sùng
Definition
- Verb:
- To revere, to worship: To have deep respect and admiration for someone or something, often with a sense of devotion.
- To believe in fervently, to be devoted to: To hold a strong, often uncritical, belief in or enthusiasm for a doctrine, ideology, or object.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Ông ấy sùng đạo Phật. (He reveres Buddhism.)
- Cô ấy sùng bái thần tượng của mình. (She idolizes her idol.)
- Không nên sùng ngoại quá mức. (One should not be excessively devoted to foreign goods.)
Advanced Usage
- "sùng bái": to worship, to idolize. This is a common compound where "sùng" intensifies the meaning of worship.
- Anh ta sùng bái các vị anh hùng dân tộc. (He worships national heroes.)
- "sùng đạo": to be devout, to be pious (in religion).
- Bà cụ là một người rất sùng đạo. (The old woman is a very devout person.)
- "sùng cổ": to venerate antiquity, to be a traditionalist.
- Nhà nghiên cứu ấy có tư tưởng sùng cổ. (That researcher has a traditionalist mindset.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sùng đạo (adj/phrase): devout, pious.
- Sùng bái (verb): to worship, to idolize.
- Sùng ngoại (verb/phrase): to have excessive admiration for foreign things.
- Sùng cổ (verb/phrase): to venerate the past/antiquity.
- Mê tín, dị đoan (noun): superstition. (Note: This is a related concept but implies irrational belief, whereas "sùng" implies deep respect or devotion, which can be rational or irrational.)
Synonyms
- Tôn sùng (verb): to adore, to venerate.
- Kính trọng (verb): to respect, to esteem. (This is more general and less intense than "sùng".)
- Ngưỡng mộ (verb): to admire.
- Tin theo (verb): to believe in, to follow.
Notes on Different Meanings
The word "sùng" has two distinct, unrelated meanings: 1. As a verb (primary meaning in modern usage): To revere, to believe in fervently. This is the meaning explained above. 2. As a noun (dialectal, less common): A type of weevil or borer insect that infests sweet potatoes. - Example: Củ khoai lang bị sùng ăn. (The sweet potato is eaten by borers.) - This meaning is often found in the compound "khoai sùng" (bored/weeviled sweet potato).
verb
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to revere, to believe in
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