How do you say “retreat” in Vietnamese?

“Retreat” in Vietnamese is lùi (to move backward), rút lui (to retreat).

Vietnamese words for “retreat”

• lùiListenverb
  Hanoi [luj˨˩] · Saigon [luj˨˩]lùi falling

  to move backward; to step back; to retreat

• rút luiListenverb
  Hanoi [zut̚˧˦ luj˧˧] · Saigon [ɹʊk͡p̚˦˥ luj˧˧]rút rising lui level

  to retreat; to move back

  • Quân đội đã rút lui.The army was in retreat.

Related Vietnamese words

• chùn bướcListenverb

  to back off; to retreat; to recoil

• luiListenverb

  to step back; to recede; to move backward

• thoáiListenverb

  to retreat; to withdraw; to back off

• thốiListenverb

  fetid; putrid; stinking

• thúiListenverb

  rotten; fetid; putrid

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.