Vietnamese phrase

How to say “No chili, please” in Vietnamese

No chili, please” in Vietnamese is

Không cho ớt

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

Cho tôi một ổ bánh mì, không cho ớt nhé.

I'll have a banh mi, no chili please.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: Không (no/not) + cho (give/put in) + ớt (chili)

When you would use it

This line comes from the Morning Rush Orders 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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