Definition

1. Noun:

   • A swing: A piece of playground equipment consisting of a seat suspended by ropes or chains from a horizontal bar, on which one can sit and swing back and forth.
   • A seesaw; a teeter-totter: A long, narrow board balanced in the middle on a fixed support, allowing children to sit on opposite ends and move up and down alternately.

2. Verb:

   • To swing: To move back and forth or from side to side while suspended from a point above.
   • To hang/swing from something: To suspend one's body from a point of support, such as a branch or bar, often using the hands.
   • To seesaw; to teeter: To move up and down on a seesaw or in a similar rocking motion.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Những đứa trẻ đang chơi trên chiếc đu trong công viên. (The children are playing on the swing in the park.)
  • Chiếc đu bập bênh này có thể chứa hai đứa trẻ. (This seesaw can hold two children.)

• Verb:

  • Cậu bé thích đu trên cành cây. (The boy likes to swing from the tree branch.)
  • Họ đu người qua con mương hẹp. (They swung themselves across the narrow ditch.)
  • Hai chị em đu trên tấm ván. (The two sisters see-sawed on the plank.)

Advanced Usage

• "đu đưa": To swing gently; to sway.
  • Chiếc võng đu đưa trong gió. (The hammock swayed gently in the wind.)
• "đu mình": To swing one's body; to launch oneself by swinging.
  • Anh ấy đu mình từ cành này sang cành khác như một chú khỉ. (He swung himself from branch to branch like a monkey.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đánh đu (Verb Phrase): To play on a swing; to swing for fun.
  • Trẻ con thường thích đánh đu. (Children usually like to play on the swing.)
• Cái đu (Noun Phrase): The swing (specified with the classifier "cái").
• Trò chơi đu quay (Noun Phrase): A fairground swing ride; a carousel. (Note: This is a compound term listed separately as per instruction).

Synonyms

• Noun (Swing): Xích đu (more specific for a swing with chains).
• Verb (To swing): Đung đưa (to sway, often more gently), lắc lư (to sway, rock).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đu theo: To swing along with/follow something; (figuratively) to follow a trend blindly.
  • Đừng đu theo những trào lưu vô bổ. (Don't blindly follow useless trends.)
• Đu vào: To swing into (e.g., an action or a place).
  • Cầu thủ đu vào pha bóng một cách ngoạn mục. (The player swung into the play spectacularly.)

Related Idioms

• "Đu đưa như đĩa thịt": (Literally: To swing like a plate of meat) To be indecisive, to waver between choices.
  • Anh ta cứ đu đưa như đĩa thịt, không thể quyết định được. (He keeps wavering, unable to make a decision.)
• "Chơi đu với tử thần": (Literally: To play on a swing with death) To engage in extremely dangerous behavior.
  • Lái xe khi say rượu là chơi đu với tử thần. (Drunk driving is playing with death.)

noun

1. swing

verb

1. to swing ; to see-saw; to teeter