Definition

1. 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

1. to send; to consign
   • tôi có một lá thư phải gởi đi
     I have a letter to send
2. To lodge; to deposit