Definition

1. Verb:
   • To push (something) into (a place) in a quick, often furtive or sliding motion: The primary meaning describes the action of inserting or placing an object somewhere with a quick, often concealed, pushing or sliding movement.
   • To slip (something to someone): Specifically used for the act of secretly or discreetly passing an object, often money or a small item, into someone's hand.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy giúi phong bì vào túi tôi. (He slipped the envelope into my pocket.)
  • Cô ấy giúi tiền vào tay người bán hàng rong. (She slid the money into the street vendor's hand.)
  • Đừng giúi đồ lung tung vào ngăn kéo. (Don't just shove things randomly into the drawer.)

Advanced Usage

• "giúi cho": to slip/pass (something) to (someone).
  • Anh ta lén giúi cho tôi một mẩu giấy. (He secretly slipped me a note.)
• The verb often implies a sense of discretion, haste, or a desire not to be noticed during the action. It is not a simple, open-handed "give."

Variants and Related Words

• Dúi (verb): An older or variant form with a similar meaning of pushing or thrusting something into a place. In modern usage, "giúi" is more common for the specific meaning of a discreet, sliding hand-off.
• Nhét (verb): to stuff, to cram. This has a stronger connotation of force and filling a space, unlike the quicker, sliding motion of "giúi."
• Đưa (verb): to give, to hand. This is a general term without the connotation of secrecy or a sliding motion.

Synonyms

• Đút (verb): to put/feed into; can be used similarly in contexts like (to slip money), but "đút" can also mean to feed someone.
• Lén đưa (verb phrase): to give secretly. This is a descriptive phrase rather than a single verb.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Giúi vào (verb + preposition): to push/slip into.
  • Cậu bé giúi bàn tay vào túi quần. (The boy shoved his hand into his pants pocket.)
• Giúi tay (verb + noun): This is not a phrasal verb but a common collocation meaning "to slip into one's hand."
  • Hành động giúi tay đó rất đáng ngờ. (That hand-slipping action was very suspicious.)

Related Idioms

• Giúi của đút tay: An idiom describing the act of bribing or giving a backhander (literally: to slip property/things into the hand).
  • Vụ án có dấu hiệu của việc giúi của đút tay. (The case shows signs of bribery / under-the-table payments.)

verb

1. to push; to slop; to slide
   • giúi vật gì vào tay ai
     to slide something into someone's hand