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˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tip̚˦˥ tʰʊw˧˧]

Verb

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

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