Definitions

1. Verb phrase:
   • To serve as evidence/proof: To be used to verify, confirm, or attest to the truth or existence of something.
   • To act as a certificate/documentation: To function as official papers or records that validate a fact or claim.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Anh ta có đủ giấy tờ để làm bằng cho lời khai của mình. (He has sufficient documents to serve as evidence for his testimony.)
  • Những bức ảnh này có thể làm bằng chứng cho thấy anh ấy đã có mặt tại hiện trường. (These photos can serve as proof that he was at the scene.)
  • Bạn cần có hợp đồng làm bằng cho giao dịch đó. (You need a contract to act as documentation for that transaction.)

Advanced Usage

• "dùng để làm bằng": used to serve as evidence.
  • Chiếc vòng này được dùng để làm bằng trong vụ án. (This ring is used to serve as evidence in the case.)
• "có giá trị làm bằng": to have value as evidence.
  • Lời khai của nhân chứng có giá trị làm bằng quan trọng. (The witness's testimony has important value as evidence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chứng minh (v): to prove, to demonstrate. (Focuses on the act of proving rather than the item serving as proof.)
• Xác nhận (v): to confirm, to certify. (Focuses on the act of official confirmation.)
• Bằng chứng (n): evidence, proof. (The noun form meaning "evidence".)
• Giấy tờ (n): papers, documents. (Often the physical items that "làm bằng".)

Synonyms

• Làm chứng: to bear witness, to testify. (Often used for people or actions providing testimony.)
• Chứng thực: to authenticate, to certify. (Implies an official verification process.)

Related Phrases

• Làm bằng chứng: This is a more explicit and common variant of "làm bằng", directly meaning "to serve as evidence/proof".
  • Vật này sẽ làm bằng chứng trước tòa. (This item will serve as evidence in court.)

Related Idioms

• "Nói có sách, mách có chứng": Literally "To speak having books, to tell having evidence". It means to speak with reliable sources or proof.
  • Muốn thuyết phục họ, bạn phải nói có sách, mách có chứng. (To persuade them, you must speak with solid evidence.) This idiom conceptually relates to the need for something to "làm bằng".

1. Serve as evidence