bài
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Definition
Noun:
- A written or composed work: A complete, self-contained piece of writing or composition, such as an essay, article, or poem.
- A lesson or unit of study: A distinct section of material to be taught or learned in an educational or training program.
- A prescribed set of medicinal ingredients: A formula or recipe for a traditional herbal remedy, specifying the ingredients and their proportions.
- A playing card: One of a set of rectangular pieces of stiff paper used in card games.
- A course of action, a method, a trick: A plan, strategy, or way of handling a situation.
Verb (archaic/idiomatic):
- To oppose, to reject: To be against something or to eliminate it.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Written work):
- Cô ấy viết một bài luận rất hay. (She wrote a very good essay.)
- Tôi đọc một bài báo về kinh tế. (I read an article about economics.)
- Noun (Lesson):
- Hôm nay chúng ta học bài mới. (Today we are learning a new lesson.)
- Giáo viên giao bài tập về nhà. (The teacher assigned homework.)
- Noun (Medicine):
- Ông lang có bài thuốc gia truyền chữa đau lưng. (The herbalist has a family recipe for a backache remedy.)
- Noun (Playing card):
- Anh ấy rút một bài từ bộ bài. (He drew a card from the deck.)
- Họ thích chơi bài vào cuối tuần. (They like to play cards on weekends.)
- Noun (Course of action):
- Hắn tính bài chuồn ngay từ đầu. (He planned the trick of fleeing from the very beginning.)
- Trong tình huống đó, chỉ còn bài im lặng. (In that situation, the only course of action left was to keep silent.)
- Verb (To oppose):
- Tư tưởng bài ngoại là có hại. (Xenophobic ideology is harmful.)
Advanced Usage
- "đánh bài":
- Literally means "to strike/hit cards," it is the common phrase for "to play cards."
- Cả gia đình quây quần đánh bài. (The whole family gathers to play cards.)
- "đánh bài lờ":
- An idiom meaning "to play the ignorant/dumb card," i.e., to pretend not to know or notice something.
- Anh ta đánh bài lờ khi tôi hỏi về chuyện đó. (He played dumb when I asked about that matter.)
- "tính bài":
- Means "to calculate a plan/method," to figure out a course of action.
- Chúng ta phải tính bài cẩn thận trước khi hành động. (We must carefully calculate our plan before acting.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bài vở (n): Colloquial term referring to schoolwork, lessons, or study materials.
- Học sinh có quá nhiều bài vở. (The students have too much schoolwork.)
- Bài bản (n): Refers to a proper method, pattern, or established procedure, often in arts or crafts.
- Cô ấy hát có bài bản. (She sings with proper technique/method.)
- Bài trí (v): To arrange, to decorate (a space).
- Họ bài trí căn phòng thật đẹp. (They decorated the room beautifully.)
- Bài ngoại (adj/verb): To be anti-foreign, xenophobic.
- Bài trừ (v): To eliminate, to eradicate (often negative things like social evils).
Synonyms
- Tác phẩm: Work, composition (for a written/artistic work).
- Bài học: Lesson (for an educational unit).
- Đơn thuốc: Prescription (for a modern medical prescription; "bài thuốc" is more traditional/herbal).
- Quân bài: Playing card (specifically a card in a game).
- Kế, phương án: Plan, scheme (for a course of action).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Chia bài: To deal cards.
- Đến lượt ai chia bài? (Whose turn is it to deal the cards?)
- Xào bài: To shuffle cards.
- Trước khi chơi, phải xào bài kỹ. (Before playing, you must shuffle the cards thoroughly.)
- Tính bài chuồn: To plan/calculate a way to escape or slip away.
- Thấy không khí căng thẳng, nó tính bài chuồn. (Seeing the tense atmosphere, he planned his escape.)
Related Idioms
- "Có bài bản": To be methodical, to do things in a proper, systematic way.
- Anh thợ làm việc rất có bài bản. (The craftsman works very methodically.)
- "Lật bài ngửa": To reveal one's hand/cards (literally and figuratively), to show one's true intentions or situation.
- Đã đến lúc phải lật bài ngửa. (It's time to show our hand/reveal the truth.)
noun
- Tag, tablet
- Card, card-game
- đánh bàito play cards
- cỗ bàipack of cards
- Resort, course of action
- "chiến, hoà, sắp sẵn hai bài"war or peace, both courses of action are open
- đánh bài lờto turn a deaf ear and blind eye to it
- tính bài chuồnto consider flight as the only resort
- Lesson
- bài lịch sửhistory lesson