quèo

Thân thiện

Cậu bé dùng cây sào dài để quèo quả bóng rơi trên mái nhà xuống.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To trip up / to hook someone's leg: To use one's leg or an object to catch someone's foot, causing them to stumble or fall.
   • To hook / to reach with a hook: To use a hooked instrument to catch, pull, or retrieve something, often from a high or distant place.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nó quèo chân tôi làm tôi suýt ngã. (He tripped me up, making me almost fall.)
  • Người làm vườn quèo trái mít xuống bằng cái sào. (The gardener hooked the jackfruit down with a pole.)

Advanced Usage

• The action is often deliberate and quick, implying a catching or snagging motion.
• Can be used figuratively in some contexts to describe an underhanded or tricky action that obstructs someone.

Variants and Related Words

• Cứng quèo (adj): Stiff, rigid (often describing limbs or objects). This is a fixed compound adjective.
  • Sau buổi tập, chân tôi cứng quèo. (After the workout, my legs were stiff.)

Synonyms

• Trip: To cause to stumble.
• Hook: To catch or pull with a hook.

Related Idioms

• Quèo chân: This phrase is the core action of tripping someone. It is often used directly.
  • Đừng đùa kiểu quèo chân nhau. (Don't joke around by tripping each other up.)

Học thuật

1. Trip up
   • Quèo chân cho ai ngã
     To make someone fall by tripping him up
2. Reach with a hook, hook
   • Quèo trái cây
     To hook fruit