Definition

1. Verb:

   • To pound; to grind; to crush: The primary meaning of "giã" is to process something by repeatedly striking or crushing it with a heavy tool, like a pestle in a mortar. This is used for food items like rice or spices.
   • To beat; to thrash (colloquial): In informal speech, "giã" can mean to hit or beat someone severely.
   • To bid farewell; to leave (literary): In a more literary or poetic context, "giã" means to take leave or say goodbye.

2. Verb (extended usage):

   • To bleach (fabric): A specific usage referring to the process of pounding fabric to make it whiter or softer.
   • To neutralize (chemistry): In scientific contexts, it can mean to neutralize a substance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân giã gạo trong cối. (The farmer pounds rice in a mortar.)
  • Nó bị giã một trận đòn. (He got a severe beating.)
  • Nàng buồn bã giã từ người yêu. (She sadly bid farewell to her lover.)
  • Trước khi dệt, họ phải giã vải cho trắng. (Before weaving, they must pound the fabric to whiten it.)

Advanced Usage

• "giã từ": to bid farewell, to say goodbye (a more formal or poetic compound).

  • Ông ấy giã từ sự nghiệp chính trị. (He bid farewell to his political career.)

• "giã bạn": (literary) to part from a friend.

  • Giã bạn lên đường, lòng đầy lưu luyến. (Parting from a friend to embark on the journey, his heart was full of nostalgia.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giã gạo (v): to pound rice (to remove the husk).

  • Công việc giã gạo ngày xưa rất vất vả. (The work of pounding rice in the old days was very hard.)

• Giã giò (v): to pound meat (to make sausage or forcemeat).

  • Giã giò là một kỹ thuật quan trọng trong ẩm thực. (Pounding meat is an important technique in cuisine.)

Synonyms

• Pound: to strike heavily and repeatedly.
• Crush: to press or squeeze with force to break into small pieces.
• Bid farewell: to say goodbye.
• Beat: to hit repeatedly.

Related Idioms

• Giã gạo ba gian đổ lấy một lồng: (Proverb) To put in immense effort for a small result; the work is not proportional to the gain.

  • Dự án đó như giã gạo ba gian đổ lấy một lồng. (That project is like pounding rice in three rooms to get just one basket.)

• Giã nợ đời: (Idiomatic) To be done with life's debts or struggles; to pass away.

  • Cụ già ấy đã giã nợ đời ở tuổi chín mươi. (That old man has passed away at the age of ninety.)

verb

1. to grind; to bray; to crush

verb

1. to neutralize