cất
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Definition
- Verb:
- To lift, to raise: To move something to a higher position or elevation.
- To build, to erect: To construct a building or structure.
- To put away, to store: To place something in a safe or designated location for keeping.
- To start, to begin (an action): To initiate a movement or sound.
- To distill: To purify a liquid by heating it to create vapor and then cooling the vapor to collect the purified liquid.
- To remove, to take off: To take something off or away, often from a person or a surface.
- To cease, to stop (of an illness or condition): For a fever or pain to subside or end.
Usage Examples
- To lift:
- Cất gánh lên vai. (To lift a load onto one's shoulder.)
- Lòng nhẹ nhõm như vừa cất được gánh nặng. (To feel light in one's heart as if a weight had been lifted from it.)
- To build:
- Cất nhà. (To build a house.)
- To store:
- Cất tiền vào tủ. (To put money in the safe.)
- To start (a sound/movement):
- Cất tiếng gọi. (To raise one's voice and call.)
- Ngựa cất vó. (The horse lifts its hoof [to start running].)
- To distill:
- Cất rượu. (To distill alcohol.)
- To remove:
- Cất mũ. (To take off one's hat.)
- To cease:
- Cơn sốt đã cất. (The fever has subsided.)
Advanced Usage
- "cất bước": To take a step, to set off.
- Anh ấy cất bước lên đường. (He set off on his journey.)
- "cất cánh": To take off (for an airplane).
- Máy bay chuẩn bị cất cánh. (The airplane is preparing for takeoff.)
- "cất chức": To dismiss someone from a position.
- Ông ta bị cất chức. (He was dismissed from his post.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nước cất (n): Distilled water.
- Phòng thí nghiệm dùng nước cất. (The laboratory uses distilled water.)
- Buôn cất / Bán cất (v): To trade in wholesale quantities.
- Họ chuyên buôn cất hàng điện tử. (They specialize in wholesale electronic goods.)
Synonyms
- To lift: To raise, to hoist.
- To build: To construct, to erect.
- To store: To put away, to keep.
- To start: To begin, to initiate.
- To distill: To purify, to refine.
- To remove: To take off, to take away.
- To cease: To stop, to subside.
Related Idioms
- Lòng như vừa cất được gánh nặng: To feel as if a great burden has been lifted from one's mind/heart.
- Nghe tin ấy, lòng cô như vừa cất được gánh nặng. (Hearing that news, she felt as if a great burden had been lifted.)
- Cất được nỗi lo: To have a worry lifted.
- Giải quyết xong việc, anh ấy mới cất được nỗi lo. (Only after resolving the matter did he have his worry lifted.)
verb
- To lift, to raise
- cất lướito lift a net
- cất gánh lên vaito lift a load onto one's shoulder
- cất cao đầuto lift one's head high
- cất tiếng gọito raise one's voice and call
- tiếng hát cất caoa singing voice was raised high
- lòng nhẹ nhõm như vừa cất được gánh nặngto feel light in one's heart as if a weight had been lifted from it
- cất được nỗi lothe weight of worry has been lifted
- cất nhà