40+ ANIMALS IN VIETNAMESE VOCABULARY – DID YOU KNOW ALL?

What is “Dog” in Vietnamese? What is “Cat” in Vietnamese? How to say the names of animals in Vietnamese? If you still have many questions, let’s discover 40+ Animal Vocabulary with Jellyfish in the article below!

Note: In Vietnamese, normally before the names of animals, the word “con” will be added before their names so that sentences are not truncated. 

Example: “Chó” in English is dog, “con chó” in English is also dog.

1. Pets in the house in Vietnamese – Animals in Vietnamese

Pets such as dogs, cats, pigs, chickens, … are the animals closest to us and are often mentioned as a “friend” in every Vietnamese family. Here is how to say and write the names of pets in Vietnamese, please refer to it:

Example:

• Tôi rất thích con chó nhà hàng xóm vì nó rất khôn (I really like my neighbor’s dog because he is very smart).
• Con trâu được coi là biểu tượng cho nền nông nghiệp Việt Nam (The buffalo is considered a symbol of Vietnamese agriculture).

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2. Terrestrial animals in Vietnamese

Below is a summary of the Vietnamese names of some frequently occurring terrestrial animals. Please refer to the following table:

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3. Aquatic animals in Vietnamese

“Fish” in Vietnamese, “Shark” in Vietnamese, do you know it yet? Let’s test your Vietnamese level with Jellyfish’s reference table below!

4. Some idioms and phrases about animals in Vietnamese

Animal idioms and phrases are frequently used in both spoken and Vietnamese writing, making sentences/ dialogues more interesting. Let’s consult Jellyfish and guess the meaning of the idioms below!

• Ăn như mèo mửa (Eat like a cat): This phrase is often used to refer to someone who eats very little.
• Ăn như hổ vồ (Eat like a tiger): This idiom is used by Vietnamese people to say when someone eats a lot more than the average person can eat.
• Nhát như thỏ đế (Being afraid like a rabbit): This phrase is often used to describe someone’s shyness.
• Chậm như rùa (Slow like a turtle): Used to describe a slowness
• Ngang như cua (Cross like a crab): Describes the stubbornness and disobedience of someone.
• Câm như hến (Mute like a clam): Used to describe someone who says very little, almost nothing
• Giọng như vịt đực (Sound like a duck): Describes someone’s voice hoarse, not clear, usually the voice of a baby boy reaching puberty

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With the knowledge given in today’s Jellyfish article, we believe that you can easily memorize animals in Vietnamese. In the process of learning Vietnamese, practice often with short conversations to be able to remember longer!

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