gởi
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To send; to dispatch: The primary meaning of "gởi" is to cause something to go or be taken to a person or place, typically via a postal service, messenger, or electronic means.
- To deposit; to lodge: "gởi" also means to place something (like money or valuables) in a safe location or with someone for safekeeping.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tôi sẽ gởi bưu thiếp này cho bạn. (I will send this postcard to you.)
- Cô ấy gởi tiền tiết kiệm ở ngân hàng. (She deposits her savings at the bank.)
- Anh ấy có một lá thư phải gởi đi. (He has a letter to send.)
Advanced Usage
- "gởi gắm": to entrust, to place one's trust or hopes in someone/something.
- Cha mẹ gởi gắm con cái cho thầy cô. (Parents entrust their children to the teachers.)
Variants and Related Words
- Gửi: This is the more common standard spelling of the word. "Gởi" is considered a dialectal or regional variant.
- Tôi gửi email cho đồng nghiệp. (I send an email to my colleague.)
Synonyms
- Send: to cause to go or be taken to a destination.
- Dispatch: to send off for a purpose.
- Deposit: to place for safekeeping.
Related Idioms
Gởi trứng vào tay áo: (Literally: to send eggs into a sleeve) To entrust something valuable to an unreliable person; to take a foolish risk.
- Đầu tư vào công ty đó là gởi trứng vào tay áo. (Investing in that company is like entrusting eggs to a sleeve.)
Gởi thân, gởi phận: to entrust one's life and destiny; to place oneself completely in another's care, often in a vulnerable context.
- Cô ấy cảm thấy mình đang gởi thân, gởi phận nơi đất khách. (She feels she is entrusting her life and destiny in a foreign land.)
verb
- to send; to consign
- tôi có một lá thư phải gởi điI have a letter to send
- To lodge; to deposit