chung
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Adjective:
- Common, shared, public: Belonging to or used by all members of a group; not private or individual.
- General, overall: Relating to the main or most important aspects of something; not specific or detailed.
- Same, together: Used to indicate that an action, state, or location is shared or joint.
Verb:
- To share: To have or use something jointly with another or others.
- To pool, to contribute: To combine resources, such as money or effort, for a common purpose.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Lợi ích chung (Common interest)
- Nói chung, dự án rất thành công. (Generally speaking, the project is very successful.)
- Họ ở chung một căn hộ. (They live together in one apartment.)
Verb:
- Hai gia đình chung một sân sau. (The two families share a backyard.)
- Chúng tôi chung tiền để mua quà. (We pooled money to buy a gift.)
Advanced Usage
"chung chung": (Adjective/Adverb) Vague, general, non-specific.
- Câu trả lời của anh ấy rất chung chung. (His answer was very vague.)
"chung thủy": (Adjective) Faithful, loyal (especially in marriage or relationships).
- Một người bạn đời chung thủy. (A faithful spouse.)
Variants and Related Words
Chung sống (v): To live together, to cohabit.
- Hai nước chung sống hòa bình. (The two countries coexist peacefully.)
Chung sức (v): To join efforts, to combine strength.
- Mọi người chung sức để hoàn thành công việc. (Everyone joined efforts to complete the work.)
Chung cuộc (n): The end, the final result (especially in competitions).
- Chung cuộc, đội A giành chiến thắng. (In the end, team A won.)
Synonyms
- Common: Public, shared, collective.
- General: Overall, universal, broad.
- Together: Jointly, collectively.
Related Idioms
Chung lưng đấu cật: To stand back-to-back; to unite closely and support each other in facing difficulties.
- Cả làng chung lưng đấu cật chống lại lũ. (The whole village stood together to fight the flood.)
Của chung: Common property; something that belongs to the community.
- Công viên là của chung. (The park is public property.)
adj
- Common, public
- của chungcommon property, public property
- kẻ thù chunga common enemy
- đặt lợi ích chung lên trên lợi ích riêngto place common interests above personal interests
- General, basic, fundamental
- lý luận chung về một môn khoa họcthe general theory of a science
- đường lối chung và chính sách cụ thểa general line and concrete policies
- nói chunggenerally speaking
- Same
- ở chung một nhà