mướn
Definition
- Verb:
- To hire; to rent: To pay for the temporary use of something (like a house, vehicle, or tool) or for someone's services or labor.
- To employ; to engage: To pay someone to work for you for a specific task or period.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Chúng tôi muốn mướn một căn hộ gần trung tâm. (We want to rent an apartment near the center.)
- Họ mướn một luật sư giỏi cho vụ kiện. (They hired a good lawyer for the lawsuit.)
- Cửa hàng cần mướn thêm nhân viên bán hàng. (The shop needs to hire more sales staff.)
- Nhà cho mướn. (House for rent.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "mướn" is commonly used in Southern Vietnamese. In Northern Vietnamese, "thuê" is more frequently used with the same meanings.
- It can be used for both people (services) and objects.
Variants and Related Words
- Cho mướn (v): to let, to rent out.
- Ông ấy cho mướn mặt bằng. (He rents out the premises.)
- Đi mướn (v): to work as a hired laborer.
- Ngày xưa ông tôi phải đi mướn kiếm sống. (In the past, my grandfather had to work as a hired laborer to make a living.)
Synonyms
- To rent: To pay for the use of property.
- To hire: To engage the services of a person or the use of a thing for a short period.
- To employ: To give a job to someone and pay them for it.
Related Idioms
- Thương vay khóc mướn: Literally "to borrow love, to hire tears". It describes emotions (like grief or affection) that are not genuinely one's own, but are felt or expressed on behalf of someone else or for show.
- Cảm xúc trong bài viết đó nghe như thương vay khóc mướn. (The emotion in that writing sounds borrowed and insincere.)
- Cày thuê cuốc mướn: Literally "to plow for hire, to hoe for rent". It refers to the life of a hired farm laborer, implying hard work for little pay and a precarious livelihood.
- Cả đời ông ấy sống cảnh cày thuê cuốc mướn. (He lived the life of a hired farmhand his whole life.)
verb
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to hire; to rent
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nhà cho mướnhouse for rent. to engage; to employ
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