How do you say “occupy” in Vietnamese?

“Occupy” in Vietnamese is chiếm (to occupy).

Vietnamese words for “occupy”

• chiếmListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕiəm˧˦] · Saigon [cim˦˥]chiếm rising

  to occupy; to usurp

Related Vietnamese words

• bao chiếmListenverb

  to squat; to encroach; to occupy

• chiếm lĩnhListenverb

  to capture; to occupy; to hold

• choánListenverb

  to take up; to occupy

• chiếm giữListenverb

  to appropriate; to withhold; to seize

• chiếm cứListenverb

  to occupy; to take and hold

• chiếm đóngListenverb

  to occupy; to capture; to take and hold

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.