🇻🇳 Vietnamese phrases

How to say “Happy birthday” in Vietnamese

Chúc mừng sinh nhật

chook muhng sin nyuht

Literally: Wish joy (on your) birth dayneutral

Also the title of the birthday song, sung to the familiar tune. Traditionally everyone also aged a year at Tết, but individual birthdays are now widely celebrated.

Other ways to say it

VietnamesePronunciationMeaningWhen to use it
Sinh nhật vui vẻsin nyuht voo-ee vehHave a happy birthdayCasual, among friends

In a sentence

Chúc mừng sinh nhật em!

chook muhng sin nyuht em

Happy birthday (to someone younger)!

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