giục giã
Definition
- Verb:
- To urge, to press, to hasten: To encourage or push someone to act more quickly or to complete something sooner. It conveys a sense of impatience or the need for prompt action.
- To nag, to prod: To repeatedly and persistently remind or encourage someone to do something.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mẹ giục giã tôi học bài. (My mother urged me to study.)
- Anh ấy luôn giục giã đồng nghiệp hoàn thành báo cáo. (He is always pressing his colleagues to finish the report.)
- Đừng giục giã tôi, tôi sẽ làm xong sớm thôi. (Don't nag me, I will finish it soon.)
Advanced Usage
"giục giã ai đó làm gì": to urge/press someone to do something.
- Cô ấy giục giã tôi đưa ra quyết định. (She urged me to make a decision.)
"tiếng giục giã": a sense of urgency, a pressing call.
- Trong thư anh ấy viết với một tiếng giục giã. (In his letter, he wrote with a sense of urgency.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giục (verb): To urge, to hurry. This is the core verb, with "giục giã" being a more emphatic or repetitive form.
- Giục nhanh lên! (Hurry up!)
- Thúc giục (verb): To urge, to press, to hasten. A synonym, often used in more formal contexts.
- Thúc giục tiến độ thi công. (To urge/press the construction progress.)
- Hối thúc (verb): To urge insistently, to press urgently.
- Hối thúc thanh toán. (To press for payment.)
Synonyms
- Thúc ép: To pressure, to compel (often stronger, implying force).
- Hối hả: To hurry, to rush (describes the state of acting quickly, not the act of urging others).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
Note: As Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same way English does, this section covers common verb-object constructions. - Giục giã công việc: to hurry/press on with work. - Anh ấy đang giục giã công việc cuối năm. (He is hurrying to finish the year-end work.)
Related Idioms
- Giục như giục tế: To urge very insistently and repeatedly (literally: to urge like urging a funeral ceremony, implying there is no time to lose).
- Họ giục tôi ký hợp đồng giục như giục tế. (They pressed me to sign the contract with extreme urgency.)