Place in Vietnam

How to pronounce Hà Nội

Hà Nội
Without marks
ha noi
Syllables
2 · hà · nội
Tone
hà: huyền (grave accent · low falling) · nội: nặng (dot below · low, cut short)
Meaning
Hanoi
Frequency
No. 382 among the most used words

Hà Nội, 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 · hà

Syllable 2 · nội

Spelled the Vietnamese school wayhờ a ha huyền hà — ô i ôi nờ ôi nôi nặng nội

hà nộiHanoi

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 · hà

Syllable 2 · nội

Southern or Northern?

South · Sài Gòn

said as written

North · Hà Nội

said as written

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

Read Hà Nội? 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 hà

  • làto be
  • vàand
  • màbut
  • nhàhouse, home
  • à(question/surprise particle)
  • bàgrandmother
  • giàold
  • gàchicken

Like nội

  • hộiassociation
  • tộicrime, sin, fault
  • vộiin a hurry, rushed
  • độiteam
  • lộito wade, swim
  • dộito bounce
  • gộito wash one's hair
  • bộimultiple (math)

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Quick answers

How do you pronounce Hà Nội?

Block by block: a → h → ha → huyền → hà · ô → i → ôi → n → nôi → nặng → nội. Tone: hà: huyền (grave accent · low falling) · nội: nặng (dot below · low, cut short). Read each block aloud, then compare with the recording, in a Southern or a Northern voice.

What tone is Hà Nội?

hà: huyền (grave accent · low falling) · nội: nặng (dot below · low, cut short)

Is Hà Nội said differently in the South and the North?

Both accents say Hà Nội as it is written.

What does Hà Nội mean?

Hanoi

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