How do you say “encounter” in Vietnamese?

“Encounter” in Vietnamese is bắt gặp (to encounter), gặp phải (to meet with).

Vietnamese words for “encounter”

• bắt gặpListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɓat̚˧˦ ɣap̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɓak̚˦˥ ɣap̚˨˩˨]bắt rising gặp heavy

  to encounter

  for “encounter” meaning: To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.

• gặp phảiListenverb
  Hanoi [ɣap̚˧˨ʔ faːj˧˩] · Saigon [ɣap̚˨˩˨ faːj˨˩˦]gặp heavy phải dipping

  to meet with; to encounter

Related Vietnamese words

• chạmListenverb

  to touch; to make physical contact

• đụngListenverb

  to bump against; to collide; to come into collision

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.