How do you say “guard” in Vietnamese?

“Guard” in Vietnamese is vệ sĩ (a bodyguard), gác (to guard), thủ (to guard).

Vietnamese words for “guard”

• vệ sĩListennoun
  Hanoi [ve˧˨ʔ si˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [vej˨˩˨ ʂɪj˨˩˦]vệ heavy sĩ creaky rising

  a bodyguard; compare bảo vệ

  for “guard” meaning: A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

• gácListenverb
  Hanoi [ɣaːk̚˧˦] · Saigon [ɣaːk̚˦˥]gác rising

  to guard; to watch

• thủListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰu˧˩] · Saigon [tʰʊw˨˩˦]thủ dipping

  to guard; to keep

• giữ gìnListenverb
  Hanoi [zɨ˦ˀ˥ zin˨˩] · Saigon [jɨ˨˩˦ jɨn˨˩]giữ creaky rising gìn falling

  to guard; to preserve; to maintain

Related Vietnamese words

• canh chừngListenverb

  to keep watch; to watch over; to guard

• canh giữListenverb

  to guard; protect; keep safe

• canh gácListenverb

  to watch; to guard; to mount guard

• canh phòngListenverb

  to guard; to keep watch

• gìn giữListenverb

  to guard; to preserve; to maintain

• trấn thủListenverb

  to guard

• vệ binhListennoun

  guard

• canhListenverb

  vegetable soup

• bảo vệListenverb

  to protect; to defend

• đề phòngListenverb

  to take precautions; to prevent; to guard against

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.