Definition

1. Verb:
   • To interrogate: To question someone thoroughly and persistently, often in a formal or intense manner, to obtain information or uncover the truth.
   • To cross-examine: To question someone closely, especially to challenge or verify their previous statements.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát đang căn vặn nghi phạm. (The police are interrogating the suspect.)
  • Thầy giáo căn vặn học sinh về lý do đi học muộn. (The teacher cross-examined the student about the reason for being late.)
  • Anh ấy bị căn vặn về mọi chi tiết trong bản báo cáo. (He was interrogated about every detail in the report.)

Advanced Usage

• "căn vặn cho ra lẽ": to interrogate until the truth/reason is revealed.
  • Người mẹ căn vặn đứa con cho ra lẽ về chiếc bình vỡ. (The mother interrogated her child to get to the bottom of the broken vase.)
• "bị căn vặn dồn dập": to be subjected to intense, rapid-fire questioning.
  • Nhân chứng bị căn vặn dồn dập bởi luật sư. (The witness was subjected to intense cross-examination by the lawyer.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chất vấn (verb): to question, to interrogate (often in a formal or public setting, e.g., in parliament).
  • Đại biểu Quốc hội chất vấn Bộ trưởng. (The National Assembly delegate questioned the Minister.)
• Tra hỏi (verb): to interrogate, to question (often implies an official investigation).
  • Công an tra hỏi tên trộm. (The police interrogated the thief.)
• Gạn hỏi (verb): to question persistently and in detail.
  • Bà ấy gạn hỏi từng người một. (She questioned each person in detail.)

Synonyms

• Hỏi cặn kẽ: to question thoroughly.
• Thẩm vấn: to interrogate (formal, often legal/security context).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a Vietnamese verb, 'căn vặn' itself does not combine with particles to form phrasal verbs in the same way English verbs do. The concept is expressed through verb + adverb/adverbial phrase constructions. - Căn vặn kỹ lưỡng: to interrogate meticulously. - Thẩm phán căn vặn kỹ lưỡng lời khai của bị cáo. (The judge interrogated the defendant's testimony meticulously.) - Căn vặn đến cùng: to interrogate to the very end. - Họ quyết tâm căn vặn đến cùng để tìm ra sự thật. (They were determined to interrogate until the very end to find the truth.)

Related Idioms

• Vặn như vặn đò: (lit. to interrogate like interrogating a ferryman) – To question someone relentlessly and persistently.
  • Ông chủ vặn tôi như vặn đò về khoản tiền thất thoát. (The boss grilled me relentlessly about the missing money.)

verb

1. To interrogate