# hăm meaning in Vietnamese: twenty (A1)

> hăm means “twenty” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/ham-twenty/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**hăm**: twenty

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: ham

## 1. twenty (number)

Quick Saigon speech for *hai mươi* before another digit: *hăm mốt* (21), *hăm lăm* (25).

- Saigon: Em hăm lăm tuổi. | Hà Nội: Em hai mươi lăm tuổi. — I'm twenty-five.
- Saigon: Hôm nay ngày hăm mốt. | Hà Nội: Hôm nay ngày hai mươi mốt. — Today is the twenty-first.

Saigon only · casual · to recognize

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