huá»·

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cancel, to annul, to abolish: To officially declare that something, such as an agreement, a decision, a license, or a law, is no longer valid or in effect.
   • To destroy, to obliterate: To cause something to cease to exist or function, often completely.
   • To terminate, to rescind: To end a contract or agreement formally before its natural conclusion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ đã huỷ bỏ luật cũ. (The government annulled the old law.)
  • Cô ấy phải huỷ chuyến bay vì ốm. (She had to cancel the flight due to illness.)
  • Hợp đồng đã bị huỷ do vi phạm điều khoản. (The contract was terminated due to a breach of terms.)

Advanced Usage

• "huỷ bỏ": To cancel, to abolish (a more formal or complete sense of cancellation).

  • Toà án có quyền huỷ bỏ bản án. (The court has the power to overturn the verdict.)

• "huỷ diệt": To destroy, to annihilate (implies total destruction).

  • Chiến tranh có nguy cơ huỷ diệt cả thành phố. (The war risks annihilating the entire city.)

• "huỷ hoại": To ruin, to devastate (often used for moral, physical, or environmental damage).

  • Ma tuý huỷ hoại sức khoẻ và tương lai của con người. (Drugs destroy a person's health and future.)

Variants and Related Words

• Huỷ (verb): The base form as explained.
• Sự huỷ bỏ (noun): The act of cancellation, annulment.
  • Sự huỷ bỏ hợp đồng là cần thiết. (The cancellation of the contract is necessary.)
• Có thể huỷ ngang (adj. phrase): Cancelable, revocable.
  • Đây là thẻ tín dụng có thể huỷ ngang. (This is a revocable credit card.)

Synonyms

• Bãi bỏ: To abolish, to repeal (often for laws, regulations).
• Thủ tiêu: To eliminate, to do away with.
• Xoá bỏ: To erase, to eliminate.
• Chấm dứt: To end, to terminate.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Huỷ đi: To cancel it (colloquial).

  • Nếu trời mưa, chúng ta sẽ huỷ đi. (If it rains, we will call it off.)

• Huỷ bỏ đăng ký: To cancel a registration.

  • Bạn cần huỷ bỏ đăng ký dịch vụ trước một tháng. (You need to cancel the registration for the service one month prior.)

Related Idioms

• "Huỷ cơ nghiệp": To ruin one's family fortune/business.

  • Cờ bạc khiến anh ta huỷ cơ nghiệp. (Gambling caused him to squander his family's fortune.)

• "Huỷ thân": To destroy oneself (physically or morally).

  • Rượu chè và lối sống buông thả sẽ huỷ thân. (Drinking and a dissolute lifestyle will lead to self-destruction.)