How do you say “try” in Vietnamese?

“Try” in Vietnamese is cố gắng (to try), gắng (to endeavour), xét xử (to judge).

Vietnamese words for “try”

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

  to try; to attempt

  for “try” meaning: To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

  • Tôi vẫn cố gắng.I still try.
• gắngListenverb
  Hanoi [ɣaŋ˧˦] · Saigon [ɣaŋ˦˥]gắng rising

  to endeavour; to strive

  for “try” meaning: To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

• xét xửListenverb
  Hanoi [sɛt̚˧˦ sɨ˧˩] · Saigon [sɛk̚˦˥ sɨ˨˩˦]xét rising xử dipping

  to judge; to try

  for “try” meaning: To put on trial.

Related Vietnamese words

• thửListenverb

  to test; to get a test

• cốListenverb

  great-grandparent

• thử nghiệmListennoun

  trial; experiment

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.