How do you say “respect” in Vietnamese?

“Respect” in Vietnamese is tôn trọng (to respect), kính trọng (to respect), tôn (to revere).

Vietnamese words for “respect”

• tôn trọngListenverb
  Hanoi [ton˧˧ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [toŋ˧˧ ʈawŋ͡m˨˩˨]tôn level trọng heavy

  to respect; to honour; to revere

  for “respect” meaning: To have respect for.

  • Mary tôn trọng bạn.Mary respects you.
• kính trọngListenverb
  Hanoi [kïŋ˧˦ t͡ɕawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [kɨn˦˥ ʈawŋ͡m˨˩˨]kính rising trọng heavy

  to respect

  • Tôi đã từng kính trọng ông ấy.I used to respect him.
• tônListenverb
  Hanoi [ton˧˧] · Saigon [toŋ˧˧]tôn level

  to revere; to respect; to honor

Related Vietnamese words

• kính nểListenverb

  to revere; to respect

• nểListenverb

  to respect; to admire

• trọng vọngListenverb

  to respect; to esteem; to honour

• lưu tâmListenverb

  to look out for; to pay attention to; to take care of

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.