Definition

1. Verb:
   • To wash (specifically the hair or head): The primary meaning of "gội" is to cleanse the hair and scalp with water and often a cleaning agent like shampoo.
   • To bathe or cleanse (in a poetic/literary sense): It can be used metaphorically to describe being immersed in or cleansed by a natural element like rain or wind.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy gội đầu mỗi ngày. (She washes her hair every day.)
  • Tôi thích gội bằng nước ấm. (I like to wash my hair with warm water.)
  • Gội gió dầm mưa. (To be exposed to wind and rain / To live a hard life.)

Advanced Usage

• "gội rửa": to wash clean, to cleanse (often used figuratively for spiritual or emotional cleansing).
  • Cơn mưa như gội rửa cả thành phố. (The rain seemed to wash the whole city clean.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gội đầu (v): to shampoo, to wash one's hair. This is the most common compound phrase.
  • Mẹ tôi đang gội đầu. (My mother is shampooing her hair.)

Synonyms

• To shampoo: to wash the hair with a specific cleaning product.
• To cleanse: to make thoroughly clean (more general or poetic).

Related Idioms

• Gội gió dầm mưa: Literally "to be washed by the wind and soaked by the rain." It idiomatically describes a life of hardship, toiling outdoors exposed to the elements.
  • Cuộc đời của người nông dân ngày xưa là gội gió dầm mưa. (The life of a farmer in the old days was one of great hardship and exposure.)

verb

1. to wash
   • gội đầu
     to shampoo one's hair