How do you say “acknowledge” in Vietnamese?

“Acknowledge” in Vietnamese is nhận (to receive), thừa nhận (to recognise), thú nhận (to confess).

Vietnamese words for “acknowledge”

• nhậnListenverb
  Hanoi [ɲən˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ɲəŋ˨˩˨]nhận heavy

  to receive; to get; to obtain

• thừa nhậnListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰɨə˨˩ ɲən˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰɨə˨˩ ɲəŋ˨˩˨]thừa falling nhận heavy

  to recognise; to admit; to acknowledge

• thú nhậnListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰu˧˦ ɲən˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰʊw˦˥ ɲəŋ˨˩˨]thú rising nhận heavy

  to confess; to admit to; to own to

Related Vietnamese words

• nhìn nhậnListenverb

  to acknowledge; to recognise; to admit

• ghi nhậnListenverb

  to record; to acknowledge

• ghi côngListenverb

  to cite; commend

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.