Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bump lightly; to tap: To make gentle contact with something, often producing a soft sound. Commonly used for the friendly touching of glasses before drinking.
   • To knock lightly; to nudge: To hit or push something gently, usually with a rounded object or body part like the head or elbow.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mọi người nâng ly và cụng với nhau. (Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them together.)
  • Đứa bé cụng đầu vào cửa kính. (The child bumped his head lightly on the glass door.)
  • Anh ấy cụng khuỷu tay vào tôi để ra hiệu. (He nudged me with his elbow to signal.)

Advanced Usage

• "cụng ly": to clink glasses; a specific ritual of tapping glasses together in a toast.
  • Chúng tôi cụng ly để chúc mừng. (We clinked glasses to celebrate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cụng đầu (v): to bump heads together, often playfully or affectionately.
  • Hai đứa trẻ cụng đầu với nhau và cười. (The two children bumped heads and laughed.)

Synonyms

• Tap: to strike lightly.
• Nudge: to push gently, usually with the elbow.
• Clink: to make a light, sharp sound by striking glass or metal.

Related Idioms

• Cụng ly chúc sức khỏe: to clink glasses and toast to good health.
  • Trong bữa tiệc, mọi người thường cụng ly chúc sức khỏe. (At the party, people often clink glasses to toast to good health.)