Definition

1. Verb:
   • To coo: To make the soft, low sound characteristic of doves and pigeons, especially males during courtship.
   • To be hunchbacked, to have a stooped back: (Less common in modern usage) To have a back that is curved or bent forward.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To coo):
  • Trên mái nhà, chim bồ câu đang gù. (On the roof, the dove is cooing.)
  • Tiếng chim cu gù vang lên trong khu vườn yên tĩnh. (The sound of the dove cooing echoed in the quiet garden.)
• Verb (To be stooped):
  • Ông cụ đã gù lưng vì tuổi tác. (The old man's back has become stooped with age.)

Advanced Usage

• "gù gù": An onomatopoeic reduplication describing the continuous or repetitive cooing sound.
  • Chim cu gù gù suốt buổi sáng. (The dove cooed continuously all morning.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiếng gù (n): The cooing sound.
  • Tiếng gù của chim bồ câu nghe rất êm dịu. (The cooing of the pigeon sounds very gentle.)
• Gù lưng (v phrase): To have a hunched or stooped back.
  • Ngồi làm việc sai tư thế lâu ngày có thể dẫn đến gù lưng. (Sitting with poor posture for a long time can lead to a hunched back.)

Synonyms

• Rúc (verb): To coo (often used for doves/pigeons).
• Còng lưng (verb phrase): To be stoop-backed.

Related Idioms

• Chim gù bồ câu gáy: A poetic phrase describing the sounds of doves and pigeons, often evoking a peaceful, rustic scene.
  • Khung cảnh làng quê thanh bình với chim gù bồ câu gáy. (The peaceful countryside scene with the cooing of doves.)

verb

1. to coo