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biết nói tiếng Anh không

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Meaning · English

The survival question "do you speak English?" — street-form Vietnamese drops the pronoun; add "anh/chị" in front to be polite.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

câu hỏi về khả năng nói tiếng Anh

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Literally: know how to speak English?

Examples

Chị ơi, chị biết nói tiếng Anh không ạ?Excuse me, do you speak English?

Editorial example (batch 048)

Sources & notes

Headword discovered via the English Wikivoyage Vietnamese phrasebook (CC BY-SA; definition and example written independently for Idiomer). Retrieved 2026-08-05.

Topics: Everyday talk

Common questions

What does “biết nói tiếng Anh không” mean?

The survival question "do you speak English?" — street-form Vietnamese drops the pronoun; add "anh/chị" in front to be polite. Literally: know how to speak English?

Is “biết nói tiếng Anh không” formal or informal?

biết nói tiếng Anh không is generally informal.

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