Definition

1. Verb:
   • To beat time; to conduct (music): The action of using hand gestures, a baton, or simply counting to indicate the tempo, rhythm, and meter of a piece of music for performers to follow.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người chỉ huy dàn nhạc đang đánh nhịp cho bản giao hưởng. (The orchestra conductor is beating time for the symphony.)
  • Cô giáo dạy nhạc đánh nhịp để học sinh hát đúng. (The music teacher beats time so the students sing correctly.)
  • Anh ấy đánh nhịp bằng chân khi nghe nhạc. (He beats time with his foot when listening to music.)

Advanced Usage

• "đánh nhịp theo": To beat time along to something.
  • Khán giả đánh nhịp theo bài hát quen thuộc. (The audience beat time along to the familiar song.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chỉ huy / Nhạc trưởng (n): Conductor. (The person who for an orchestra or choir.)
• Nhịp (n): Beat, rhythm, measure. (The unit of time being indicated.)
• Phách (n): Beat (within a measure). (A subdivision of the .)

Synonyms

• Chỉ huy (âm nhạc): To conduct (music). (More formal, implies leading a musical group.)
• Giữ nhịp: To keep time. (Emphasizes maintaining a steady tempo.)

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a specific musical verb, 'đánh nhịp' does not commonly form phrasal verbs in the same way general verbs do. Its meaning is typically contained within the single term.

Related Idioms

• Ăn theo nhịp: To follow the rhythm closely; figuratively, to follow a trend.
  • Công ty đó ăn theo nhịp phát triển của công nghệ. (That company follows the rhythm/trend of technological development.) [This idiom uses 'nhịp' metaphorically and does not involve the action of 'đánh nhịp'.]

1. Beat time