sắm

Thân thiện

Người phụ nữ sắm một chiếc váy mới để đi dự tiệc.

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.)

Học thuật

verb

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