tiếp thu

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 接受 (“to receive; to accept”, SV: tiếp thụ), under the influence of thu (收, “to receive”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəp̚˧˦ tʰu˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tiəp̚˦˧˥ tʰʊw˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tip̚˦˥ tʰʊw˧˧] === Verb === tiếp thu (rare) to receive (something given by others) to accept (criticism, feedback, etc.); to take in (of an organism) to acquire (features after birth from the environment)