vỡ

Meaning

1. break

   verb

   to break, to be broken

   Hà Nội's word for glass and china breaking, and the one you'll read; Saigon says bể.

   • Điện thoại em bị vỡ màn hình.

     My phone screen is cracked.

   • Cái đĩa vỡ rồi.

     The plate's broken.

   In Saigon you say bể.

   Hà Nội onlyto recognize