Definition

1. Noun:
   • A container for carrying or storing items: A "giỏ" is a container, typically woven from materials like bamboo, rattan, or wicker, with a cylindrical or rounded shape, high sides, a narrow opening, and a handle (quai) for carrying.
   • A measure of quantity: Informally, "giỏ" can refer to the amount of something that fills such a basket.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bà tôi đi chợ với một giỏ tre đan. (My grandmother goes to the market with a woven bamboo basket.)
  • Anh ấy bắt được một giỏ cá. (He caught a basket of fish.)
  • Giỏ nhà ai, quai nhà nấy. (Proverb: Literally "Whose basket, its handle belongs to that house," meaning "Like father, like son.")

Advanced Usage

• "giỏ hoa": A specific type of basket for holding flowers; a flower basket.
  • Cô ấy nhận được một giỏ hoa rất đẹp. (She received a very beautiful flower basket.)
• "giỏ ấm": A basket used for keeping a teapot warm (a shortened form).
  • Đặt ấm trà vào trong giỏ ấm. (Put the teapot into the tea cozy basket.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rổ: Another type of basket, often with a wider, more open weave.
• Làn: A basket, often with a lid or a specific shape for market use.
• Sọt: A large, often coarse, basket or crate.

Synonyms

• Basket: The general English equivalent.
• Hamper: A large basket, often with a lid, used for storage or carrying food.
• Pannier: One of a pair of baskets carried on the sides of a bicycle or animal.

Related Idioms and Proverbs

• Giỏ nhà ai, quai nhà nấy: A proverb meaning "Like father, like son" or "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree," emphasizing inherited traits or family resemblance.

noun

1. basket
   • giỏ hoa
     flower basket