Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Leave me alone” in Vietnamese

Leave me alone” in Vietnamese is

Để tôi yên!

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

Tôi không muốn đi taxi, để tôi yên!

I don't want a taxi, leave me alone!

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: Để (let/leave) + tôi (me) + yên (quiet/peaceful)

When you would use it

This line comes from the Airport Taxi Scams situation pack in XinChao (Beginner) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.

See the survival packs

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