sắp đống
Definition
- Verb:
- To pile up / to stack into a pile: The action of arranging or placing objects in a neat or organized heap or stack. It implies a deliberate action to create a pile from separate items.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công nhân đang sắp đống gạch trước công trường. (The workers are piling up bricks in front of the construction site.)
- Hãy sắp đống sách cũ vào góc phòng. (Please stack the old books into a pile in the corner of the room.)
- Lá khô được sắp đống gọn gàng. (The dry leaves were piled up neatly.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often carries a connotation of temporary or preparatory organization, not necessarily permanent storage. It is commonly used for physical, often uniform, objects.
Variants and Related Words
Chất đống (v): to heap/pile up (often with less emphasis on neat arrangement and more on simple accumulation).
- Đồ đạc bị chất đống trong kho. (The belongings were heaped up in the warehouse.)
Xếp chồng (v): to stack one on top of another.
- Cô ấy xếp chồng đĩa lên nhau. (She stacked the plates on top of each other.)
Synonyms
- To pile: to place things in a heap.
- To stack: to arrange in an orderly pile.
- To heap: to put in a large, often messy, pile.
Related Idioms
- No common idioms directly use the phrase "sắp đống." The concept is typically expressed literally.