Definition

1. Verb:
   • To meet: To come into the presence or company of someone by chance or arrangement.
   • To encounter / To run into: To experience or be faced with something, often unexpectedly.
   • To find: To discover or come upon something, typically after searching or by chance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi sẽ gặp bạn vào ngày mai. (I will meet you tomorrow.)
  • Chúng tôi gặp nhiều khó khăn trong dự án. (We encountered many difficulties in the project.)
  • Anh ấy gặp chìa khóa dưới gầm bàn. (He found the key under the table.)

Advanced Usage

• "gặp phải": To come up against, to be faced with (usually something negative or troublesome).
  • Công ty gặp phải vấn đề pháp lý. (The company ran into a legal problem.)
• "gặp mặt": To meet face-to-face (emphasizing the physical meeting).
  • Họ gặp mặt để ký hợp đồng. (They met to sign the contract.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cuộc gặp (n): A meeting, an encounter.
  • Cuộc gặp diễn ra rất thành công. (The meeting was very successful.)
• Gặp gỡ (v): To meet, to get together (often for social interaction).
  • Họ thích gặp gỡ bạn bè vào cuối tuần. (They like to meet up with friends on weekends.)

Synonyms

• Meet: To come together.
• Encounter: A casual or unexpected meeting.
• Find: To discover.
• Come across: To find or meet by chance.

Related Idioms

• Gặp may: To have good luck, to get lucky.
  • Hôm nay tôi gặp may. (I got lucky today.)
• Gặp thầy gặp thuốc: To meet a good teacher/doctor and get good medicine; to find the right solution or expert help.
  • Bệnh của anh ấy khỏi nhanh vì gặp thầy gặp thuốc. (His illness healed quickly because he found the right expert and remedy.)
• Gặp chăng hay chớ: To take things as they come; whatever happens, happens.
  • Chúng ta cứ làm, gặp chăng hay chớ. (Let's just do it and see what happens.)

verb

1. to meet; to see; to find; to encounter
   • tôi chẳng bao giờ có cơ hội để gặp cô ta
     I never chanced to meet her to find; to meet
   • gặp (tìm thấy vật gì)
     to meet with something