How do you say “protect” in Vietnamese?

“Protect” in Vietnamese is bảo vệ (to protect), bảo hộ (to protect), phòng vệ (to protect).

Vietnamese words for “protect”

• bảo vệListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓaːw˧˩ ve˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ vej˨˩˨]bảo dipping vệ heavy

  to protect; to defend

  for “protect” meaning: To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

  • Hãy bảo vệ tôi.Protect me.
• bảo hộListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓaːw˧˩ ho˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ how˨˩˨]bảo dipping hộ heavy

  to protect

• phòng vệListenverb
  Hanoi [fawŋ͡m˨˩ ve˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [fawŋ͡m˨˩ vej˨˩˨]phòng falling vệ heavy

  to protect; to defend

Related Vietnamese words

• bênh vựcListenverb

  to defend; to protect; to uphold

• canh giữListenverb

  to guard; protect; keep safe

• che chởListenverb

  to protect; to embrace; to defend

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.