How do you say “sympathy” in Vietnamese?

“Sympathy” in Vietnamese is thương cảm (to empathize), thông cảm (to be understanding).

Vietnamese words for “sympathy”

• thương cảmListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰɨəŋ˧˧ kaːm˧˩] · Saigon [tʰɨəŋ˧˧ kaːm˨˩˦]thương level cảm dipping

  to empathize; to commiserate; to be touched with compassion

  for “sympathy” meaning: A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.

• thông cảmListenverb
  Hanoi [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kaːm˧˩] · Saigon [tʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ kaːm˨˩˦]thông level cảm dipping

  to be understanding; to be sympathetic; to sympathise

  for “sympathy” meaning: The ability to share the feelings of another.

Related Vietnamese words

• thiện cảmListennoun

  sympathy

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.