chiếm lĩnh

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Southern Vietnam) chiếm lãnh

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 佔領 (“to occupy”), with the Northern reading of the second character.

Currently the widespread form.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiəm˧˦ lïŋ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiəm˦˧˥ lɨn˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cim˦˥ lɨn˨˩˦]

Verb

chiếm lĩnh

1. to capture; to occupy; to hold
2. to dominate; to control

Related terms

• chiếm giữ (“to appropriate”)
• chiếm hữu (“to possess”)