Definition

1. Verb:
   • To vote: The primary meaning of "bỏ phiếu" is to formally express one's choice or opinion in an election, referendum, or other decision-making process, typically by marking a ballot paper or using another designated method.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công dân cần đi bỏ phiếu để thực hiện quyền dân chủ. (Citizens need to go vote to exercise their democratic rights.)
  • Cuộc họp sẽ quyết định bằng cách bỏ phiếu kín. (The meeting will decide by secret ballot.)
  • Bà ấy đã bỏ phiếu cho ứng viên trẻ nhất. (She voted for the youngest candidate.)

Advanced Usage

• "bỏ phiếu tín nhiệm": to vote of confidence.

  • Quốc hội tiến hành bỏ phiếu tín nhiệm đối với các chức danh do mình bầu. (The National Assembly conducted a vote of confidence for the positions it elected.)

• "bỏ phiếu trắng": to cast a blank vote; to submit a ballot without marking a choice, often as a protest or expression of no confidence in the options.

  • Một số cử tri chọn bỏ phiếu trắng. (Some voters chose to cast a blank vote.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bầu cử (v/n): to elect; election. This is the broader process, while "bỏ phiếu" is the specific act of casting a ballot.

  • Ngày bầu cử đã được ấn định. (Election day has been set.)

• Lá phiếu (n): ballot, vote (the physical ballot paper or the choice itself).

  • Mỗi cử tri chỉ có một lá phiếu. (Each voter has only one ballot.)

• Ủng hộ (v): to support. This is a general term for support, not the formal act of voting.

  • Họ ủng hộ chính sách mới. (They support the new policy.)

Synonyms

• Vote: to express a formal choice.
• Cast a ballot: to submit a vote.
• Go to the polls: to go to a voting place to vote.

Related Idioms

• Đi bỏ phiếu: to go (and) vote. This is a common phrase emphasizing the action of going to the polling station.
  • Tỷ lệ đi bỏ phiếu rất cao trong cuộc bầu cử này. (The voter turnout was very high in this election.)

verb

1. To go to the polls
   • bỏ phiếu cho người xứng đáng
     to vote for the truly representative people