Definition

1. Verb:
   • (dialectal; colloquial) To gather closely together, to huddle: "dụm" describes the action of people or things coming together into a small, tight group, often for warmth, conversation, or shared purpose.
   • (dialectal; colloquial) To assemble, to collect (into a group): It can also mean to bring things or people together into one place or group.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Trời lạnh, bọn trẻ dụm lại bên đống lửa. (It's cold, the children huddle up by the fire.)
  • Mọi người dụm tiền lại để mua một món quà chung. (Everyone pooled their money together to buy a common gift.)
  • Họ dụm đầu lại thì thầm bàn chuyện. (They huddled their heads together to whisper and discuss the matter.)

Advanced Usage

• "dụm đầu": to put heads together (literally and figuratively), to huddle closely to talk privately.
  • Nhóm lập trình viên dụm đầu lại để fix bug. (The programmers huddled together to fix the bug.)
• "dụm vốn": to pool capital/resources.
  • Hai công ty dụm vốn để đầu tư vào dự án mới. (The two companies pooled their capital to invest in a new project.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tụm (verb): A more standard/colloquial synonym meaning to gather, to cluster. "Dụm" is often considered a regional variant of "tụm".
  • Tụm năm tụm ba (idiom): To gather in small groups of three or five.
• Tụ họp (verb): To assemble, to convene (more formal than "dụm").
• Quây quần (verb): To gather around, to sit together in a cozy, familial way.

Synonyms

• Tụ tập: to gather, to assemble (can have a neutral or slightly negative connotation).
• Túm tụm: to huddle, to gather in a small, tight group (similar to "dụm").
• Họp lại: to gather, to meet.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Dụm lại: to huddle up, to gather together. This is the most common phrasal form.
  • Xe hỏng giữa đường, mọi người phải dụm lại đẩy. (The car broke down in the middle of the road, everyone had to gather together to push it.)

Related Idioms

• (Không commonly an idiom itself, but used in descriptive phrases) The action of "dụm lại" often implies intimacy, secrecy, or cooperation within a small group, as seen in examples like "dụm đầu bàn chuyện" (to huddle and discuss matters).

1. (địa phương; khẩu ngữ) Assemble in a group, huddle up
   • Ngồi dụm lại
     To sit in a group, to sit hudding up