Vietnamese phrase guide
How to say I am hurt in Vietnamese
Tôi bị đau means "I am hurt" in Vietnamese. Hear pronunciation, learn polite variants, examples, and common mistakes.
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To say "I am hurt" in Vietnamese, say "Tôi bị đau". It is health and emergency, and the variants below show how to use it naturally.
- Easy pronunciation: toy bee dow
- Best use: Use this when explaining pain. For a body part, say tôi đau + body part or tôi bị đau + body part.
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Tôi bị đau
I am hurt
Literal meaning: I suffer pain
Easy pronunciation: toy bee dow
Use this when explaining pain. For a body part, say tôi đau + body part or tôi bị đau + body part.
Pronunciation breakdown
Vietnamese spelling
Tôi→tờ ôi tôi
bị→bờ i bi nặng bị
đau→đờ au đau
Useful variants
Tôi đau đầu
I have a headache
Pain + body part.
Tôi bị đau bụng
I have a stomachache
Symptom pattern.
Tôi cảm thấy chóng mặt
I feel dizzy
State pattern.
Example sentences
Tôi bị đau ở đây.
I hurt here.
Tôi đau bụng từ hôm qua.
I have had a stomachache since yesterday.
Common mistakes
- This is practical language, not medical advice.
- Use bị with illnesses or symptoms: tôi bị cảm, tôi bị sốt.
FAQ
What does bị mean with illness?
Bị marks that something bad happened to you or that you have a symptom/illness.
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