giày dép
Definition
- Noun:
- Footwear: Items worn on the feet, such as shoes, sandals, or boots. This is a general term encompassing all types of foot coverings used for protection, comfort, or fashion.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Cửa hàng này bán đủ loại giày dép. (This store sells all kinds of footwear.)
- Trước khi vào nhà, hãy cởi giày dép ra. (Please take off your shoes before entering the house.)
- Cô ấy có sở thích sưu tập giày dép. (She has a hobby of collecting footwear.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "giày dép" is often used in a general, collective sense. In specific contexts, more precise words like (shoes), (sandals/slippers), or (boots) are used.
- Anh ấy kinh doanh mặt hàng giày dép. (He is in the footwear business.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giày (n): Shoes. Typically refers to closed shoes with soles.
- giày thể thao (sports shoes/sneakers), giày da (leather shoes)
- Dép (n): Sandals or slippers. Open footwear, often for casual wear or indoors.
- dép tông (flip-flops), dép lào (a specific type of Vietnamese sandal)
- Ủng (n): Boots.
- Giày thể thao (n): Sports shoes, sneakers.
- Dép đi trong nhà (n): House slippers.
Synonyms
- Đồ đi chân: A less common synonym for items worn on the feet.
- Vật dụng đi chân: A formal term for footgear.
Related Phrases (Compound Words)
- Cửa hàng giày dép: Shoe store, footwear shop.
- Công nghiệp giày dép: Footwear industry.
- Bảo dưỡng giày dép: Shoe/footwear care.
Related Idioms
- "Đi một ngày đàng, học một sàng khôn": (Travel a day's road, learn a basketful of wisdom.) While not directly about footwear, it implies a journey for which one would wear giày dép.
- "Giày dép hợp thời trang": Fashionable footwear. This is a descriptive phrase rather than a fixed idiom.
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