chụm

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Definition

1. Verb:
   • To huddle, to gather closely: To bring or draw parts of the body or objects close together around a central point.
   • To concentrate, to be grouped tightly: For things like gunfire or objects to be focused or clustered in a specific area.
   • To feed (a fire), to stoke: To add fuel, such as firewood, to a fire to make it burn.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chụm chân nhảy. (Gather your feet for a jump.)
  • Mấy cái đầu cùng chụm vào nhau. (Their heads huddled together.)
  • Đạn bắn rất chụm. (The gunfire was very concentrated.)
  • Chụm thêm một thanh củi. (Feed another piece of firewood to the fire.)

Advanced Usage

• "chụm lửa": to light a fire, to start a fire.

  • Bà cụ ra vườn chụm lửa đun nước. (The old woman went to the garden to light a fire to boil water.)

• "chụm năm chụm ba": to gather in small groups (often of three or five people).

  • Các bạn học sinh chụm năm chụm ba bàn chuyện thi cử. (The students gathered in small groups to discuss the exams.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chụm lại (v): to gather together, to huddle up.
  • Trời lạnh, lũ trẻ chụm lại để sưởi ấm. (It was cold, the children huddled together to keep warm.)

Synonyms

• Huddle: to crowd together.
• Gather: to bring together.
• Concentrate: to bring or direct toward a common center.
• Stoke: to add fuel to a fire.

Related Idioms

• Chụm đầu chụm cổ: (idiomatic) to put heads together closely, often implying secretive or intense discussion.
  • Họ chụm đầu chụm cổ bàn kế hoạch. (They put their heads together to discuss the plan.)

Học thuật

verb

1. To huddle, to concentrate, to gather
   • chụm chân nhảy
     to gather one's feet for a jump
   • mấy cái đầu cùng chụm vào nhau
     their heads huddled together
   • đạn bắn rất chụm
     the fire was concentrated
2. To feed (firewood) to fire
   • chụm thêm một thanh củi
     to feed another piece of firewood
   • chụm lửa
     to light a fire