nhày

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To jump: The primary meaning of "nhảy" is to propel oneself quickly upward or forward from a surface by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.
   • To dance: In common colloquial usage, "nhảy" is often used to mean to dance, especially to popular or social music.
   • To leap / to spring: This meaning emphasizes a sudden, forceful, or large jump from one point to another.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đứa trẻ nhảy lên vì sung sướng. (The child jumped for joy.)
  • Họ thích nhảy ở câu lạc bộ vào cuối tuần. (They like to dance at the club on weekends.)
  • Con mèo nhảy từ bàn xuống sàn. (The cat leaped from the table to the floor.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhảy dù": Literally "to parachute jump"; figuratively, to be appointed to a high position without the usual qualifications or process.

  • Ông ta được nhảy dù vào vị trí giám đốc. (He was parachuted into the director position.)

• "nhảy việc": to job-hop, to change jobs frequently.

  • Cô ấy nhảy việc ba lần trong hai năm. (She has job-hopped three times in two years.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhảy cao (v): to high jump (the athletic event).

  • Anh ấy là vận động viên nhảy cao. (He is a high jump athlete.)

• Nhảy xa (v): to long jump (the athletic event).

  • Cô ấy đang tập nhảy xa. (She is practicing the long jump.)

• Nhảy múa (v): to dance (often implies a more formal or artistic performance).

  • Các vũ công nhảy múa rất điêu luyện. (The dancers performed very skillfully.)

Synonyms

• Jump: to push oneself off the ground.
• Leap: to jump a long distance or with great force.
• Dance: to move rhythmically to music.

Related Idioms

• Nhảy cẫng lên: to jump up and down (often with anger or excitement).

  • Nghe tin đó, anh ta tức giận nhảy cẫng lên. (Hearing that news, he jumped up and down in anger.)

• Nhảy vào bẫy: to fall into a trap.

  • Kẻ gian đã khiến họ nhảy vào bẫy. (The fraudster made them fall into the trap.)