gẫm
Definition
Verb: * To ponder, to contemplate, to reflect deeply: To think about something carefully and for a long time, often to understand it better or to make a decision. This is a literary or somewhat old-fashioned term in modern Vietnamese.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy ngồi một mình gẫm về ý nghĩa cuộc sống. (He sat alone pondering the meaning of life.)
- Cô gẫm lại lời nói của mẹ và thấy rất có lý. (She contemplated her mother's words and found them very reasonable.)
- Hãy gẫm kỹ trước khi đưa ra quyết định quan trọng. (Please reflect carefully before making an important decision.)
Advanced Usage
- "gẫm nghĩ": A compound verb meaning "to think deeply, to meditate on". This is a more common variant than "gẫm" alone in modern usage.
- Sau sự việc đó, ông ấy gẫm nghĩ rất nhiều. (After that incident, he thought deeply about many things.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngẫm (verb): The more common and modern form with the same meaning as "gẫm" (to ponder, to consider). "Gẫm" is considered an older or literary variant of "ngẫm".
- Tôi phải ngẫm lại vấn đề này. (I have to reconsider this issue.)
- Ngẫm nghĩ (verb): Synonymous with "gẫm nghĩ" (to think over, to reflect).
- Suy gẫm (verb): A compound meaning "to meditate, to contemplate deeply" (often with a philosophical or spiritual nuance).
- Triết gia thường suy gẫm về các vấn đề của nhân sinh. (Philosophers often meditate on the problems of human existence.)
Synonyms
- Suy nghĩ (to think): A general, common term for thinking.
- Cân nhắc (to consider, to weigh): To think carefully about different options before deciding.
- Chiêm nghiệm (to contemplate, to learn from experience): To reflect on experiences to gain insight.
Related Phrases / Idioms
- Ngẫm lại / Gẫm lại: To think back on, to reconsider.
- Anh nên ngẫm lại hành động của mình. (You should reconsider your actions.)
- (Để) ngẫm nghĩ / (Để) gẫm nghĩ: (Set aside time) to think it over.
- Hãy cho tôi vài ngày để ngẫm nghĩ. (Give me a few days to think it over.)
verb
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to ponder
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