# đi meaning in Vietnamese: to go (A1)

> đi means “to go, to leave” in Vietnamese. It can also mean let's, wear, getting less. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/di-go/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**đi**: go · let's · wear · getting less

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: di

## 1. go (verb)

to go, to leave

The place follows straight on, with no word for "to": *đi chợ*, go to the market.

- Mai em đi Đà Lạt. — I'm going to Đà Lạt tomorrow.
- Saigon: Trễ rồi, em đi nha. | Hà Nội: Muộn rồi, em đi nhé. — It's late, I'm off.

Level: A1

Grammar: [đi + place, no 'to': đi Hà Nội, đi chợ, đi làm](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/di-place-no-prep/)

## 2. let's (particle)

At the end of a sentence, *đi* urges someone to go ahead: *Ăn đi!* (go on, eat!). With *mình* in front it means "let's": *Mình đi ăn đi!*

- Saigon: Mình về đi, trễ rồi. | Hà Nội: Mình về đi, muộn rồi. — Let's go home, it's late.
- Mình đi uống cà phê đi! — Let's go get coffee!

Level: A1

Grammar: [Go on, do it / let's: verb + đi](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/di-urge/)

## 3. wear (verb)

to wear (shoes, socks), to put on (shoes)

Hà Nội's word for shoes and socks; Saigon says *mang giày*.

- Hôm nay em đi giày trắng. — I'm wearing white shoes today.
- Con đi dép vào đi. — Put your sandals on.

In Saigon you say [mang](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/mang-bring/#s_mang_wear).

Level: A2 · Hà Nội only · to recognize

## 4. getting less (particle)

After a describing word, *đi* says something is changing, usually losing something: *ốm đi* (get thinner), *già đi* (get older), *yếu đi* (get weaker). Growing more often takes *ra* or *lên*: *mập ra*, *nóng lên*.

- Saigon: Chị tập thể dục nên ốm đi nhiều. | Hà Nội: Chị tập thể dục nên gầy đi nhiều. — I've been exercising, so I've gotten a lot thinner.
- Dạo này ông yếu đi nhiều. — Grandpa has gotten a lot weaker lately.

Level: A2 · to recognize

Grammar: [Getting more or less: adjective + ra / lên / đi / lại](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/adj-change-ra-di/)

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