Definition

1. Verb:
   • To go shopping / to shop: To visit stores or markets with the intention of purchasing goods, often for a specific purpose or occasion.
   • To buy / to purchase: To acquire something by paying for it, typically implying the acquisition of items for use or for a specific event.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đi sắm quần áo mới. (She went shopping for new clothes.)
  • Gia đình tôi đang sắm Tết. (My family is shopping for the Lunar New Year.)
  • Họ sắm một chiếc xe hơi. (They bought a car.)

Advanced Usage

• "sắm sửa": to prepare or acquire necessary items, often for an event or new phase.

  • Họ đang sắm sửa cho đám cưới. (They are preparing/buying things for the wedding.)

• "sắm vai": to play a role (in a performance). This is a more specialized, regional usage.

  • Diễn viên đó sắm vai một vị vua. (That actor plays the role of a king.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sắm đồ (v): to shop for/buy stuff.

  • Chúng tôi cần sắm đồ cho chuyến đi. (We need to buy supplies for the trip.)

• Sắm sửa (v): to prepare and acquire (as above).

Synonyms

• Shop: to visit stores to look at or buy goods.
• Purchase: to buy something.
• Acquire: to come into possession of.

Related Idioms

• Sắm sửa cửa nhà: to furnish and prepare a house; to set up a household.
  • Đôi vợ chồng trẻ đang sắm sửa cửa nhà. (The young couple is furnishing their new home.)

verb

1. to go shopping, to shop, to go and buy (get)