How do you say “penetrating” in Vietnamese?

“Penetrating” in Vietnamese is thấm thía (piercing).

Vietnamese words for “penetrating”

• thấm thíaListenadjective
  Hanoi [tʰəm˧˦ tʰiə˧˦] · Saigon [tʰəm˦˥ tʰiə˦˥]thấm rising thía rising

  piercing; penetrating; poignant

Related Vietnamese words

• sắc sảoListenadjective

  sharp-witted; fine; sharp

• thấu suốtListenverb

  to grasp something extensively

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.