Definition

1. Verb:

   • To store up, to accumulate: To gather or collect something over time, often in increasing amounts.
   • To amass: To bring together a large quantity of something, such as capital or resources.

2. Noun:

   • Ancient story or legend: A traditional tale or plot from ancient times, often used as the basis for theatrical plays.
   • Product (Mathematics): The result obtained by multiplying two or more numbers together.
   • Teapot (shortened form): A large teapot, from the full term "ấm tích".

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân tích trữ thóc cho mùa đông. (The farmer stores up rice for the winter.)
  • Công ty đang tích vốn để mở rộng sản xuất. (The company is accumulating capital to expand production.)
• Noun (Story):
  • Vở tuồng đó dựa trên một tích cổ. (That play is based on an ancient legend.)
• Noun (Mathematics):
  • Tích của 3 và 4 là 12. (The product of 3 and 4 is 12.)
• Noun (Teapot):
  • Bà rót nước từ tích trà. (She poured water from the teapot.)

Advanced Usage

• "tích cóp": to save up bit by bit, to scrimp and save.
  • Anh ấy tích cóp tiền nhiều năm để mua nhà. (He saved up money for many years to buy a house.)
• "tích lũy": to accumulate (often used for knowledge, experience, or wealth).
  • Cô ấy tích lũy nhiều kinh nghiệm sau chuyến đi. (She accumulated a lot of experience after the trip.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tích trữ (v): to stockpile, to hoard.
  • Họ tích trữ nước sạch trước bão. (They stockpiled clean water before the storm.)
• Tích số (n): product (mathematical term).
  • Hãy tính tích số của các thừa số. (Calculate the product of the factors.)
• Cổ tích (n): fairy tale, folklore.
  • Trẻ em thích nghe kể chuyện cổ tích. (Children like to listen to fairy tales.)

Synonyms

• Accumulate: to gather or build up over time.
• Amass: to collect a large amount.
• Store: to keep for future use.
• Legend: a traditional story.
• Product: the result of multiplication.

Related Idioms and Proverbs

• "Tích thiểu thành đại": Many a little makes a mickle; small amounts accumulate to become large.
  • Cứ tiết kiệm mỗi ngày, tích thiểu thành đại. (Save a little every day, and small amounts will become large.)
• "Có tích mới dịch ra tuồng": There must be an old story to adapt into a play; meaning one needs a basis or source material to create something.
  • Nhà văn nói: "Có tích mới dịch ra tuồng". (The writer said, "You need an old tale to make a play.")

verb

1. to store up, to accumulate