Definitions

1. Noun:

   • Temporary shelter; tent; booth: A structure built temporarily to provide shade or shelter from rain during festivals, weddings, or funerals.
   • Theater; cinema; performance venue: A building specifically used for staging performances, showing movies, or hosting entertainment events.

2. Adverb:

   • Completely bent over; prostrate: Describes the action of bending the body very low, often to the ground.
   • Completely flattened; lying flat: Describes plants, grass, or objects that are bent over and lying flat against the ground, typically due to wind or force.

3. Adjective:

   • Low; short: Describes something that is not tall in height.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Gia đình tôi dựng một cái rạp trong sân để tổ chức đám cưới. (My family set up a tent in the yard to hold the wedding.)
  • Chúng tôi đã đi xem phim ở rạp chiếu bóng mới. (We went to see a movie at the new cinema.)

• Adverb:

  • Nghe thấy tiếng súng, mọi người vội cúi rạp xuống đất. (Hearing the gunshot, everyone quickly dropped prostrate to the ground.)
  • Cơn bão làm lúa trong cánh đồng nằm rạp hết. (The storm made the rice in the field lie completely flattened.)

• Adjective:

  • Giống lúa này rạp, không cao như giống kia. (This rice variety is short, not as tall as that one.)

Advanced Usage

• "rạp mình": To prostrate oneself; to bow very low in respect or submission.

  • Người lính rạp mình trước vua. (The soldier prostrated himself before the king.)

• "rạp xuống": To bend/lie down flat. Often used with "cúi" (to bend) or "nằm" (to lie).

  • Cậu bé cúi rạp xuống để nhặt đồng xu. (The boy bent all the way down to pick up the coin.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rạp hát (noun compound): Theater (specifically for live performances like plays, opera).

  • Rạp hát lớn Hà Nội (The Hanoi Opera House).

• Rạp chiếu bóng / Rạp chiếu phim (noun compound): Cinema, movie theater.

  • Rạp chiếu phim quốc gia (The National Cinema Center).

• Rập rạp (reduplicative adjective/adverb): Describes a repetitive, rustling or tapping sound (like leaves in the wind or footsteps), or intensifies the meaning of lying very flat.

  • Lá khô xào xạc rập rạp. (The dry leaves rustled with a repetitive sound.)

Synonyms

• Noun (tent): Lều, tăng.
• Noun (theater): Nhà hát, rạp hát, tụ điểm giải trí.
• Adverb (bent over): Khom, cúi gập.
• Adverb (flattened): Nằm là đà, nằm sát đất.

Related Phrases

• Dựng rạp: To erect/set up a temporary tent or shelter.

  • Họ đang dựng rạp cho buổi lễ ngày mai. (They are setting up tents for tomorrow's ceremony.)

• Hạ rạp: To take down a temporary tent or shelter.

  • Sau đám cưới, họ phải hạ rạp xuống. (After the wedding, they had to take the tents down.)

Related Idioms

• (Cúi) rạp người: To bow very low and humbly. Emphasizes deep respect or fear.
  • Ông ấy cúi rạp người xin lỗi. (He bowed very low to apologize.)

noun

1. tent; booth flat on the ground