# lăm meaning in Vietnamese: five (A1)

> lăm means “five” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/lam-five/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**lăm**: five

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: lam

## 1. five (number)

Five after *mười* or *mươi*: *mười lăm* (15), *hai mươi lăm* (25). Fifty is still *năm mươi*, because the five comes first.

- Em mười lăm tuổi. — I'm fifteen.
- Saigon: Ly trà sữa này ba mươi lăm ngàn. | Hà Nội: Cốc trà sữa này ba mươi lăm nghìn. — This milk tea is thirty-five thousand.

In Hà Nội you say [nhăm](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nham-five/#s_nham_five).

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