chôn

Thân thiện

Một người nông dân chôn hạt giống xuống đất.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bury: To place a dead body, an object, or something abstract into the ground and cover it with earth.
   • To plant / to set firmly: To fix something, like a post or stake, deeply into the ground so it stands upright.
   • To hide / to conceal: To secret something away, often by putting it underground.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ sẽ chôn người quá cố vào sáng mai. (They will bury the deceased tomorrow morning.)
  • Chúng tôi cần chôn những cọc này thật chắc. (We need to plant these stakes very firmly.)
  • Hắn ta chôn số vàng trong vườn. (He hid the gold in the garden.)

Advanced Usage

• "chôn chân": To be stuck or rooted to a spot (often figuratively).

  • Cô ấy chôn chân tại công ty cũ suốt mười năm. (She was stuck at her old company for ten years.)

• "chôn vùi": To bury deeply; to overwhelm (often used figuratively for emotions or ruins).

  • Cơn buồn chôn vùi anh ta. (The grief overwhelmed him.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chôn cất (v): To inter, to bury (specifically for a funeral).

  • Lễ chôn cất sẽ diễn ra tại nghĩa trang. (The burial will take place at the cemetery.)

• Sống chôn (phr): A metaphorical phrase implying a stagnant, buried-alive existence.

  • Căn bệnh khiến anh ấy sống chôn trong nhà. (The illness made him live buried alive in his house.)

Synonyms

• Inter: To place a corpse in a grave or tomb.
• Entomb: To deposit in a tomb.
• Embed: To fix firmly in a surrounding mass (similar to "plant").
• Conceal: To keep something secret or hidden.

Related Idioms

• Chôn nhau cắt rốn: Refers to one's birthplace or native land (literally: where the umbilical cord is buried).

  • Đây là mảnh đất chôn nhau cắt rốn của tôi. (This is my native land.)

• Chôn sống: To bury alive.

  • Câu chuyện kể về kẻ bị chôn sống. (The story is about someone who was buried alive.)

Học thuật

verb

1. To bury, to fix in the ground
   • chôn cột
     to fix a stake in the ground
   • chôn của
     to bury valuables
   • người chết chưa chôn
     a dead person waiting to be buried
   • nơi chôn nhau cắt rốn
     native place, birthplace