Cậu chuyền nhé.

Here cậu means you.

It is a fairly familiar pronoun, often used between friends, classmates, or people of similar age. A very common pair is tớ – cậu, meaning I – you in a friendly, casual way.

You should not use cậu with everyone. For strangers, older people, or formal situations, Vietnamese usually uses other pronouns such as bạn, anh, chị, em, and so on.

Chuyền means something like pass, hand over, or pass along, depending on context.

It is often used when:

• passing a ball in sports
• passing an object from one person to another
• passing something down a line of people

So the exact English wording changes with the situation, but the core idea is moving something from one person to another.

Vietnamese often leaves out information that is already obvious from context.

So Cậu chuyền nhé can work even without naming the thing being passed or the person receiving it, if everyone already knows what is meant.

For example:

• In a game, it may mean Pass the ball
• At a table, it may mean Pass that over
• In a group, it may mean Pass it along

If you want to make it explicit, you can add more words:

• Cậu chuyền bóng nhé = Pass the ball
• Cậu chuyền cho mình nhé = Pass it to me
• Cậu chuyền cho bạn ấy nhé = Pass it to that person

Nhé softens the sentence.

It makes the request sound friendly, gentle, and cooperative. In English, it can feel a bit like:

• okay?
• please
• all right?

But it does not match any one English word exactly.

Compare:

• Cậu chuyền nhé = friendly, soft request
• Cậu chuyền = more blunt or flat
• Chuyền đi = stronger, more direct

So nhé is important for tone.

It is usually a mild request or gentle prompt.

Because of nhé, it does not sound like a harsh order. It sounds more like:

• You pass it, okay
• Pass it over, please
• Go ahead and pass it

The exact feel depends on the situation and intonation, but in most cases it is softer than a plain command.

Yes, very often.

Vietnamese frequently drops pronouns when the listener is already clear from context. So Chuyền nhé is natural in conversation.

Adding cậu can:

• make it clearer who you are talking to
• add a bit of emphasis
• sound slightly more personal

So both can be natural:

• Chuyền nhé
• Cậu chuyền nhé

Yes. The pronoun must match the relationship between speakers.

For example:

• Bạn chuyền nhé = more neutral
• Anh chuyền nhé = to an older male
• Chị chuyền nhé = to an older female
• Em chuyền nhé = to a younger person
• Con chuyền nhé = from an older person to a child

So the structure stays the same, but the pronoun changes based on who is talking to whom.

The two tones are different:

• chuyền has the huyền tone, a low falling tone
• nhé has the sắc tone, a rising tone

So the melody goes roughly:

• chuyền = lower/falling
• nhé = rising

That contrast helps the sentence sound natural. Learners often get the words right but miss the sentence feel if they do not use the final rise on nhé.

Not exactly.

Chuyền usually refers to passing something from one person to another, often something physical:

• chuyền bóng = pass the ball
• chuyền tay nhau = pass from hand to hand

Truyền is often more general or abstract:

• truyền tin = transmit news/information
• truyền điện = transmit electricity
• truyền thống = tradition

So in this sentence, chuyền is the natural choice if someone is asking another person to pass something.

You can add words depending on what you want to express.

More specific:

• Cậu chuyền bóng nhé = Pass the ball
• Cậu chuyền cho mình nhé = Pass it to me

A bit more helpful/polite:

• Cậu chuyền giúp mình nhé = Please pass it for me
• Bạn chuyền cho mình với = Please pass it to me

Very polite in some situations:

• Làm ơn chuyền cho mình nhé = Please pass it to me

So Cậu chuyền nhé is already natural and friendly, but Vietnamese gives you many ways to adjust the level of detail and politeness.