Definition

1. Verb:
   • To maintain order: The primary meaning of "giữ trật tự" is to actively ensure that a situation, place, or group remains calm, organized, and free from disturbance or chaos.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát có nhiệm vụ giữ trật tự trên đường phố. (The police have the duty to maintain order on the streets.)
  • Giáo viên phải giữ trật tự trong lớp học. (The teacher must maintain order in the classroom.)
  • Mọi người cần tự giác giữ trật tự nơi công cộng. (Everyone needs to consciously maintain order in public places.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase often implies a sense of duty or responsibility for preserving a peaceful and rule-abiding environment. It can be used for both formal authority figures (police, security) and informal situations (a host keeping a party orderly).

Variants and Related Words

• Trật tự (n): order, discipline.

  • Mọi hoạt động diễn ra trong trật tự. (All activities took place in order.)

• Giữ gìn trật tự: to preserve and maintain order. This is a more emphatic variant.

  • Ủy ban phường vận động người dân giữ gìn trật tự an toàn giao thông. (The ward committee mobilizes people to preserve traffic safety and order.)

Synonyms

• To keep order: to ensure rules are followed.
• To preserve order: to maintain an existing state of order.
• To police (in certain contexts): to control or regulate order.

Related Idioms

• Giữ trật tự an ninh: to maintain security and order. This is a common official collocation.
  • Lực lượng dân phòng giúp giữ trật tự an ninh trong khu phố. (The civil defense force helps maintain security and order in the neighborhood.)

verb

1. to maintan order