How do you say “look at” in Vietnamese?

“Look at” in Vietnamese is nhìn (to look at), xem (to watch), trông (to look at).

Vietnamese words for “look at”

• nhìnListenverb
  Hanoi [ɲin˨˩] · Saigon [ɲɨn˨˩]nhìn falling

  to look at

  • Hãy nhìn vào ví dụ sau.Look at the following example.
• xemListenverb
  Hanoi [sɛm˧˧] · Saigon [sɛm˧˧]xem level

  to watch; to see; to look at

  • Bạn nên xem cái này.You'd better look at this.
• trôngListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˧] · Saigon [ʈəwŋ͡m˧˧]trông level

  to look at; to watch; to look after

Related Vietnamese words

• dòmListenverb

  to look at

• nomListenverb

  to look at; to look after

• ngắmListenverb

  to view attentively; especially for pleasure

• ngóListenverb

  to take a peek; to have a quick look

• nhìn nhậnListenverb

  to acknowledge; to recognise; to admit

• xétListenverb

  to examine; to consider

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.