tấn công

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 進攻 with the Southern reading of the first character. This compound can also be read as tiến công, with the Northern reading of the first character, although the meaning shifted to "to advance, to march forward" under the influence of tiến.

This originally Southern form is now the chief word for "to attack" in written Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tən˧˦ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [təŋ˦˧˥ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [təŋ˦˥ kəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

tấn công

to attack; to offend

Antonyms

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