Definition

1. Verb:
   • To exchange, to barter: To give something and receive something else in return, typically through mutual agreement, often without using money. It implies a direct trade of goods, services, or items of perceived equal value.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ đổi chác tem và đồ cổ với nhau. (They exchange stamps and antiques with each other.)
  • Trong thị trường này, người ta thường đổi chác hàng nông sản. (In this market, people often barter agricultural goods.)
  • Chúng tôi đã đổi chác sách cho nhau. (We exchanged books with each other.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a slightly informal or commercial nuance, focusing on the act of negotiation or trade itself. It can sometimes imply a shrewd or calculated trade.

Variants and Related Words

• Đổi (v): A more general verb meaning "to change" or "to exchange." specifies a reciprocal trade.
  • Tôi muốn đổi chiếc áo này cỡ lớn hơn. (I want to exchange this shirt for a larger size.)
• Trao đổi (v): To exchange (often used for ideas, information, or goods in a more formal or neutral context).
  • Chúng ta cần trao đổi ý kiến về dự án. (We need to exchange opinions about the project.)

Synonyms

• Barter: To trade goods or services for other goods or services without money.
• Swap: To exchange one thing for another.
• Trade: To buy, sell, or exchange goods or services.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not commonly part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
  • Có đi có lại: Literally "to have going, to have coming back," meaning reciprocity or mutual exchange.

    • Mối quan hệ tốt dựa trên nguyên tắc có đi có lại. (A good relationship is based on the principle of give and take.)

verb

1. to exchange, to barter