Definition

1. Verb:

   • To ask for a favor; to request someone's help: To commission someone to do something on your behalf or to seek their assistance.
   • To depend on; to rely on: To be in a position of needing or counting on someone or something for support or a specific outcome.

2. Preposition:

   • Thanks to; owing to; because of: Used to indicate that a positive result or situation was made possible by a particular person, factor, or action.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to ask for help):

  • Tôi nhờ anh ấy gửi thư. (I asked him to send the letter.)
  • Cô ấy nhờ tôi trông trẻ. (She asked me to babysit.)

• Verb (to depend on):

  • Chúng tôi nhờ vào sự giúp đỡ của cộng đồng. (We depend on the community's help.)
  • Đừng nhờ quá nhiều vào may mắn. (Don't rely too much on luck.)

• Preposition (thanks to):

  • Nhờ có cô giáo, tôi đã tiến bộ. (Thanks to the teacher, I improved.)
  • Nhờ thời tiết tốt, chuyến đi rất suôn sẻ. (Owing to the good weather, the trip went smoothly.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhờ vả": To ask for favors, often implying a series of requests or a degree of dependency.

  • Anh ta suốt ngày đi nhờ vả hàng xóm. (He's always going around asking the neighbors for favors.)

• "nhờ cậy": To rely on or entrust oneself to someone (often with a sense of trust and expectation).

  • Trong lúc khó khăn, tôi chỉ biết nhờ cậy bạn bè. (In difficult times, I could only rely on my friends.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhờ nhờ (Adjective/Adverb): Dim, not clear or bright; having a dull, faint hue.
  • Màu áo đã phai thành xanh nhờ nhờ. (The shirt has faded to a dull blue.)

Synonyms

• Request: To politely ask for something.
• Depend: To be contingent or reliant on.
• Because of: For the reason that.

Related Idioms

• Nhờ trời: An expression meaning "thank goodness" or "fortunately," literally "thanks to heaven."

  • Nhờ trời, mùa màng bội thu. (Thank goodness, the harvest was abundant.)

• Nhờ gió bẻ măng: To take advantage of an opportunity; to use favorable circumstances to achieve something.

  • Biết nhờ gió bẻ măng là một kỹ năng quan trọng trong kinh doanh. (Knowing how to seize the opportunity is an important skill in business.)

verb

1. to commision. to be dependent on
   • thank to; owing to; to resort tọ