Definition

1. Verb:
   • To provide for: To supply the necessary means for living, especially financial support, to someone who is dependent. It implies a regular or ongoing responsibility to ensure another person's basic needs are met.
   • To subsidize / To maintain: To furnish with a regular allowance or the essentials for sustenance and livelihood.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông bà chu cấp cho đứa cháu mồ côi. (The grandparents provide for their orphaned grandchild.)
  • Công ty chu cấp tiền nhà cho nhân viên ở xa. (The company provides a housing allowance for employees living far away.)
  • Bố mẹ anh ấy vẫn chu cấp cho anh khi anh còn học đại học. (His parents still provided for him while he was in university.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "chu cấp" often carries a formal or legal connotation, used in contexts of alimony, child support, or institutional support.
  • Theo phán quyết của tòa, người chồng phải chu cấp cho vợ con. (According to the court's ruling, the husband must provide for his wife and children.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiền chu cấp (n): Allowance, maintenance payment, subsidy.
  • Tiền chu cấp hàng tháng được gửi đều đặn. (The monthly allowance is sent regularly.)

Synonyms

• Provide for: To support financially.
• Support: To provide with necessities or funds.
• Maintain: To provide with means of subsistence.
• Subsidize: To pay part of the cost of support.

Related Idioms

• While "chu cấp" itself is not typically part of idioms, it is central to phrases describing familial or legal duty.
  • Chu cấp đầy đủ: to provide fully/adequately.
  • Nghĩa vụ chu cấp: the duty/obligation to provide.

verb

1. To provide for
   • chu cấp cho đứa cháu mồ côi
     to provide for an orphan nephew
   • tiền chu cấp
     provide money, maintenance allowance