How do you say “initiative” in Vietnamese?

“Initiative” in Vietnamese is sáng kiến (initiative).

Vietnamese words for “initiative”

• sáng kiếnListennoun
  Hanoi [saːŋ˧˦ kiən˧˦] · Saigon [ʂaːŋ˦˥ kiəŋ˦˥]sáng rising kiến rising

  initiative; innovation

  • Tom thiếu sáng kiến.Tom lacks initiative.

Related Vietnamese words

• bắt đầuListenverb

  to begin; to start

• khởi đầuListenverb

  to begin; to start; to commence

• bước đầuListennoun

  beginning; start; first step

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.