Definition

1. Verb:
   • To unload; to discharge: The primary meaning of "dỡ" is to remove goods, cargo, or materials from a vehicle, ship, or other means of transport.
   • To take apart; to dismantle: "Dỡ" can mean to disassemble or take something apart piece by piece, such as a structure or a pile of items.
   • To scoop out (food): In a domestic context, "dỡ" refers to the action of scooping or transferring cooked food, like rice or sticky rice, from its cooking pot.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công nhân đang dỡ hàng từ tàu. (Workers are unloading goods from the ship.)
  • Họ phải dỡ ngôi nhà cũ để xây mới. (They had to dismantle the old house to build a new one.)
  • Mẹ tôi dỡ xôi ra đĩa. (My mother scooped the sticky rice onto a plate.)

Advanced Usage

• "dỡ bỏ": to remove, to dismantle (often used for structures or regulations).
  • Thành phố quyết định dỡ bỏ tòa nhà xuống cấp. (The city decided to demolish the dilapidated building.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dỡ hàng (v): to unload goods (a specific compound).
  • Xe tải đỗ lại để dỡ hàng. (The truck stopped to unload the goods.)

Synonyms

• Unload: to remove a load or cargo.
• Dismantle: to take apart.
• Scoop: to lift and move with a scooping motion.

Related Idioms

• Dỡ khoai, dỡ sắn: This idiom, literally "to unload potatoes, to unload cassava," can colloquially describe the tedious process of handling or dealing with a troublesome or burdensome situation piece by piece.
  • Công việc này cứ như dỡ khoai, dỡ sắn vậy. (This work is just like a tedious, piecemeal chore.)

verb

1. to unload; to dischage from a ship
   • dỡ hàng
     to unload goods
2. To unroof