gọn
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Neat, tidy, orderly: Describes something arranged in a well-organized, compact manner without mess or excess.
- Concise, succinct: Describes speech or writing that is clear and to the point, without unnecessary words.
- Adverb:
- Completely, entirely, wholly: Used to emphasize that an action is done thoroughly or that something is consumed/used up entirely.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cô ấy viết văn rất gọn. (Her writing is very concise.)
- Căn phòng này trông thật gọn gàng. (This room looks very neat and tidy.)
- Adverb:
- Nó ăn gọn ba bát cơm. (He ate three full bowls of rice.)
- Đội của chúng tôi thắng gọn trận đấu. (Our team won the match decisively.)
Advanced Usage
- "gọn gàng": This is the most common compound, meaning neat, tidy, orderly. It intensifies the meaning of .
- Hãy sắp xếp sách vở cho gọn gàng. (Please arrange your books neatly.)
- "gọn lỏn" / "gọn thon lỏn": Means fitting perfectly/snugly, often used for something/somebody fitting neatly into a space.
- Đứa bé nằm gọn lỏn trong lòng mẹ. (The child lay snugly in the mother's arms.)
- "ăn gọn": To defeat easily or to consume completely.
- Đối thủ đó không đủ sức, ta sẽ ăn gọn họ. (That opponent isn't strong enough; we will defeat them easily.)
Variants and Related Words
- Gọn gàng (adj): Neat, tidy. (This is a very common and important derived form).
- Gọn lẹ (adj): Quick and neat, efficient.
- Ngắn gọn (adj): Short and concise, brief.
Synonyms
- Adjective (Neat): Ngăn nắp (orderly), sạch sẽ (clean).
- Adjective (Concise): Súc tích (succinct), ngắn gọn (brief).
- Adverb (Completely): Hết, trọn vẹn, toàn bộ.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Dọn cho gọn: To tidy/clean up to make it neat.
- Tôi cần dọn giá sách cho gọn. (I need to tidy up the bookshelf.)
- Giải quyết cho gọn: To resolve/settle something decisively and finally.
- Chúng ta nên giải quyết vấn đề này cho gọn. (We should settle this issue decisively.)
Related Idioms
- Gọn như lược thưa: (As neat as a sparse comb) - An idiom emphasizing extreme neatness and order.
- Căn nhà nhỏ của bà ấy lúc nào cũng gọn như lược thưa. (Her small house is always neat as a pin.)
- Nuốt gọn: (To swallow whole) - Means to easily defeat or take over something/someone.
- Công ty lớn đó có thể nuốt gọn đối thủ nhỏ. (That big company can easily swallow up the small competitor.)
- Neat, tidy
- Đồ đạc sắp xếp gọnNeatly arranged furniture
- Whode, entire, complete
- Ăn hết gọn nồi cơmTo finish a whole pot of rice
- Gòn gọn (láy, ý giảm)Rather neat, rather tidy
- Nhà dọn đã gòn gọnThe house is rather neat now
- Complete for the time being
- Việc dọn nhà đã gòn gọnThe moving into the new house is coomplete fffor the time being