nhờ
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Definition
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.
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
- to commision. to be dependent on
- thank to; owing to; to resort tọ