Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Bruised, crushed, cracked: Describes something relatively soft that has become flattened, dented, or cracked due to the impact of a pressing or striking force. It often refers to fruits, eggs, or other fragile items.
   • Contused: In a medical context, it can describe bodily tissue that is bruised or contused.

2. Verb (used as 'làm giập', 'bị giập', 'giập nát'):

   • To bruise, to crush, to smash: The action of causing something to become bruised, flattened, or cracked.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Trái cây bị rơi xuống đất nên bị giập một bên. (The fruit fell to the ground so one side is bruised.)
  • Quả trứng này giập vỏ rồi, có lẽ không nên dùng. (This egg has a cracked shell, perhaps we shouldn't use it.)
  • Sau tai nạn, chân anh ấy bị giập nặng. (After the accident, his leg was severely contused.)

• Verb (in common constructions):

  • Cẩn thận đừng làm giập những quả xoài. (Be careful not to bruise the mangoes.)
  • Chiếc xe đã giập nát hàng rào. (The car smashed the fence.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đánh giập đầu": An idiom meaning "to crush/smash the head," often used in the proverb (To kill a snake, you must crush its head), implying that to solve a problem thoroughly, one must tackle its root cause.
• "Nhai chưa giập miếng trầu": A figurative phrase (literally: hasn't even finished chewing the betel quid) used to describe an event that happens in a very short span of time.

Variants and Related Words

• Giập nát (adj/verb phrase): Completely crushed or smashed to pieces.
  • Chiếc hộp bị giập nát trong lúc vận chuyển. (The box was completely crushed during shipping.)
• Bầm giập (adj): Heavily bruised (often for flesh, skin).
  • Cánh tay bầm giập sau cú ngã. (The arm was heavily bruised after the fall.)

Synonyms

• Bầm (adj/verb): Bruised (specifically for skin, flesh).
• Nát (adj): Crushed, broken into pieces.
• Móp (adj): Dented (often for metal surfaces).

Related Phrases (Verb Constructions)

• Làm giập: To cause to bruise/crush.
  • Đừng làm giập hoa quả khi xếp vào giỏ. (Don't bruise the fruit when packing it in the basket.)
• Bị giập: To be/get bruised/crushed.
  • Hoa quả dễ bị giập nếu vận chuyển không cẩn thận. (Fruit easily gets bruised if transported carelessly.)

Related Idioms

• "Đánh rắn phải đánh giập đầu": (Proverb) Literally "To kill a snake, you must crush its head." Means one must deal with a problem decisively and at its source to prevent it from recurring.

adj

1. Bruised (fuit)
   • màm giập
     to bruise