tìm hiểu

Vietnamese

Etymology

tìm +‎ hiểu (“to understand, to know”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tim˨˩ hiəw˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tim˦˩ hiw˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tim˨˩ hiw˨˩˦]

Verb

tìm hiểu

1. (transitive) to try to understand; to examine; to investigate; to study
2. (of male and female) to get to know each other before engaging in a relationship and/or getting married