mất

Definition

Verb:
- To lose: To no longer have something because you cannot find it, it was taken, or it is gone.
- To die; to pass away: A respectful and common euphemism for death.
- To take (time/cost): To require or consume a specific amount of time, money, or resources.
Particle:
- Used after a verb to indicate that an action is completed, often with a sense of finality, loss, or regret about the result.

Usage Examples

Verb (to lose):
- Tôi mất cuốn sách của tôi. (I lost my book.)
- Công ty mất nhiều khách hàng. (The company lost many customers.)
Verb (to die):
- Ông nội tôi đã mất năm ngoái. (My grandfather passed away last year.)
Verb (to take):
- Công việc này mất hai giờ. (This work takes two hours.)
- Chiếc xe mất rất nhiều tiền để sửa. (The car took a lot of money to repair.)
Particle:
- Tôi quên mất chìa khóa. (I forgot my keys [and now I don't have them].)
- Anh ấy đã bỏ đi mất. (He has left [and is gone].)

Advanced Usage

"mất mặt": to lose face; to be embarrassed or humiliated.
- Anh ta sợ mất mặt trước đám đông. (He is afraid of losing face in front of the crowd.)
"mất tích": to be missing; to disappear.
- Máy bay đó đã mất tích. (That airplane has gone missing.)

Variants and Related Words

Lạc mất (v): to get lost.
- Đứa trẻ lạc mất trong siêu thị. (The child got lost in the supermarket.)
Biến mất (v): to vanish, to disappear.
- Mặt trời biến mất sau những đám mây. (The sun vanished behind the clouds.)

Synonyms

Related Idioms

Mất ăn mất ngủ: to be so worried about something that one cannot eat or sleep.
- Cô ấy mất ăn mất ngủ vì lo lắng cho con. (She was so worried about her child that she couldn't eat or sleep.)
Mất cả chì lẫn chài: to lose everything; to suffer a total loss.
- Vụ đầu tư thất bại khiến họ mất cả chì lẫn chài. (The failed investment caused them to lose everything.)

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