Definition

Verb: - To solicit or collect donations, typically money, for a charitable cause or religious purpose. The action is often organized and public.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các tình nguyện viên đang quyên giáo để xây dựng lại ngôi chùa làng. (The volunteers are collecting donations to rebuild the village pagoda.)
  • Hội từ thiện sẽ tổ chức quyên giáo cho trẻ em vùng lũ. (The charity will organize a donation drive for children in flood areas.)
  • Ông ấy đã đi quyên giáo khắp nơi cho quỹ hỗ trợ bệnh nhân. (He went everywhere soliciting donations for the patient support fund.)

Advanced Usage

• This verb often implies a formal or organized effort for a specific, benevolent goal. It is commonly associated with religious or community-based charitable activities.

Variants and Related Words

• Quyên góp (verb): A more general and commonly used synonym meaning "to donate" or "to contribute." While "quyên giáo" often has a religious or formal connotation, "quyên góp" is used for all types of fundraising and donations.
  • Mọi người cùng quyên góp ủng hộ đồng bào miền Trung. (Everyone donated to support people in the Central region.)
• Quyên tiền (verb phrase): To collect money.
  • Chúng tôi đang quyên tiền mua sách vở cho học sinh nghèo. (We are collecting money to buy books for poor students.)

Synonyms

• Vận động quyên góp: To campaign for donations.
• Lạc quyên (less common, literary): To solicit donations.

Related Phrases

• Cuộc quyên giáo: A donation drive; a fundraising campaign.
  • Cuộc quyên giáo đã thu được một số tiền đáng kể. (The fundraising campaign collected a significant amount of money.)
• Đi quyên giáo: To go out to solicit/collect donations.
  • Các sư thầy đi quyên giáo vào mỗi sáng. (The monks go out to collect alms every morning.)

1. Make a collection for a charity