Vietnamese phrase

How to say “bookstore (larger, permanent shop)” in Vietnamese

bookstore (larger, permanent shop)” in Vietnamese is

nhà sách

Hear it in both accents

Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Used in a sentence

Nhà sách này có bán bản đồ thành phố không?

Does this bookstore sell city maps?

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: nhà (house/building) + sách (book)

North vs south: In Northern Vietnam, 'hiệu sách' is more commonly used than 'nhà sách'.

When you would use it

This line comes from the Saigon Book Street situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.

See the survival packs

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