick answers

How do you pronounce gỏi cuốn?

Block by block: o → i → oi → g → goi → hỏi → gỏi · uô → n → uôn → c → cuôn → sắc → cuốn. Tone: gỏi: hỏi (hook above · dipping) · cuốn: sắc (acute accent · high rising). Read each block aloud, then compare with the recording, in a Southern or a Northern voice.

What tone is gỏi cuốn?

gỏi: hỏi (hook above · dipping) · cuốn: sắc (acute accent · high rising)

Is gỏi cuốn said differently in the South and the North?

South · Sài Gòn: g = r, hỏi = ngã. North · Hà Nội: said as written.

What does gỏi cuốn mean?

fresh spring roll (summer roll)

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