How to Say “Attack” in Vietnamese

sự tấn công
The English word 'attack' (noun) is translated into Vietnamese as sự tấn công. Wiktionary also lists sự công kích.
Meaning: attempt to cause damage, injury, or death (noun)

Ways to say it

“attack” in Vietnamese
Vietnamese
sự tấn công
sự công kích

As a noun, sự tấn công is a general term for an attack. The related verb tấn công is the standard way to describe physical, military or aggressive attacks.

Which one should you use?

While sự tấn công is a general term for an attack, sự công kích is more specifically used for verbal or critical attacks (assaults on reputation or ideas). Similarly, the verb công kích is frequently used in the context of political, social or verbal attacks rather than physical combat.

Related words

Did you know?

  • The word kích in công kích is derived from the Chinese character for a 'halberd', a type of ancient pole weapon.

Examples in context

  • Quân đội đã tiến hành cuộc tấn công tưởng chừng như bất khả thi vào địch.
    The military conducted a seemingly impossible attack on the enemy.
  • Anh ta đã bị đánh bất ngờ từ phía sau.
    He was unexpectedly attacked from behind.
  • Sự tấn công này rất bất ngờ.
    This attack was very unexpected.
  • Họ ngăn chặn sự tấn công của kẻ thù.
    They stopped the enemy's attack.
  • Cảnh sát đang điều tra sự tấn công.
    The police are investigating the attack.

Example conversation

Tuấn and Mai are discussing a news report about a security breach.

  1. Tuấn

    Bạn đã nghe về sự tấn công mạng chưa?
    Have you heard about the cyber attack?
  2. Mai

    Tôi nghe rồi, thật là đáng sợ.
    I heard, it is really scary.
  3. Tuấn

    Sự tấn công làm lộ nhiều dữ liệu.
    The attack leaked a lot of data.
  4. Mai

    Chúng ta cần cẩn thận hơn.
    We need to be more careful.

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