# chả giò meaning in Vietnamese: fried spring roll (A1)

> chả giò means “fried spring roll, spring roll” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/cha-gio/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**chả giò**: fried spring roll

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: cha gio

## 1. fried spring roll (noun)

fried spring roll, spring roll

The Saigon name; Hà Nội says *nem rán* or just *nem*.

- Saigon: Cho em một dĩa chả giò. | Hà Nội: Cho em một đĩa nem rán. — A plate of fried spring rolls for me, please.
- Saigon: Mẹ tui làm chả giò ngon lắm. | Hà Nội: Mẹ tôi làm nem rán ngon lắm. — My mom makes really good spring rolls.

In Hà Nội you say [nem](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nem-spring-roll/#lx_nem).

In Hà Nội you say [nem rán](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nem-ran/#s_nem_ran).

Saigon only

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