# cỡ meaning in Vietnamese: size (A2)

> cỡ means “size” in Vietnamese. It can also mean about. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

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

**cỡ**: size · about

Level: A2 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: co

## 1. size (noun)

In Saigon shops people also say *size*, from English: *áo này size gì?*

- Có cỡ lớn hơn không em? — Do you have a bigger size?
- Đôi giày này cỡ ba mươi tám. — These shoes are a size thirty-eight.

Level: A2

## 2. about (adverb)

about, around, roughly

Before a number, in casual Saigon speech: *cỡ mười phút*. *Khoảng* means the same everywhere.

- Saigon: Từ đây tới chợ đi bộ cỡ mười phút. | Hà Nội: Từ đây đến chợ đi bộ khoảng mười phút. — It's about a ten-minute walk from here to the market.
- Saigon: Chị ấy cỡ bốn mươi tuổi. | Hà Nội: Chị ấy khoảng bốn mươi tuổi. — She's about forty.

Level: A2 · Saigon only · casual

Grammar: [About (a number): khoảng / chừng / độ](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/khoang-about/)

## Same meaning

- [khoảng](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/khoang-about/#s_khoang_about): about

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