How do you say “endeavor” in Vietnamese?

“Endeavor” in Vietnamese is cố gắng (to try), nỗ lực (great effort).

Vietnamese words for “endeavor”

• cố gắngListenverb
  Hanoi [ko˧˦ ɣaŋ˧˦] · Saigon [kow˦˥ ɣaŋ˦˥]cố rising gắng rising

  to try; to attempt

  for “endeavor” meaning: To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.

• nỗ lựcListennoun
  Hanoi [no˦ˀ˥ lɨk̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [now˨˩˦ lɨk̚˨˩˨]nỗ creaky rising lực heavy

  great effort; endeavor

Related Vietnamese words

• ráng sứcListenverb

  to try hard; to strain; to endeavor

• cốListenverb

  great-grandparent

• chiến đấuListenverb

  a fight; battle

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.