How do you say “attract” in Vietnamese?

“Attract” in Vietnamese is hút (to absorb), thu hút (to draw), hấp dẫn (to attract).

Vietnamese words for “attract”

• hútListenverb
  Hanoi [hut̚˧˦] · Saigon [hʊk͡p̚˦˥]hút rising

  to absorb; to suck

• thu hútListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰu˧˧ hut̚˧˦] · Saigon [tʰʊw˧˧ hʊk͡p̚˦˥]thu level hút rising

  to draw; to attract

  • Hoa thu hút ong.Flowers attract bees.
• hấp dẫnListenverb
  Hanoi [həp̚˧˦ zən˦ˀ˥] · Saigon [həp̚˦˥ jəŋ˨˩˦]hấp rising dẫn creaky rising

  to attract

  • Trong ba cậu bé đó, cậu bé trẻ tuổi nhất là người hấp dẫn nhất.Of the three boys, the youngest is the most attractive.

Related Vietnamese words

• cuốn hútListenverb

  to attract; to absorb; to draw into

• lôi cuốnListenverb

  to attract; to bring together; to lure

• rù quếnListenverb

  attractive; charming

• câuListenverb

  sentence; expression; line

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.