Definition

Verb: 1. To dive under the water: To briefly submerge one's head or body completely underwater, often in a quick, repeated, or playful manner. This action is typically done in a stationary or near-stationary position, not involving swimming a distance. 2. To dunk: To quickly immerse something, often oneself, into a liquid.

Usage Examples

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  • Trẻ con thích hụp trong hồ bơi. (Children like to dive under in the swimming pool.)
  • Anh ấy hụp xuống nước để tìm chiếc nhẫn. (He ducked under the water to look for the ring.)
  • Trời nóng, tôi chỉ muốn hụp mặt vào chậu nước. (It's hot, I just want to dunk my face in a basin of water.)

Advanced Usage

• "hụp lặn": This compound verb combines "hụp" (to dive under) and "lặn" (to dive/swim underwater). It emphasizes the action of diving and submerging.
  • Chúng tôi hụp lặn để ngắm san hô. (We dove and submerged to look at the coral.)
• "hụp xuống" / "hụp sâu xuống": These phrases specify the downward direction and depth of the dive.
  • Con rùa hụp sâu xuống đáy hồ. (The turtle dove deep down to the bottom of the lake.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lặn (verb): To dive; to swim underwater, often for a longer duration or distance than "hụp".
• Ngụp (verb): Often used interchangeably with "hụp", but can sometimes imply a more clumsy or struggling submersion.
• Ngụp lặn (compound verb): To dive and submerge; often used figuratively to mean struggling through difficulties (e.g., in life or business).

Synonyms

• Duck (verb): To quickly lower the head or body, especially to avoid something or to go underwater briefly.
• Submerge (verb): To cause to be under water. (More formal and general than "hụp").
• Immerse (verb): To dip or submerge in a liquid. (Can be used for objects as well).

Related Phrases

• Hụp nước: To dive/duck into the water.
  • Một ngày nóng, được hụp nước ở sông thật sảng khoái. (On a hot day, diving into the river water is so refreshing.)
• Hụp bát canh: To dunk one's rice or bread into a bowl of soup/broth. (A figurative use related to the dipping action).
  • Bánh mì nóng hụp bát phở là ngon nhất. (Hot bread dunked in a bowl of pho broth is the best.)

verb

1. to dive under the water