Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Shell deposit” in Vietnamese
“Shell deposit” in Vietnamese is
Cọc vỏ
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
Em ơi, cọc vỏ bình nước là bao nhiêu?
Excuse me, how much is the deposit for the water jug?
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: cọc (deposit) + vỏ (shell/case)
When you would use it
This line comes from the WATER JUG situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs