# nhăm meaning in Vietnamese: five (A1)

> nhăm means “five” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio.

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

**nhăm**: five

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: nham

## 1. five (number)

A casual Hà Nội five after *mươi*: *hai mươi nhăm*, 25. Saigon says *lăm*.

- Anh ấy ba mươi nhăm tuổi. — He's thirty-five.
- Cái áo này bốn mươi nhăm nghìn. — This shirt is forty-five thousand.

Said everywhere: [lăm](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/lam-five/#lx_lam_five).

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