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cầu

Một chiếc cầu bắc qua dòng sông nhỏ.

Definition
  1. Noun:

    • Bridge: A structure built to span and provide passage over a physical obstacle like a river, road, or valley.
    • Ball: A spherical object used in games, sports, or as a toy.
    • Shuttlecock: A traditional toy, often made with a small weight and feathers or paper, kicked or kept in the air using the feet.
    • Demand: (Economics) The desire and ability to purchase goods or services at a given price.
  2. Verb:

    • To pray / to beseech: To earnestly ask or request, often from a divine or higher power.
    • To wish for / to desire: To express a strong hope or want for something.
    • To seek / to resort to: To go to someone or something for help, advice, or a solution.
  3. Adjective:

    • Spherical: Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:

    • Cây cầu bắc qua sông Hồng rất đẹp. (The bridge spanning the Red River is very beautiful.)
    • Đứa trẻ đang chơi với quả cầu. (The child is playing with the ball.)
    • Họ đang thi đá cầu. (They are having a shuttlecock kicking competition.)
    • Luật cung cầu chi phối thị trường. (The law of supply and demand governs the market.)
  • Verb:

    • tôi thường lên chùa cầu an. (My grandmother often goes to the temple to pray for peace.)
    • Tôi chỉ cầu mong mọi người được bình an. (I only wish for everyone's safety.)
    • Bệnh nặng quá, phải cầu đến bác sĩ giỏi. (The illness is too severe; we must seek a skilled doctor.)
  • Adjective:

    • Trái đất hình cầu. (The Earth has a spherical shape.)
Advanced Usage
  • "cầu được ước thấy": An idiom meaning "to have one's wishes come true" or "to get everything one wishes for."

    • ấy cầu được ước thấy trong năm mới. (She got everything she wished for in the new year.)
  • "cầu hôn": To propose marriage.

    • Anh ấy cầu hôn ấy dưới ánh trăng. (He proposed to her under the moonlight.)
  • "cầu cứu": To call for help, to send an SOS.

    • Con tàu gửi tín hiệu cầu cứu. (The ship sent a distress signal.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Cầu lông (n): The sport of badminton; also refers to the badminton shuttlecock.

    • Chúng tôi chơi cầu lông mỗi chiều. (We play badminton every afternoon.)
  • Cầu thủ (n): Player (especially in ball sports like football).

    • Cầu thủ đó ghi bàn thắng đẹp. (That player scored a beautiful goal.)
  • Cầu nguyện (v): To pray (often with a religious connotation).

    • Họ cầu nguyện trước bữa ăn. (They pray before the meal.)
  • Khẩu cầu (n): Verbal demand or request.

    • Đó chỉ khẩu cầu, chưa văn bản chính thức. (That is just a verbal request, not an official document.)
Synonyms
  • Bridge: Viaduct, overpass.
  • Ball: Sphere, orb.
  • To pray: To implore, to supplicate.
  • To wish: To hope, to desire.
  • Spherical: Round, globular.
Related Idioms
  • Ăn không cầu no, ở không cầu yên: An idiom describing a state of contentment, not demanding fullness when eating or absolute peace when staying.
  • Bắc cầu kiều: To build a bridge; figuratively, to act as a mediator or facilitator.
    • Ông ấy bắc cầu kiều cho hai công ty hợp tác. (He facilitated the cooperation between the two companies.)
cầu

Một chiếc cầu bắc qua dòng sông nhỏ.

noun
  1. Ball
    • tung hứng cầu
      to juggle with balls
  2. Shuttlecock (sent forth and back by kicks)
  3. Demand
    • sự cân đối giữa cung cầu
      a balance between demand and supply
  4. Bridge
    • cầu bắc qua sông
      a bridge built across a river
  5. Enlightening experience
    • Đoạn trường ai qua cầu mới hay
      such a heart-cutting pain is an enlightening experience one should go through to know