Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Footwear, shoes and clogs: A general term for footwear, particularly referring to shoes and wooden clogs. It often implies simple, traditional, or everyday footwear.
   • Shoes (specifically): Can refer specifically to shoes, especially those with a short toe made of rawhide and a sole made of wood or bamboo, as per the traditional Vietnamese definition.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời mưa, nhớ mang giày guốc vào. (It's raining, remember to wear your shoes.)
  • Cô ấy có một tủ đầy giày guốc. (She has a closet full of footwear.)
  • Ngày xưa, người dân thường đi giày guốc bằng gỗ. (In the past, people often wore wooden clogs.)

Advanced Usage

• "giày guốc dép dẹp": A rhyming phrase used to refer to all kinds of footwear in a casual, collective manner.
  • Cứ về nhà là nó vứt giày guốc dép dẹp lung tung. (Whenever he gets home, he throws his shoes and sandals around everywhere.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giày (n): Shoe. A more common and specific term for shoes.
• Guốc (n): Clog, wooden sandal. A type of footwear with a wooden sole.
• Dép (n): Sandal, flip-flop.
• Giày dép (n): Footwear, shoes. A more modern and common compound term for shoes/footwear.

Synonyms

• Giày dép: Footwear, shoes.
• Đồ đi chân: Footwear (literal: things to wear on feet).

Related Phrases

• Đi giày guốc: To wear shoes/footwear.
  • Trong nhà không nên đi giày guốc. (You shouldn't wear shoes inside the house.)

Related Idioms

• Chưa đủ giày guốc để đi: An idiom meaning someone is not yet mature or experienced enough for something (literally: not having enough shoes to wear).
  • Nó còn non lắm, chưa đủ giày guốc để đi làm việc đó đâu. (He's still too young and inexperienced, not yet ready for that job.)