tiếp thu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 接受 (“to receive; to accept”, SV: tiếp thụ), under the influence of thu (收, “to receive”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəp̚˧˦ tʰu˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəp̚˦˧˥ tʰʊw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tip̚˦˥ tʰʊw˧˧]

Verb

tiếp thu

  1. (rare) to receive (something given by others)
  2. to accept (criticism, feedback, etc.); to take in
  3. (of an organism) to acquire (features after birth from the environment)
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