How do you say “pronounce” in Vietnamese?

“Pronounce” in Vietnamese is phát âm (to pronounce), đọc (to read).

Vietnamese words for “pronounce”

• phát âmListenverb
  Hanoi [faːt̚˧˦ ʔəm˧˧] · Saigon [faːk̚˦˥ ʔəm˧˧]phát rising âm level

  to pronounce

  for “pronounce” meaning: To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.

  • Từ này khó phát âm.This word is difficult to pronounce.
• đọcListenverb
  Hanoi [ʔɗawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [ʔɗawk͡p̚˨˩˨]đọc heavy

  to read

Related Vietnamese words

• đòng đọcListenverb

  to read; to pronounce

• tuyên bốListenverb

  to announce; to declare

• tỏ ýListenverb

  to express; to show; to display

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.