Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Exactly / Precisely / Undoubtedly: Used to emphasize the certainty, correctness, or exact identity of a person or thing. It asserts that something is definitively and unmistakably true.
   • Himself / Herself / Itself (emphatic): Used before a noun or pronoun to stress that it refers to that specific individual and no other, often translating to "the very" or "none other than."

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Đích thị nó là thủ phạm. (He is undoubtedly the culprit. / He is the very perpetrator.)
  • Người đứng ở cửa đích thị là chị tôi. (The person standing at the door is precisely my sister.)
  • Đây đích thị là cuốn sách tôi đang tìm. (This is exactly the book I am looking for.)

Advanced Usage

• "đích thị là": A common collocation meaning "is definitely" or "is none other than."
  • Kẻ gian đích thị là người quen của gia đình. (The thief is definitely a family acquaintance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đích xác (adv): exactly, accurately.

  • Anh ấy trả lời đích xác câu hỏi. (He answered the question exactly.)

• Chính xác (adj/adv): correct, accurate; accurately.

  • Con số này chính xác. (This number is accurate.)

Synonyms

• Undoubtedly: without doubt; certainly.
• Definitely: without any doubt; clearly.
• Precisely: exactly, in exact terms.
• The very: used for emphasis to identify a specific person or thing.

Related Idioms

• Đích danh: to name specifically; to point out by name.

  • Thầy giáo đích danh học sinh phát biểu. (The teacher specifically named the student to answer.)

• Chính là: is exactly; is precisely (a slightly less emphatic alternative).

  • Người ấy chính là bác sĩ. (That person is exactly the doctor.)

1. Very
   • Đích thị nó là thủ phạm
     He was the pricipal of the offence