Definition

1. Verb:
   • To entrust: To give someone a responsibility, task, or something valuable, with the expectation that they will handle it carefully and reliably.
   • To confide: To give someone a private matter or secret to keep, based on trust.
   • To commit: To formally give a duty or charge to someone.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy giao phó chìa khóa căn hộ cho người hàng xóm đáng tin cậy. (She entrusted the apartment keys to a trustworthy neighbor.)
  • Anh ấy giao phó bí mật của mình cho người bạn thân nhất. (He confided his secret to his closest friend.)
  • Giám đốc giao phó dự án quan trọng cho đội ngũ mới. (The director committed the important project to the new team.)

Advanced Usage

• "giao phó trách nhiệm": to entrust with responsibility.
  • Hội đồng quản trị đã giao phó trách nhiệm lớn lao cho tân chủ tịch. (The board of directors entrusted great responsibility to the new chairman.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giao (v): to hand over, to deliver, to assign. This is a more general term for transferring something.
  • Anh ta giao hàng đúng giờ. (He delivers the goods on time.)
• Phó thác (v): to entrust, to consign (often with a sense of relinquishing control, sometimes used in religious or solemn contexts).
  • Bà ấy phó thác số phận cho thượng đế. (She consigned her fate to God.)

Synonyms

• Entrust: To assign a task or responsibility to someone.
• Confide: To tell a secret or private matter in trust.
• Delegate: To give part of one's work or authority to another.
• Consign: To deliver something to a person's care.

Related Idioms

• Giao phó số phận: to entrust one's fate.
  • Sau thất bại, anh ta cảm thấy như đã giao phó số phận cho may rủi. (After the failure, he felt as if he had entrusted his fate to chance.)

verb

1. to entrust; to confide; to commit