Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pick up; to gather (something from the ground or a surface): The primary meaning is to collect or take up items, often ones that are scattered, dropped, or lying around.
   • To find (something by chance, often while picking up): To come across and pick up something that was lost or discarded.
   • To collect; to gather in a casual or thorough manner: To amass items, often through the act of picking them up one by one or searching for them.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Con lượm giúp mẹ những đồ chơi trên sàn nhà. (Child, help me pick up the toys on the floor.)
  • Tôi lượm được một chiếc ví trên đường. (I found a wallet on the street.)
  • Nhà nghiên cứu đang lượm tài liệu cho cuốn sách mới. (The researcher is collecting materials for the new book.)

Advanced Usage

• "lượm lặt": To gather bits and pieces; to collect miscellaneous items, often implying a thorough or diligent search.

  • Anh ấy lượm lặt đủ thứ chuyện để viết báo. (He gathers all sorts of stories to write for the newspaper.)

• "lượm nhặt": Similar to "lượm lặt," meaning to pick up or collect scattered items, often used for information or small objects.

  • Cô ấy lượm nhặt từng mảnh vỡ của chiếc bình. (She picked up every piece of the broken vase.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lượm (noun - less common): A small bundle, especially of rice stalks that can be held in one hand.

  • Một lượm lúa (A small sheaf of rice)

• Nhặt: A close synonym often used interchangeably with "lượm" for "to pick up," though "nhặt" can sometimes imply more careful selection (e.g., nhặt ra meaning to pick out).

Synonyms

• Thu thập: To collect, to gather (more formal, systematic).
• Nhặt: To pick up.
• Hái: To pick (typically fruits, flowers from a plant).
• Tìm thấy: To find.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• lượm được: To find (by picking up); to happen upon.
  • Nó lượm được vài đồng xu. (He found a few coins.)

Related Idioms

• Lượm bạc cắc: To pick up small change; to earn or gather money in small amounts.

  • Công việc đó chỉ đủ lượm bạc cắc. (That job is only good for picking up small change.)

• Lượm lời: To pick up words/information; to eavesdrop or gather gossip.

  • Đừng có lượm lời người khác nói. (Don't go picking up on what others are saying / eavesdropping.)

verb

1. to pick up; to take up
   • lượm cuốn sách lên
     to pick one's book. to find
   • tôi lượm được một cái đồng hồ
     I found a watch. to collect