Definition

1. Verb:

   • To join or connect: To physically attach or combine two or more separate parts or pieces to form a single unit.
   • To graft or transplant: In biology and medicine, to attach a piece of living tissue, a plant shoot, or an organ to another body so that it grows and integrates.
   • To attribute or impute (a charge, crime): To formally assign or add a specific accusation or fault to someone's record.

2. Adjective:

   • Compound or composite: Describing something that is formed by combining two or more distinct elements, such as a compound word.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to join):
  • Thợ mộc ghép hai tấm ván lại với nhau. (The carpenter joined the two planks together.)
• Verb (to graft):
  • Bác sĩ sẽ ghép da cho bệnh nhân bị bỏng. (The doctor will perform a skin graft for the burn patient.)
• Verb (to attribute):
  • Công tố viên ghép thêm tội danh cho bị cáo. (The prosecutor attributed an additional charge to the defendant.)
• Adjective (compound):
  • "Áo dài" là một từ ghép trong tiếng Việt. ("Áo dài" is a compound word in Vietnamese.)

Advanced Usage

• "ghép đôi": to pair up, to match into couples.
  • Giáo viên ghép đôi học sinh để làm bài tập. (The teacher paired up the students for the exercise.)
• "ghép hình": to assemble a puzzle.
  • Trẻ em thích ghép hình. (Children like assembling puzzles.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ghép nối (v): to link, to connect (often for systems or machinery).
  • Kỹ sư ghép nối hệ thống cũ với hệ thống mới. (The engineer linked the old system with the new one.)
• Cấy ghép (v): to implant, to transplant (commonly used in a medical context).
  • Ca cấy ghép nội tạng rất phức tạp. (The organ transplant surgery is very complex.)

Synonyms

• Join: to bring parts into contact or union.
• Connect: to link or fasten together.
• Graft: to insert a shoot or tissue for growth.
• Attribute: to regard something as being caused by or belonging to someone.

Related Idioms

• Ghép số lìa: This phrase is not a standard, widely-used idiom. The core word "ghép" is typically used in its literal or technical senses rather than in fixed idiomatic expressions.

verb

1. to couple; to connect; to join