Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Help me please” in Vietnamese
“Help me please” in Vietnamese is
Giúp tôi với
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
Làm ơn giúp tôi với, tôi bị lạc đường.
Please help me, I am lost.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: giúp (help) + tôi (me) + với (particle for requests)
North vs south: In the South, 'giùm' is frequently used instead of 'với' at the end of a request.
When you would use it
This line comes from the Expat Daily Life situation pack in XinChao (Legend) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs