giáp
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Definition
Noun:
- Cycle of twelve years: In the traditional East Asian calendar system, "giáp" refers to a complete 12-year cycle, often used to measure age or time periods.
- Armor: A protective covering, typically made of leather or metal, worn in battle to defend against weapons.
- Historical administrative unit: An old unit of population organization in Vietnamese history, smaller than a village.
Adjective:
- Adjacent; bordering; next to: Describes things that are very close, touching, or sharing a common boundary.
- Facing; coming into direct contact: Used to describe the act of meeting or confronting someone directly.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Ông ấy đã sống qua bảy giáp. (He has lived through seven cycles of twelve years.)
- Kỵ sĩ mặc áo giáp bằng thép. (The knight wore steel armor.)
- Làng cổ đó được chia thành bốn giáp. (That ancient village was divided into four administrative units.)
Adjective:
- Nhà tôi giáp với một công viên. (My house is adjacent to a park.)
- Hai đội bóng sẽ giáp mặt nhau trong trận chung kết. (The two football teams will face each other in the final match.)
Advanced Usage
- "giáp mặt": to meet face-to-face, to confront.
- Sau nhiều năm, cuối cùng họ cũng giáp mặt. (After many years, they finally met face-to-face.)
- "giáp biên": to border, to be contiguous with a border.
- Tỉnh này giáp biên với nước láng giềng. (This province borders the neighboring country.)
- "giáp hạt": the time when one crop season ends and the next begins; a period of scarcity between harvests.
- Gia đình tôi thường khó khăn vào mùa giáp hạt. (My family often faces difficulties during the lean season between harvests.)
Variants and Related Words
- Áo giáp (n): armor, specifically referring to the protective garment.
- Chiến binh mặc áo giáp ra trận. (The warrior wore armor into battle.)
- Giáp lai (adj): adjacent, contiguous (often used in formal or geographical contexts).
- Các thửa ruộng giáp lai với nhau. (The rice fields are contiguous with each other.)
- Thiết giáp (n): armored (as in "xe thiết giáp" - armored vehicle).
Synonyms
- Noun (Cycle): chu kỳ (cycle), vòng (round).
- Noun (Armor): mai giáp (armor, shell).
- Adjective (Adjacent): kề (next to), sát (close to), liền kề (adjacent).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Giáp lá cà: to fight at close quarters, to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
- Hai bên đánh giáp lá cà suốt đêm. (The two sides fought hand-to-hand all night.)
- Giáp công: to launch a pincer attack or a coordinated assault from multiple sides.
- Quân ta dùng chiến thuật giáp công. (Our troops used a pincer attack tactic.)
Related Idioms
- "Một giáp": a period of twelve years.
- Họ gặp nhau cách đây đúng một giáp. (They met exactly one twelve-year cycle ago.)
- "Giáp mặt kẻ thù": to come face-to-face with the enemy.
- Người lính can đảm giáp mặt kẻ thù. (The soldier bravely faced the enemy.)
adj
- near; bordering; adjacent