suy

Definition

Verb:
- To decline; to deteriorate; to weaken: Refers to a state of becoming progressively worse, weaker, or less effective over time. Often used for health, power, dynasties, or institutions.
- To deduce; to infer; to reason: To use logic and intelligence to derive an unknown conclusion from known information or to predict a future outcome.
- To ponder; to consider carefully: To think deeply or reflect upon something.

Usage Examples

Verb (to decline):
- Sức khỏe ông ấy đang suy. (His health is declining.)
- Triều đại đó bắt đầu suy. (That dynasty began to decline.)
Verb (to deduce):
- Từ những manh mối này, ta có thể suy ra kết luận. (From these clues, we can deduce a conclusion.)
- Đừng suy bụng ta ra bụng người. (Don't measure others by your own standards. / Literally: Don't infer others' thoughts from your own.)
Verb (to ponder):
- Anh ấy ngồi suy nghĩ rất lâu. (He sat pondering for a long time.)

Advanced Usage

"suy ra": to deduce, to infer, to conclude.
- Công thức này được suy ra từ định lý trên. (This formula is deduced from the theorem above.)
"suy xét": to consider, to deliberate.
- Hội đồng cần suy xét kỹ lưỡng. (The council needs to consider carefully.)

Variants and Related Words

Suy nghĩ (v): to think, to contemplate.
- Tôi cần thời gian để suy nghĩ. (I need time to think.)
Suy yếu (v/adj): to weaken; to become weak.
- Nền kinh tế đang suy yếu. (The economy is weakening.)
Suy dinh dưỡng (n): malnutrition.
- Trẻ em bị suy dinh dưỡng. (Children suffering from malnutrition.)
Suy tim (n): heart failure.
- Bệnh nhân được chẩn đoán suy tim. (The patient was diagnosed with heart failure.)

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Related Idioms

Suy bụng ta ra bụng người: To judge others by one's own standards; to assume others think or feel as you do.
- Anh đừng suy bụng ta ra bụng người, không phải ai cũng nghĩ vậy đâu. (Don't judge others by your own standards; not everyone thinks that way.)

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