Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Urgent; pressing: Describes a situation or matter that requires immediate attention or action.
   • Quick; rapid: Describes an action performed with speed or haste.

2. Adverb:

   • Urgently; hastily: Indicates that an action is done in a hurried or rushed manner.
   • Immediately; promptly: Indicates that an action is done without delay.

3. Noun:

   • Team; shift: A group of people working together at the same time, often in a rotational schedule.
   • Detonator; fuse: A device or substance used to trigger an explosion.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Công việc này rất kíp, cần phải làm ngay. (This work is very urgent; it needs to be done immediately.)
  • Anh ấy bước những bước chân kíp vã. (He walked with hurried steps.)

• Adverb:

  • Nghe tin, anh ấy kíp trở về nhà. (Upon hearing the news, he returned home immediately.)
  • Hãy làm kíp lên! (Do it quickly!)

• Noun:

  • Công nhân làm việc theo ba kíp trong ngày. (The workers operate in three shifts per day.)
  • Chất nổ được kích hoạt bằng kíp điện. (The explosive is triggered by an electric detonator.)

Advanced Usage

• "không kíp thì chầy": An idiom meaning "sooner or later"; it implies that something will inevitably happen, whether quickly or slowly.

  • Cứ phạm lỗi thì không kíp thì chầy cũng bị phát hiện. (If you keep making mistakes, you will be discovered sooner or later.)

• "làm kíp": To work in shifts or as a team.

  • Nhà máy vận hành 24/7 nhờ công nhân làm kíp. (The factory operates 24/7 thanks to workers working in shifts.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kíp kíp (adv): An emphatic reduplication meaning "very urgently" or "very quickly."

  • Chạy kíp kíp vào trong nhà! (Run very quickly into the house!)

• Gấp kíp (adj): A compound word combining "gấp" (urgent) and "kíp," meaning "extremely urgent."

  • Đây là tin gấp kíp. (This is extremely urgent news.)

Synonyms

• Gấp (adj/adv): Urgent; urgently.
• Khẩn cấp (adj): Emergency; critical.
• Vội (adj/adv): Hasty; hastily.
• Tổ (n): Team; group (similar to the "team" meaning of "kíp").

Related Phrases

• Kíp về: To return urgently/hastily.

  • Nghe tin buồn, anh ấy kíp về. (Upon hearing the sad news, he hurried back.)

• Kíp nổ (n): Explosive detonator; blasting cap.

  • Tháo kíp nổ một cách cẩn thận. (Remove the blasting cap carefully.)

Related Idioms

• Kíp như cháy nhà: As urgent as a house on fire; describes a state of extreme urgency.
  • Anh ta chạy kíp như cháy nhà. (He ran as if his house was on fire [i.e., with extreme urgency].)

adj

1. urgent; pressing
   • không kíp thì chầy
     Sooner or later