How do you say “defeat” in Vietnamese?

“Defeat” in Vietnamese is đánh bại (to defeat), đánh thắng (to defeat), phá vỡ (to break).

Vietnamese words for “defeat”

• đánh bạiListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗajŋ̟˧˦ ʔɓaːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɗan˦˥ ʔɓaːj˨˩˨]đánh rising bại heavy

  to defeat

  for “defeat” meaning: To overcome in battle or contest.

  • Xe tăng và máy bay có thể đánh bại quân đội nhưng chúng không thề chinh phục được người dân.Tanks and planes may defeat the troops but they cannot conquer the people.
• đánh thắngListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗajŋ̟˧˦ tʰaŋ˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗan˦˥ tʰaŋ˦˥]đánh rising thắng rising

  to defeat

• phá vỡListenverb
  Hanoi [faː˧˦ vəː˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [faː˦˥ vəː˨˩˦]phá rising vỡ creaky rising

  to break; to breach; to break through

Related Vietnamese words

• thắng bạiListennoun

  outcome; victory or defeat

• hạListenverb

  summer

• hạ gụcListenverb

  to knock out; to knock down

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.