How do you say “penetrate” in Vietnamese?

“Penetrate” in Vietnamese is thâm nhập (to penetrate), xuyên qua (to go through).

Vietnamese words for “penetrate”

• thâm nhậpListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰəm˧˧ ɲəp̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰəm˧˧ ɲəp̚˨˩˨]thâm level nhập heavy

  to penetrate

• xuyên quaListenverb
  Hanoi [swiən˧˧ kwaː˧˧] · Saigon [s⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˧˧ waː˧˧]xuyên level qua level

  to go through; to pierce; to penetrate

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.