ghé
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Definition
- Verb:
- To drop in; to stop by: To make a brief, often unplanned visit to a place while on the way to somewhere else.
- To approach; to come near: To move closer to a specific point, object, or location.
- To lean; to tilt: To incline one's body or an object to one side, often to get closer to something or someone.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Trên đường về, tôi sẽ ghé thăm bà ngoại. (On the way home, I will drop in to visit my grandmother.)
- Con thuyền ghé vào bờ. (The boat approached the shore.)
- Cô ấy ghé người lại gần để nghe rõ hơn. (She leaned in closer to hear better.)
Advanced Usage
"ghé qua": to swing by, to stop over briefly.
- Anh ấy hứa sẽ ghé qua văn phòng lúc 3 giờ. (He promised to swing by the office at 3 o'clock.)
"ghé mắt": to glance, to cast one's eyes (towards something).
- Cậu bé ghé mắt nhìn qua khe cửa. (The boy glanced through the door crack.)
Variants and Related Words
Ghé thăm (v): to visit briefly, to pay a short visit.
- Chúng tôi chỉ ghé thăm thành phố trong một ngày. (We only visited the city for a day.)
Ghé vai (v): to put one's shoulder to (a task); literally, to lean one's shoulder in.
- Mọi người cùng ghé vai để dựng lại ngôi nhà. (Everyone put their shoulder to the task to rebuild the house.)
Synonyms
- Visit: to go to see a person or place.
- Stop: to cease moving for a short time.
- Lean: to incline or bend from a vertical position.
Related Idioms
Ghé tai: to whisper (literally, to lean into someone's ear).
- Cô giáo ghé tai nói với học sinh. (The teacher whispered to the student.)
Đi ngang không ghé: to pass by without stopping (implies a missed opportunity or a deliberate snub).
- Nhà ngay đường mà đi ngang không ghé, thật lạ! (Your house is right on the road, yet you passed by without stopping, how strange!)
verb
- to look in; to drop in
- tôi sẽ ghé lại ngày maiI shall look in again tomorrow. to come; to approach
- ghé bờto come on board