Looking for practical Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) to Shan phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Vietnamese phrase first, then the Shan translation (Shan) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Shan.
Tip: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Shan-speaking trip in a few weeks.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Xin chào
မင်္ဂလာပါ(mingalar par)
Cảm ơn
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်(kyeizu tin par tal)
Chào buổi sáng
မနက်ခင်းဖြန့်(ma net khin phyan)
Chào buổi chiều
နေ့လည်ခင်းဖြန့်(nei lyae khin phyan)
Chào buổi tối
ညနေခင်းဖြန့်(nya nae khin phyan)
Chúc ngủ ngon
ညအိပ်ချိန်(nya eit chain)
Hẹn gặp lại
နောက်မှတွေ့မယ်(nauk hma twei mae)
Tạm biệt
သွားတော့မယ်(thwa dor mae)
Bạn tên là gì?
သင့်နာမည်ဘာလဲ?(thing na mei ba leh)
Tôi tên là John
ကျွန်တော်နာမည်ဂျွန်ပါ(kyaun taw na mei John par)
Bạn khỏe không?
သင်ဘယ်လိုလဲ?(thing beh lo leh)
Rất vui được gặp bạn
သင့်ကိုတွေ့ရတာဝမ်းသာပါတယ်(thing ko twei ya ta wan tha par tal)
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Bạn có nói tiếng Anh không?
သင်အင်္ဂလိပ်စကားပြောလား?(thing angalait sa ka pyaw lar?)
Tôi không nói tiếng Hindi tốt.
ကျွန်တော်ဟင်းဒီကိုမပြောနိုင်ပါဘူး။(kyaung taw Hindi ko ma pyaw nain par bu.)
Tôi không hiểu.
ကျွန်တော်မနားလည်ပါ။(kyaung taw ma nar hlei par.)
Xin hãy nói chậm.
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍အနှေးအမြန်ပြောပါ။(kyei zu pyu ywa a hnei a myan pyaw par.)
Bạn có thể nói lại không?
ဒါကိုနောက်ထပ်ပြောပေးနိုင်မလား?(da ko nauk htaut pyaw pay nain ma lar?)
Nhà vệ sinh ở đâu?
အိမ်သာဘယ်မှာလဲ?(ain tha beh hma leh?)
Tôi đi đến trung tâm thành phố như thế nào?
မြို့လယ်ကိုဘယ်လိုသွားရမလဲ?(myo leh ko beh lo thwa ya ma leh?)
Rẽ trái.
ဘယ်ဘက်သွားပါ။(beh bhak thwa par.)
Rẽ phải.
ညာဘက်သွားပါ။(nya bhak thwa par.)
Đi thẳng.
တိုက်ရိုက်သွားပါ။(taik yike thwa par.)
Giá vé là bao nhiêu?
ခရီးခကြေးဘယ်လောက်လဲ?(ka yei kha kyei beh laut leh?)
Một vé, xin vui lòng.
တစ်ခုလက်မှတ်ပေးပါ။(ta khu let hmat pay par.)
Nó có xa đây không?
ဒီနေရာကအလွန်ဝေးလား?(di nay ya ka a lun wei lar?)
Tôi bị lạc.
ကျွန်တော်လမ်းလွဲနေတယ်။(kyaung taw lan lwe nay tai.)
Tôi có thể mua thẻ SIM ở đâu?
SIM ကတ်ဘယ်မှာဝယ်ရမလဲ?(SIM kat beh hma weh ya ma leh?)
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Có
ဟုတ်ကဲ့(hote ke)
Không
မဟုတ်ဘူး(ma hote bu)
Có thể
ဖြစ်နိုင်ပါတယ်(phyit nain par tal)
Tôi đồng ý
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ သဘောတူပါတယ်(kyaung taw/kyaung ma tha baw tu par tal)
Tôi không đồng ý
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ သဘောမတူပါဘူး(kyaung taw/kyaung ma tha baw ma tu par bu)
Nghe hay đấy
ဒါက အထူးသင့်လျော်ပါတယ်(da ka a htu thin lya par tal)
Bạn nghĩ sao?
သင်ထင်သလဲ?(thin htin tha leh)
Bạn có thể giúp tôi không?
သင်က ကူညီပေးနိုင်ပါသလား?(thin ka ku nyi pay nain par tha lar)
Tôi cần giúp đỡ
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ ကူညီမှုလိုပါတယ်(kyaung taw/kyaung ma ku nyi hmu lo par tal)
Chờ một chút
အချိန်ငယ်စောင့်ပါ(a chain nge saung par)
Tôi xin lỗi
ကျွန်တော်/ကျွန်မ တောင်းပန်ပါတယ်(kyaung taw/kyaung ma taung pan par tal)
Không có vấn đề gì
ပြဿနာမရှိပါ(pyit tha na ma shi par)
Chúc mừng
ဂုဏ်ယူပါတယ်(gun yu par tal)
Chúc mừng sinh nhật
မွေးနေ့ပျော်ပါစေ(mwei nay pyaw par say)
Chúc bạn đi đường an toàn
ခရီးစဉ်အောင်မြင်ပါစေ(ka yi zin aung myin par say)
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.