Definition

1. Verb:
   • To urge, to press, to hasten: To encourage or push someone to act more quickly or to complete something sooner. It conveys a sense of impatience or the need for prompt action.
   • To nag, to prod: To repeatedly and persistently remind or encourage someone to do something.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mẹ giục giã tôi học bài. (My mother urged me to study.)
  • Anh ấy luôn giục giã đồng nghiệp hoàn thành báo cáo. (He is always pressing his colleagues to finish the report.)
  • Đừng giục giã tôi, tôi sẽ làm xong sớm thôi. (Don't nag me, I will finish it soon.)

Advanced Usage

• "giục giã ai đó làm gì": to urge/press someone to do something.

  • Cô ấy giục giã tôi đưa ra quyết định. (She urged me to make a decision.)

• "tiếng giục giã": a sense of urgency, a pressing call.

  • Trong thư anh ấy viết với một tiếng giục giã. (In his letter, he wrote with a sense of urgency.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giục (verb): To urge, to hurry. This is the core verb, with "giục giã" being a more emphatic or repetitive form.
  • Giục nhanh lên! (Hurry up!)
• Thúc giục (verb): To urge, to press, to hasten. A synonym, often used in more formal contexts.
  • Thúc giục tiến độ thi công. (To urge/press the construction progress.)
• Hối thúc (verb): To urge insistently, to press urgently.
  • Hối thúc thanh toán. (To press for payment.)

Synonyms

• Thúc ép: To pressure, to compel (often stronger, implying force).
• Hối hả: To hurry, to rush (describes the state of acting quickly, not the act of urging others).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same way English does, this section covers common verb-object constructions. - Giục giã công việc: to hurry/press on with work. - Anh ấy đang giục giã công việc cuối năm. (He is hurrying to finish the year-end work.)

Related Idioms

• Giục như giục tế: To urge very insistently and repeatedly (literally: to urge like urging a funeral ceremony, implying there is no time to lose).
  • Họ giục tôi ký hợp đồng giục như giục tế. (They pressed me to sign the contract with extreme urgency.)