hộ
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Definition
Verb:
- To help / to assist: To perform an action on someone's behalf or to aid them.
- To protect / to guard: To keep safe from harm or danger.
Noun:
- Household: A family or group of people living together, considered as a single unit for administrative purposes (e.g., by the government).
- Civil / legal (adjective): Relating to civil law, particularly concerning property and non-property relations between socialist organizations, or between these organizations and citizens.
Preposition / Adverbial particle:
- For (someone): Used to indicate that an action is done as a favor or on behalf of another person.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- Bạn có thể đóng cửa hộ tôi được không? (Can you close the door for me?)
- Quân đội có nhiệm vụ hộ quốc an dân. (The military has the duty to protect the nation and bring peace to the people.)
Noun:
- Khu phố này có khoảng một trăm hộ gia đình. (This neighborhood has about one hundred households.)
- Vụ việc đó thuộc về luật hộ. (That matter falls under civil law.)
Preposition / Particle:
- Tôi đã mua vé hộ anh ấy. (I bought the ticket for him.)
Advanced Usage
"hộ tống": to escort, to convoy.
- Chiến hạm hộ tống tàu buôn. (The warship escorted the merchant ship.)
"hộ thân": to act as a bodyguard, to protect personally.
- Vệ sĩ có nhiệm vụ hộ thân. (The bodyguard's duty is personal protection.)
Variants and Related Words
Hộ đê (v): to protect/dyke; the act of guarding or reinforcing river dikes.
- Nhân dân cả vùng ra hộ đê. (The people of the whole region went out to protect the dikes.)
Hộ khẩu (n): household registration booklet.
- Giấy tờ này cần có đóng dấu trong hộ khẩu. (This document requires a stamp in the household registration book.)
Synonyms
- Help / Assist: to aid.
- Protect / Guard: to defend.
- Household: family unit.
- For (someone): on behalf of.
Related Idioms
Hộ giá: to escort the king/emperor (historically); to protect a high-ranking person.
- Đội quân tinh nhuệ có nhiệm vụ hộ giá. (The elite troops had the duty to escort the emperor.)
Làm hộ: to do something as a favor for someone.
- Nhờ cô ấy làm hộ bài tập. (Ask her to do the homework as a favor.)
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