# đụng meaning in Vietnamese: to touch (A1)

> đụng means “to touch” in Vietnamese. It can also mean bump into. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/dung-touch/ · Updated 2026-10-21

**đụng**: touch · bump into

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: dung

## 1. touch (verb)

Saigon's everyday word; Hà Nội says *động*.

- Saigon: Đừng đụng vô cái đó! | Hà Nội: Đừng động vào cái đó! — Don't touch that!
- Saigon: Ai đụng vô cái bánh của tui vậy? | Hà Nội: Ai động vào cái bánh của tôi thế? — Who's been touching my cake?

In Hà Nội you say [động](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/dong-touch/#s_dong_touch).

Level: A1 · Saigon only

## 2. bump into (verb)

to bump into, to hit, to crash into

For people and vehicles: *bị xe đụng*, to be hit by a vehicle. Hà Nội says *va* for bumping into someone and *đâm* for a crash.

- Saigon: Hôm qua em bị xe máy đụng. | Hà Nội: Hôm qua em bị xe máy đâm. — Yesterday I got hit by a motorbike.
- Saigon: Xin lỗi, em đụng phải chị. | Hà Nội: Xin lỗi, em va phải chị. — Sorry, I bumped into you.

Level: A2 · Saigon only

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