Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cover: To spread over or occupy the surface of something, often completely.
   • To envelop: To surround or wrap something completely, often creating an atmosphere or obscuring from view.
   • To shroud: To cover and conceal, typically used for abstract concepts like mystery or silence.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mây đen bao phủ bầu trời. (Black clouds covered the sky.)
  • Tuyết bao phủ mặt đất. (Snow covered the ground.)
  • Bóng tối bao phủ thành phố. (Darkness enveloped the city.)
  • Sau hai tháng điều tra, vụ án mạng ấy vẫn bị bao phủ trong vòng bí ẩn. (After two months of investigation, that murder case remains shrouded in mystery.)

Advanced Usage

• "bao phủ lấy": To envelop or embrace something, sometimes with a protective or consuming connotation.
  • Cô ấy bao phủ lấy đứa con nhỏ để giữ ấm. (She enveloped her small child to keep him warm.)

Variants and Related Words

• Che phủ (v): To cover, to cloak. Often used interchangeably with "bao phủ," but can imply a more deliberate act of covering.

  • Tấm vải che phủ đồ đạc. (The cloth covered the furniture.)

• Phủ (v): To cover, to spread over. A simpler, more general verb.

  • Lá vàng phủ kín lối đi. (Yellow leaves covered the path.)

Synonyms

• Cover: To place something over or upon.
• Envelop: To surround completely.
• Shroud: To cover so as to conceal.
• Blanket: To cover thickly, like a blanket.

Related Idioms

• Bao phủ trong im lặng: To be enveloped in silence.

  • Căn phòng bao phủ trong im lặng sau tin đó. (The room was enveloped in silence after that news.)

• Bao phủ bởi không khí (của)...: To be enveloped by an atmosphere (of)...

  • Lễ tang được bao phủ bởi không khí trang nghiêm và thương tiếc. (The funeral was enveloped in an atmosphere of solemnity and mourning.)

verb

1. To wrap, to cover, to envelop
   • mây đen bao phủ bầu trời
     black clouds wrapped the sky
   • tuyết bao phủ mặt đất
     snow covered the ground
   • sau hai tháng điều tra, vụ án mạng ấy vẫn nằm (vẫn bị bao phủ) trong vòng bí ẩn
     after two months of investigation, that murder continues being enveloped in mystery