cầu
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
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.
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.
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 và cầu chi phối thị trường. (The law of supply and demand governs the market.)
Verb:
- Bà 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 có 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."
- Cô 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 cô 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 là khẩu cầu, chưa có 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.)
noun
- Ball
- tung hứng cầuto juggle with balls
- Shuttlecock (sent forth and back by kicks)
- Demand
- sự cân đối giữa cung và cầua balance between demand and supply
- Bridge
- cầu bắc qua sônga bridge built across a river
- Enlightening experience
- Đoạn trường ai có qua cầu mới haysuch a heart-cutting pain is an enlightening experience one should go through to know