Definition

Verb: - To cover (a roof), to roof: The primary meaning is to place overlapping materials (like tiles, thatch, metal sheets) onto a structure's frame to create a waterproof covering, typically for a house or building. - To overlay in an overlapping pattern: To cover a surface with items arranged so that each one partly covers the one below it, like scales or shingles.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Họ đang lợp lại mái nhà bằng tôn. (They are roofing the house again with metal sheets.)
  • Ngôi nhà này được lợp bằng ngói đỏ. (This house is roofed with red tiles.)
  • Vảy của loài cá này lợp lên nhau. (The scales of this fish overlap each other.)

Advanced Usage

• "lợp ván": To cover with wooden planks or boards.
  • Mái hiên được lợp ván để chống nóng. (The porch roof was covered with planks to resist heat.)
• "lợp phên": To cover with a woven bamboo mat (used as an underlayer for thatch).
  • Trước khi lợp rơm, người ta thường lợp phên trước. (Before thatching, people usually lay a bamboo mat first.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lợp mái (verb phrase): To roof, to put a roof on.
  • Công việc lợp mái rất quan trọng trong xây dựng. (The work of roofing is very important in construction.)
• Ngói lợp (noun phrase): Roofing tiles.
  • Chúng tôi mua ngói lợp mới cho căn nhà. (We bought new roofing tiles for the house.)
• Mái lợp (noun phrase): The roof covering.
  • Mái lợp bằng lá dừa nước rất mát. (A roof made of nipa palm leaves is very cool.)

Synonyms

• Phủ: To cover (a more general term for covering any surface).
• Che: To cover, to shield (often from elements like sun or rain).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Lợp lá, lợp rơm: To thatch (a roof with leaves or straw).
  • Ngôi nhà tranh được lợp rơm rất đẹp. (The thatched cottage roofed with straw is very beautiful.)
• Lợp ngói âm dương: To roof with "yin-yang" tiles (a specific type of interlocking Vietnamese tile).
  • Kiến trúc cổ thường dùng kiểu lợp ngói âm dương. (Ancient architecture often used the "yin-yang" tiling method.)

verb

1. to cover; to roof
   • lợp nhà
     to roof a house