Definition

1. Noun:

   • The activity or game of jumping over a rope: "nhảy dây" refers to the physical activity or children's game where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their head.
   • A session of this activity: It can also refer to an instance of engaging in this activity.

2. Verb phrase (to engage in the activity):

   • To skip rope / To jump rope: The action of performing this activity. While "nhảy dây" functions as a verb phrase in Vietnamese, its direct English equivalents are the phrasal verbs "to skip rope" or "to jump rope".

Usage Examples

• As a noun (activity/game): Nhảy dây là một môn thể thao đơn giản và tốt cho sức khỏe. (Skipping rope is a simple and healthy sport.) Trong giờ ra chơi, các em chơi nhảy dây. (During recess, the children play jump rope.)

• As a verb phrase (the action): Cô ấy nhảy dây mỗi sáng để giữ dáng. (She skips rope every morning to stay in shape.) Bọn trẻ đang nhảy dây ở sân trường. (The kids are jumping rope in the schoolyard.)

Advanced Usage

• "thi nhảy dây": to have a skipping/jump rope competition. Lớp chúng tôi sẽ tổ chức thi nhảy dây vào tuần tới. (Our class will hold a jump rope competition next week.)

• "dây nhảy dây": a jump rope / a skipping rope (the equipment itself). Tôi cần mua một sợi dây nhảy dây mới. (I need to buy a new jump rope.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhảy (verb): to jump, to leap. This is the root verb.
• Dây (noun): rope, string, cord. This is the object noun.
• Bài tập nhảy dây (noun phrase): a skipping/jump rope exercise routine.
• Kỹ thuật nhảy dây (noun phrase): skipping/jump rope technique.

Synonyms

• Skipping (noun, UK common): The activity of skipping with a rope. (e.g., )
• Jump rope (noun, US common): The activity or the rope itself. (e.g., )
• Rope skipping (noun): A less common but accurate synonym.

Related Phrasal Verbs / Verb Phrases

• To skip rope (phrasal verb): The most common equivalent verb phrase for "nhảy dây", especially in British English.
• To jump rope (phrasal verb): The common equivalent in American English.

Related Idioms

Note: "Nhảy dây" itself is not typically used in Vietnamese idioms. However, the activity is sometimes referenced metaphorically. - "Nhảy như dây": (Simile) To jump around energetically, like a jump rope is moving. Đứa bé vui mừng nhảy như dây. (The child jumped for joy [lit. jumped like a rope].)

1. Skip
   • Con gái thích nhảy dây
     The little girls are fond of skipping