How do you say “ambush” in Vietnamese?

“Ambush” in Vietnamese is phục kích (to ambush).

Vietnamese words for “ambush”

• phục kíchListenverb
  Hanoi [fʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ kïk̟̚˧˦] · Saigon [fʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ kɨt̚˦˥]phục heavy kích rising

  to ambush

Related Vietnamese words

• mai phụcListenverb

  to ambush

• biệt kíchListenverb

  a commando; special forces operative; elite soldier

• đánh tỉaListenverb

  to prune; to use out-boxer techniques

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.