谢谢
xiè xie
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 謝謝
Thank you, thanks — the everyday expression of gratitude. It can stand alone or be followed by the person thanked: 谢谢你 'thank you', 谢谢老师 'thank you, teacher'. The second syllable has a neutral tone. The usual reply is 不客气 'you're welcome'.
Lời cảm ơn thông dụng nhất, tương đương “cảm ơn” trong tiếng Việt. Có thể đứng một mình hoặc thêm người được cảm ơn vào sau: 谢谢你 (cảm ơn bạn), 谢谢老师 (em cảm ơn thầy ạ). Chữ thứ hai đọc thanh nhẹ. Câu đáp thường gặp là 不客气 (không có gì).
InterjectionRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “谢谢” mean?
Thank you, thanks — the everyday expression of gratitude. It can stand alone or be followed by the person thanked: 谢谢你 'thank you', 谢谢老师 'thank you, teacher'. The second syllable has a neutral tone. The usual reply is 不客气 'you're welcome'. Literally: thank thank
Is “谢谢” formal or informal?
谢谢 is generally neutral.