How do you say “strive” in Vietnamese?

“Strive” in Vietnamese is cố gắng (to try), phấn đấu (to strive).

Vietnamese words for “strive”

• cố gắngListenverb
  Hanoi [ko˧˦ ɣaŋ˧˦] · Saigon [kow˦˥ ɣaŋ˦˥]cố rising gắng rising

  to try; to attempt

  for “strive” meaning: To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

• phấn đấuListenverb
  Hanoi [fən˧˦ ʔɗəw˧˦] · Saigon [fəŋ˦˥ ʔɗəw˦˥]phấn rising đấu rising

  to strive; to struggle

Related Vietnamese words

• cố côngListenverb

  to strive

• gắngListenverb

  to endeavour; to strive

• ra sứcListenverb

  to strive; to exert oneself

• tranh đấuListenverb

  to struggle; to fight; to strive

• nỗ lựcListenverb

  great effort; endeavor

• đấu tranhListenverb

  to struggle; to fight

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.