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)