Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cultivate, to tend: To care for and nurture plants or crops through activities like watering, fertilizing, and weeding to help them grow well.
   • To nurture, to foster: Can be used metaphorically to describe the act of diligently caring for and developing something, such as a skill or a relationship.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân chăm bón ruộng lúa mỗi ngày. (The farmer tends to the rice field every day.)
  • Trồng cây nào phải chăm bón cho tốt cây ấy. (Each plant grown must be properly cultivated.)
  • Cô ấy đã chăm bón tình bạn này từ nhiều năm trước. (She has nurtured this friendship for many years.)

Advanced Usage

• "chăm bón cẩn thận": to tend carefully, to nurture diligently.
  • Muốn có hoa đẹp, bạn phải chăm bón cẩn thận. (To have beautiful flowers, you must tend to them carefully.)
• "công sức chăm bón": the effort of cultivation/tending.
  • Thành quả hôm nay là nhờ công sức chăm bón của cả gia đình. (Today's success is thanks to the nurturing effort of the whole family.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chăm sóc (verb): to care for, to look after. (Has a broader meaning, applicable to people, animals, and plants.)
• Vun trồng (verb): to cultivate, to foster. (Often used similarly to "chăm bón" but can sound more literary.)
• Bón phân (verb phrase): to fertilize. (A specific action within the process of "chăm bón".)

Synonyms

• Trồng trọt: to cultivate, to farm.
• Nuôi dưỡng: to nourish, to foster. (Often used for raising children or developing abstract things.)

Related Phrases (Verb + Object Combinations)

• Chăm bón cây cối: to tend to plants/trees.
• Chăm bón hoa màu: to cultivate crops.
• Chăm bón vườn tược: to care for a garden.

1. To cultivate, to tend
   • trồng cây nào phải chăm bón cho tốt cây ấy
     each plant grown must be properly cultivated