Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To surrender, to capitulate: To formally admit defeat in a conflict and submit to the authority of the victor, often by ceasing resistance and laying down arms. It implies a complete and official submission.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:
  • Sau nhiều ngày bị vây hãm, quân địch buộc phải quy hàng. (After many days of siege, the enemy forces were forced to surrender.)
  • Vị tướng quyết định quy hàng để tránh thương vong thêm cho binh lính. (The general decided to capitulate to avoid further casualties for his soldiers.)
  • Không còn đường thoát, bọn cướp đành quy hàng trước cảnh sát. (With no way out, the robbers had to surrender to the police.)

Advanced Usage

• "quy hàng vô điều kiện": to surrender unconditionally.
  • Chính phủ ấy đã tuyên bố quy hàng vô điều kiện. (That government declared an unconditional surrender.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đầu hàng (verb): To surrender. This is a more common and general synonym for "quy hàng".
  • Hắn đã đầu hàng trước sự thật. (He surrendered to the truth.)
• Hàng phục (verb): To subdue, to bring into submission. Often used in literary or historical contexts.
• Khuất phục (verb): To yield, to submit (to force or authority).

Synonyms

• Đầu hàng: to surrender.
• Cầu hòa: to sue for peace (focuses on seeking peace terms rather than just admitting defeat).
• Chịu thua: to admit defeat (can be used in both military and non-military contexts like games or arguments).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As "quy hàng" is a compound verb in Vietnamese, it does not combine with other particles to form phrasal verbs in the same way English verbs do. Its meaning is contained within the compound itself.

Related Idioms

• "Giơ tay quy hàng" / "Giơ tay đầu hàng": To raise one's hands in surrender. This describes the physical act of surrendering.
  • Tên trộm giơ tay quy hàng khi thấy cảnh sát vây quanh. (The thief raised his hands in surrender when he saw the police surrounding him.)

1. Bow to, surrender, capitulate