giặt giạ

Thân thiện

Chị ấy đang giặt giạ ở bờ sông.

Definition

Verb: - To wash (clothes/laundry): The word "giặt giạ" refers to the general activity of washing laundry, encompassing the cleaning of clothes and other textiles. It is a broad term for the washing process.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chị ấy đang giặt giạ ngoài giếng. (She is washing laundry at the well.)
  • Cuối tuần là lúc mọi người giặt giạ nhiều nhất. (The weekend is when people do the most washing.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "giặt giạ" is often used in a general, collective sense. It can imply the totality of laundry chores rather than a single act.

Variants and Related Words

• Giặt (v): to wash (clothes). This is the more common, standard verb.
  • Tôi phải giặt quần áo. (I have to wash the clothes.)
• Giặt là (v): to wash and iron.
  • Dịch vụ giặt là rất tiện lợi. (Laundry service is very convenient.)

Synonyms

• To launder: to wash and iron clothes.
• To do the laundry: the general task of washing clothes.

Related Idioms

• Đầu tắt mặt tối với công việc giặt giạ: to be overwhelmingly busy with laundry work (lit. head off, face dark with washing work). This idiom describes being extremely busy with household chores.
  • Những ngày mưa dài, chị ấy đầu tắt mặt tối với công việc giặt giạ. (During the long rainy days, she was overwhelmingly busy with laundry work.)

Học thuật

1. Wash (nói khái quát)