Definition

1. Verb:
   • To check tickets: The act of inspecting or verifying tickets, typically on public transportation such as buses, trains, or airplanes, to ensure passengers have valid tickets for their journey.

Usage

• The verb soát vé is used to describe the action performed by an official or inspector.
• It is a transitive verb and is often used in the context of public transport.
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Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người phụ xe thường xuyên soát vé trên chuyến xe đó. (The bus conductor frequently checks tickets on that bus route.)
  • Trước khi tàu chạy, nhân viên sẽ vào toa để soát vé. (Before the train departs, staff will enter the carriage to check tickets.)
  • Hãy giữ vé lại vì họ có thể soát vé bất cứ lúc nào. (Please keep your ticket as they may check tickets at any time.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị soát vé": to have one's ticket checked (passive/undergo the action).
  • Tôi vừa bị soát vé hai lần trên cùng một chuyến tàu. (I just had my ticket checked twice on the same train.)
• The action is typically systematic and official, not a casual glance.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhân viên soát vé / Kiểm soát viên (n): Ticket inspector, conductor.
  • Nhân viên soát vé yêu cầu tôi xuất trình vé. (The ticket inspector asked me to present my ticket.)
• Sự soát vé (n): The act/process of ticket checking.
  • Sự soát vé diễn ra đột xuất. (The ticket check happened unexpectedly.)

Synonyms

• Kiểm tra vé: To inspect tickets. (Similar meaning, can sometimes be used interchangeably, though soát vé is more specific to transport contexts.)
• Xem xét vé: To examine tickets. (A more general term for looking at tickets.)

Related Phrases

• Cuộc soát vé: A ticket inspection operation/round.
  • Cuộc soát vé trên tàu đã phát hiện nhiều người đi vé chui. (The ticket inspection on the train discovered many people traveling without a ticket.)
• Giấy tờ soát vé: Ticket inspection documents/stamps.
  • Sau khi soát vé, nhân viên đóng dấu vào vé của tôi. (After checking the ticket, the staff stamped my ticket.)

1. Check (bus, train) tickets
   • Nhân viên soát vé
     Inspector