Definition

1. Verb:

   • To concern, to relate to, to have a bearing on: Indicates a connection or relevance between things, where one thing affects or is pertinent to another.
   • To involve: To include or affect someone or something as a necessary part.

2. Adjective:

   • Important, significant, momentous: Describes an issue, matter, or affair that is of great consequence or seriousness.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Vấn đề này can hệ đến nhiều người. (This issue concerns a lot of people.)
  • Quyết định can hệ trực tiếp đến tương lai của công ty. (The decision directly affects the company's future.)

• Adjective:

  • Đây là một việc can hệ, cần phải thận trọng. (This is a momentous matter that requires caution.)
  • Họ không nhận ra tính chất can hệ của sự kiện. (They did not realize the event's important nature.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "can hệ" is considered formal and is more commonly found in written language, official contexts, or serious discourse rather than in casual conversation.
• It often carries a weight of gravity, implying that the connection or the matter itself is not trivial.

Variants and Related Words

• Liên can (v): to be involved, to be implicated. Often used in legal or investigative contexts.

  • Bị cáo liên can đến nhiều vụ án. (The defendant is involved in many cases.)

• Hệ trọng (adj): crucial, of great importance. A close synonym to the adjectival use of "can hệ".

  • Một quyết định hệ trọng. (A crucial decision.)

Synonyms

• Verb: Concern, affect, involve, pertain to, relate to.
• Adjective: Important, significant, crucial, momentous, consequential.

Related Idioms

• Can hệ tới lợi ích chung: To concern the common interest.

  • Mọi chính sách đều can hệ tới lợi ích chung. (Every policy concerns the common interest.)

• Việc can hệ quốc gia đại sự: A matter of national importance.

  • Đàm phán hòa bình là việc can hệ quốc gia đại sự. (Peace negotiations are a matter of national importance.)

verb

1. To concern, to affect
   • vấn đề can hệ đến nhiều người
     the matter concerns a lot of people

adj

1. Momentous, important
   • việc can hệ thế mà không biết
     not to know such a momentous matter