nhủ
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb:
- To instruct carefully, to admonish gently: "nhủ" means to give advice, instructions, or reminders in a careful, gentle, and earnest manner, often from a senior to a junior or from a parent to a child.
- (Dialectal) To tell, to say: In some regional dialects, "nhủ" can simply mean to tell or say something.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mẹ thường nhủ tôi phải sống lương thiện. (My mother often admonishes me to live honestly.)
- Trước khi đi xa, ông cụ nhủ con cháu ở nhà giữ gìn nếp nhà. (Before going far away, the old man carefully instructed his children and grandchildren to preserve the family traditions.)
- (Dialectal) Ông ấy nhủ tôi mang theo áo mưa. (He told me to bring a raincoat.)
Advanced Usage
- "khuyên nhủ": to advise, to counsel (a compound word combining "khuyên" - advise - and "nhủ").
- Cô giáo khuyên nhủ học sinh chăm chỉ học hành. (The teacher counselled the students to study diligently.)
- Often used in contexts involving moral lessons, life advice, or heartfelt reminders passed down through generations.
Variants and Related Words
- Dặn dò: to instruct, to tell (often with more emphasis on giving specific tasks or orders, less on the gentle, advisory tone of "nhủ").
- Căn dặn: to enjoin, to charge (with a task), to give strict instructions.
- Khuyên bảo: to advise, to give counsel (similar to "khuyên nhủ").
Synonyms
- Khuyên: to advise.
- Bảo: to tell, to instruct.
- Dặn: to tell, to instruct (often for future actions).
Related Phrases/Idioms
- Lời nhủ: words of careful advice/admonition.
- Anh ấy luôn ghi nhớ lời nhủ của cha. (He always remembers his father's words of admonition.)
- While "nhủ" itself is not commonly used in standalone idioms, its meaning is central to the tone of advice-giving in many Vietnamese proverbs about family and learning.
- Instruct carefully
- Nhủ con cáiTo intruct one's children carefully.
- (địa phương) Tell,say
- Nhủ nó ở lạiTell him to say