How do you say “massacre” in Vietnamese?

“Massacre” in Vietnamese is tàn sát (to massacre).

Vietnamese words for “massacre”

• tàn sátListenverb
  Hanoi [taːn˨˩ saːt̚˧˦] · Saigon [taːŋ˨˩ ʂaːk̚˦˥]tàn falling sát rising

  to massacre

  for “massacre” meaning: To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human bein

Related Vietnamese words

• thảm sátListenverb

  to slaughter; to massacre

• chém giếtListenverb

  to slaughter; to massacre; to murder recklessly

• sát phạtListenverb

  to kill; to murder; to massacre

• làm cỏListenverb

  to weed; to massacre; to ransack

• giết chócListenverb

  to kill

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.