Everyday Vietnamese

How to pronounce vâng

vâng
Without marks
vang
Syllables
1 · vâng
Tone
ngang (no mark · level)
Meaning
yes
Frequency
No. 241 among the most used words

vâng, 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 wayớ ngờ âng vờ âng vâng

vângyes

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

  • v = d = gi
  • âng = ân

North · Hà Nội

said as written

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

“vang” without the marks

7 other real words are spelled vang apart from the marks. Only the marks tell them from vâng.

  • vàngyellow
  • vangto resound, to echo
  • vắngabsent
  • văngto be thrown, flung
  • vầnghalo, disc (of sun/moon)
  • vángfilm, scum (on liquid)
  • vằngsickle

Read vâng? 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 vâng

  • nângto lift, to raise
  • dângto offer
  • tângto flatter, praise excessively
  • cânginsolent, impudent
  • sângPometia tree (matoa)

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Quick answers

How do you pronounce vâng?

Block by block: â → ng → âng → v → vâng. Tone: ngang (no mark · level). Read each block aloud, then compare with the recording, in a Southern or a Northern voice.

What tone is vâng?

ngang (no mark · level)

Is vâng said differently in the South and the North?

South · Sài Gòn: v = d = gi, âng = ân. North · Hà Nội: said as written.

What does “vang” mean without the marks?

Without the marks, vang can be several words: vàng (yellow), vang (to resound, to echo), vắng (absent), văng (to be thrown, flung), vầng (halo, disc (of sun/moon)), váng (film, scum (on liquid)), vằng (sickle). The marks decide which one.

What does vâng mean?

yes

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