How to say Mèo

How to say “a cat” in Vietnamese? To do this, you need to imitate how a cat tries to interact with human “Meow” [falling]. Interestingly, Vietnamese is a tonal language; it means that your tone changes the word and its meaning. While “Mèo” [falling] means a cat, “Méo” [rising] is informal slang for “not”.

Mèo-cute or Méo-cute : You decide.