Vietnamese phrase guide
How to say eat rice in Vietnamese
Ăn cơm means "eat rice" in Vietnamese. Hear pronunciation, learn polite variants, examples, and common mistakes.
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To say "eat rice" in Vietnamese, say "Ăn cơm". It is daily life, and the variants below show how to use it naturally.
- Easy pronunciation: an cuhm
- Best use: Use ăn cơm for eating rice or, in many contexts, eating a meal.
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Ăn cơm
eat rice
Literal meaning: eat cooked rice / eat a meal
Easy pronunciation: an cuhm
Use ăn cơm for eating rice or, in many contexts, eating a meal.
Pronunciation breakdown
Vietnamese spelling
Ăn → ăn
cơm → cờ ơm cơm
Useful variants
Tôi ăn cơm
I eat rice / I eat a meal
Simple sentence.
Ăn cơm chưa?
Have you eaten?
Common social greeting.
Cơm với thịt
Rice with meat
Ordering chunk.
Example sentences
Buổi trưa tôi ăn cơm.
At noon I eat rice/a meal.
Tôi ăn cơm với cá.
I eat rice with fish.
Common mistakes
- Cơm is cooked rice; gạo is uncooked rice grain.
- Ăn cơm can mean have a meal, not only literally eat rice.
FAQ
What is the difference between cơm and gạo?
Cơm is cooked rice. Gạo is uncooked rice grain.
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