How do you say “torture” in Vietnamese?

“Torture” in Vietnamese is tra tấn (to torture), nhục hình (corporal punishment).

Vietnamese words for “torture”

• tra tấnListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕaː˧˧ tən˧˦] · Saigon [ʈaː˧˧ təŋ˦˥]tra level tấn rising

  to torture; to put to torture

  for “torture” meaning: To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.

• nhục hìnhListennoun
  Hanoi [ɲʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ hïŋ˨˩] · Saigon [ɲʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨ hɨn˨˩]nhục heavy hình falling

  corporal punishment; torture

  for “torture” meaning: Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.

Related Vietnamese words

• cực hìnhListennoun

  torture

• giày vòListenverb

  to torment; to torture

• hành hạListenverb

  to harass; to torment

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.