Definition

1. Verb:
   • To tilt or to dip downwards: To incline or lower one end of an object, especially the front or top part, so that it points downward.
   • To wish or to congratulate: To express good wishes, hopes, or congratulations to someone for a specific occasion or for their future.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to tilt):
  • Đầu cán cân chúc xuống. (The end of the balance beam tilted down.)
  • Máy bay chúc xuống. (The plane nosed down.)
• Verb (to wish):
  • Chúc bạn đạt nhiều thành tích. (I wish you many achievements.)
  • Chúc mừng năm mới! (Happy New Year!)

Advanced Usage

• "bắn chúc xuống": to fire in a plunging manner; to fire downwards from a height.
  • Pháo binh bắn chúc xuống vị trí địch. (The artillery fired down on the enemy position.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chúc mừng (v): to congratulate, to offer good wishes (often for a specific happy event).
  • Chúng tôi chúc mừng sinh nhật cô ấy. (We congratulated her on her birthday.)
• Chúc tụng (v): to praise, to extol (often in a religious or formal context).
  • Mọi người chúc tụng vị lãnh đạo. (The people praised the leader.)
• Chúc thư (n): a will, a testament (a legal document).
  • Ông ấy đã để lại một bản chúc thư. (He left behind a will.)

Synonyms

• To tilt: to incline, to dip, to lower.
• To wish: to congratulate, to offer good wishes, to bid (e.g., "bid farewell").

Related Idioms

• Chúc đầu chúc cổ: (idiomatic) to work diligently and with great concentration, often with one's head bent down over a task.
  • Nó chúc đầu chúc cổ học cả đêm. (He studied diligently with his head buried in books all night.)

verb

1. To tilt
   • đầu cán cân chúc xuống
     the end of the balance-beam tilted
   • máy bay chúc xuống
     the plane had its head tilted, the plane dived
2. To wish
   • chúc bạn đạt nhiều thành tích
     to wish one's friend many achievements
   • thư chúc Tết
     a New Year letter (with wishes for a Happy New Year)