cẩn thận
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Definition
Adjective:
- Careful: Showing attention to detail, avoiding harm, error, or risk. It describes a person's character, manner, or the way an action is performed.
- Thorough: Done with great attention to completeness and accuracy.
- Prudent: Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.
Adverb:
- Carefully: In a way that deliberately avoids potential problems or dangers.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Cô ấy là một người rất cẩn thận. (She is a very careful person.)
- Anh ấy có phong cách làm việc cẩn thận. (He has a careful style of work.)
- Hãy tính toán cẩn thận trước khi quyết định. (Make careful calculations before deciding.)
Adverb:
- Lái xe cẩn thận trên đường trơn. (Drive carefully on the slippery road.)
- Cẩn thận, kẻo ngã! (Be careful, or you might fall!)
Advanced Usage
- Used as a standalone warning or imperative: "Cẩn thận!" directly translates to "Be careful!" or "Watch out!"
- Cẩn thận với con chó đó. (Be careful with that dog.)
Variants and Related Words
Thận trọng (adj/adv): Cautious, circumspect; often implies hesitation and deliberation to avoid risk.
- Nhà đầu tư cần thận trọng trong thời kỳ suy thoái. (Investors need to be cautious during a recession.)
Kỹ lưỡng (adj): Meticulous, thorough; emphasizes painstaking attention to every detail.
- Cô ấy chuẩn bị bài thuyết trình rất kỹ lưỡng. (She prepared the presentation very meticulously.)
Synonyms
- Careful: Attentive to potential danger or error.
- Thorough: Exhaustively complete.
- Meticulous: Showing great attention to detail.
- Prudent: Wise and judicious in practical matters.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Cẩn thận tắc vô ưu: A proverb meaning "Being careful brings no worry" or "Carefulness prevents future troubles," similar to "Better safe than sorry."
- Anh luôn kiểm tra mọi thứ hai lần, đúng là cẩn thận tắc vô ưu. (He always checks everything twice; it's true that being careful brings no worry.)
Ăn nói cẩn thận: To speak carefully or watch one's words.
- Trong cuộc họp quan trọng, bạn phải ăn nói cẩn thận. (In an important meeting, you must speak carefully.)
adj
- Careful
- tác phong cẩn thậna careful style of work
- tính toán cẩn thậnto make careful calculations
- cẩn thận, kẻo ngãtake care, you may fall