How do you say “understand” in Vietnamese?

“Understand” in Vietnamese is hiểu (to understand).

Vietnamese words for “understand”

• hiểuListenverb
  Hanoi [hiəw˧˩] · Saigon [hiw˨˩˦]hiểu dipping

  to understand; to know

  for “understand” meaning: To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

  • Tom hiểu.Tom understands.

Related Vietnamese words

• lĩnh hộiListenverb

  to understand; to comprehend; to grasp

• nắm lấyListenverb

  to grip; to grab; to grasp

• thông suốtListenverb

  to be thoroughly comprehensible

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.