# Chẳng hạn: for example / specifically in Vietnamese

> To give an example, put ví dụ or ví dụ như (for example, such as) before it: Ở đây có nhiều món ngon, ví dụ như bún bò, cơm tấm.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/vi-du-chang-han/ · Updated 2026-10-17

**for example / specifically**

Pattern: `[statement], chẳng hạn (như) / ví dụ (như) + [example] · [example] + chẳng hạn · Cụ thể là, …`

Level: B1 (our estimate) · Register: everyday

Typed without accents: chang han, vi du, cu the la

To give an example, put *ví dụ* or *ví dụ như* (for example, such as) before it: *Ở đây có nhiều món ngon, ví dụ như bún bò, cơm tấm.* There are lots of good dishes here, like bún bò and cơm tấm. *Ví dụ* can also start a sentence: *Ví dụ, anh có thể đi xe buýt.* For example, you could take the bus. This is the everyday one.

*Chẳng hạn* means the same and is common in writing and careful speech. It goes before the example, usually as *chẳng hạn như*, or after it, like English "say" or "for instance": *Mình đi đâu gần thôi, Vũng Tàu chẳng hạn.* Let's go somewhere close, Vũng Tàu, say.

*Cụ thể là* (specifically, namely) is different: it doesn't pick one example among many, it spells out exactly what you mean. *Công ty cần thêm người, cụ thể là hai kế toán.* The company needs more staff, specifically two accountants. You'll meet it at work and in the news.

In quick speech, plain *như* (like) also brings in examples: *mấy món như phở, bún bò*.

## Examples

- Ở đây có nhiều món ngon, ví dụ như cơm tấm. — There are lots of good dishes here, like cơm tấm.
- Mình đi đâu gần thôi, Vũng Tàu chẳng hạn. — Let's go somewhere close, Vũng Tàu, say.
- Ví dụ, anh có thể đi xe buýt. — For example, you could take the bus.
- Công ty cần thêm người, cụ thể là hai kế toán. — The company needs more staff, specifically two accountants.

## Words in this pattern

- [ví dụ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/vi-du/#s_vi_du): example

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