How do you say “fight” in Vietnamese?

“Fight” in Vietnamese is chiến đấu (a fight), đấu tranh (to struggle), giành (to dispute).

Vietnamese words for “fight”

• chiến đấuListennoun
  Hanoi [t͡ɕiən˧˦ ʔɗəw˧˦] · Saigon [ciəŋ˦˥ ʔɗəw˦˥]chiến rising đấu rising

  a fight; battle

  for “fight” meaning: To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle, etc.

  • Chúng tôi sẽ chiến đấu.We will fight.
• đấu tranhListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗəw˧˦ t͡ɕajŋ̟˧˧] · Saigon [ʔɗəw˦˥ ʈan˧˧]đấu rising tranh level

  to struggle; to fight

• giànhListenverb
  Hanoi [zajŋ̟˨˩] · Saigon [jan˨˩]giành falling

  to dispute; to fight; to claim

• đấuListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗəw˧˦] · Saigon [ʔɗəw˦˥]đấu rising

  to battle; fight

• cuộc chiếnListennoun
  Hanoi [kuək̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕiən˧˦] · Saigon [kuək̚˨˩˨ ciəŋ˦˥]cuộc heavy chiến rising

  war; fight; battle

Related Vietnamese words

• chiếnListennoun

  a war; fight

• kình chốngListenverb

  to oppose; to fight; to struggle

• tranh đấuListenverb

  to struggle; to fight; to strive

• trận đánhListennoun

  battle; fight; combat

• xô xátListenverb

  to fight; to scuffle; to brawl

• đánh đấmListenverb

  to fight

• trậnListennoun

  battle; battle formation

• giãyListenverb

  to squirm violently; to writhe violently; to wriggle

• đánh nhauListenverb

  to fight; to come to blows; to exchange blows

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.