# tiệm thuốc tây meaning in Vietnamese: pharmacy (A1)

> tiệm thuốc tây means “pharmacy, chemist's” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/tiem-thuoc-tay/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**tiệm thuốc tây**: pharmacy

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: tiem thuoc tay

## 1. pharmacy (noun)

pharmacy, chemist's

Literally "shop for Western medicine", as against a herbal shop. In Hà Nội: *hiệu thuốc*.

- Saigon: Tiệm thuốc tây ở đâu vậy? | Hà Nội: Hiệu thuốc ở đâu thế? — Where's the pharmacy?
- Saigon: Tôi đi tiệm thuốc tây mua thuốc. | Hà Nội: Tôi đi hiệu thuốc mua thuốc. — I'm going to the pharmacy to get some medicine.

In Hà Nội you say [hiệu thuốc](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/hieu-thuoc/#s_hieu_thuoc).

Said everywhere: [nhà thuốc](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nha-thuoc/#s_nha_thuoc).

Also: [tiệm thuốc](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/tiem-thuoc/#s_tiem_thuoc).

Saigon only

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