# xuống meaning in Vietnamese: to go down (A1)

> xuống means “to go down, to come down” in Vietnamese. It can also mean get off. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/xuong-go-down/ · Updated 2026-10-18

**xuống**: go down · get off

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: xuong

## 1. go down (verb)

to go down, to come down

From Saigon you also go *xuống* to the Mekong Delta: *xuống Cần Thơ*.

- Con xuống ăn cơm đi! — Come down and eat!
- Saigon: Cuối tuần tui xuống Cần Thơ thăm ngoại. | Hà Nội: Cuối tuần tôi xuống Cần Thơ thăm bà ngoại. — This weekend I'm going down to Can Tho to see my grandma.

Level: A1

Grammar: [Moving in a direction: ra, vô / vào, lên, xuống, về, qua, tới](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/grammar/direction-verbs/)

## 2. get off (verb)

to get off, to get out

Off a bus or a motorbike, out of a car: *xuống xe*. The opposite is *lên xe*.

- Chú ơi, cho con xuống đây. — Excuse me, can you let me off here?
- Saigon: Xuống xe đi, tới nhà rồi. | Hà Nội: Xuống xe đi, đến nhà rồi. — Get off, we're home.

Level: A2

## Opposite

- [lên](https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/len-go-up/#s_len_get_on): get on

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