介绍
jiè shào
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 介紹
To introduce one person to another, or to present and explain something to people who do not know it. Also 'to recommend' a doctor, a job or a restaurant.
Làm cho hai người biết nhau, hoặc trình bày cho người khác biết về một điều họ chưa rõ. Còn có nghĩa là mách, tiến cử (bác sĩ, việc làm, quán ăn).
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “giới thiệu” = 介紹 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “giới thiệu” (gioi-thieu). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “介绍” mean?
To introduce one person to another, or to present and explain something to people who do not know it. Also 'to recommend' a doctor, a job or a restaurant. Literally: go between and connect
Is “介绍” formal or informal?
介绍 is generally neutral.