Definition

1. Verb:
   • To have an audience with; to be granted an audience: The act of formally meeting or being received by a person of high rank, authority, or status, such as a leader, monarch, or high official. It implies a formal request and permission for the meeting.
   • To pay a formal visit (to a superior): To visit someone in a higher social or official position, following protocol and formalities.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các đại sứ mới đến đã xin yết kiến Quốc vương. (The newly arrived ambassadors requested an audience with the King.)
  • Ông ấy đã được yết kiến Thủ tướng để trình bày kế hoạch. (He was granted an audience with the Prime Minister to present his plan.)
  • Trong chuyến công du, tổng thống sẽ yết kiến Giáo hoàng. (During the state visit, the president will have an audience with the Pope.)

Advanced Usage

• "Xin yết kiến": To request/solicit an audience.

  • Phái đoàn đã chính thức xin yết kiến để thảo luận vấn đề khẩn cấp. (The delegation formally requested an audience to discuss the urgent matter.)

• "Được yết kiến" / "Cho yết kiến": To be granted an audience / To grant an audience.

  • Nhà vua đã cho yết kiến các thương nhân nước ngoài. (The King granted an audience to the foreign merchants.)

Variants and Related Words

• Yết hầu (verb): To present oneself at the throat/gate (archaic). This is an older, more specific term related to formal presentation.
• Bái kiến (verb): To visit respectfully (a term showing deference, but less formal and specific to high authority than "yết kiến").
• Triều kiến (verb): To have an imperial audience (specifically used for meeting an emperor or in an imperial court context).

Synonyms

• Audience (noun): A formal meeting with a person of high rank.
• Wait upon (phrasal verb): To visit or attend as a sign of respect (formal, somewhat archaic).
• Be received by (verb phrase): To be formally met or welcomed by someone.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: As "yết kiến" is a single verb in Vietnamese, equivalent English phrasal verbs are provided for context.) - Request an audience with: To formally ask for a meeting with a superior. - The ambassador requested an audience with the Queen. - Be granted an audience with: To be formally permitted to meet a superior. - The scholar was granted an audience with the Dalai Lama.

Related Idioms

• To have an audience with someone: To meet someone important formally.
  • It was a great honor to have an audience with the former president.
• To gain access to someone: To succeed in getting a meeting with someone, often someone powerful or busy.
  • The lobbyists tried every means to gain access to the committee chair.

verb

1. to visit