# cô meaning in Vietnamese: you or I (A1)

> cô means “you or I” in Vietnamese. It can also mean aunt. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/co-aunt/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**cô**: you or I · aunt

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: co

## 1. you or I (pronoun)

A woman your parents' age: you call her *cô* and yourself *con* (in Hà Nội *cháu*), and she calls herself *cô*. Also a woman teacher, whose students call themselves *em*.

- Saigon: Cô ơi, cho con hỏi chút. | Hà Nội: Cô ơi, cho cháu hỏi một chút ạ. — Excuse me, can I ask you something? (to a woman your mother's age)
- Hôm nay cô dạy bài năm. — Today I'm teaching lesson five. (a woman teacher to her class)

Level: A1

Grammar: [You and I are family words: anh, chị, em, cô, chú, ba / mẹ and con, thầy / cô and em](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/address-kinship/)

## 2. aunt (noun)

Your father's sister; your mother's sister is *dì*.

- Cô tôi sống ở Úc. — My aunt lives in Australia.
- Cô Út là em gái của ba tôi. — Aunt Út is my dad's youngest sister.

Level: A1

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