Definition

1. Verb:

   • To damage, to harm, to injure: To cause physical, material, or abstract harm, leading to loss, deterioration, or impairment. It implies a negative impact on the state, value, or function of something or someone.
   • To be detrimental to: To have a harmful or prejudicial effect on something, such as reputation, health, or interests.

2. Noun:

   • Damage, harm, injury, detriment: The physical, material, or abstract loss or impairment caused by a harmful action or event. It refers to the negative result itself.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hút thuốc lá tổn hại nghiêm trọng đến sức khỏe. (Smoking seriously harms your health.)
  • Những tin đồn thất thiệt có thể tổn hại đến danh tiếng của công ty. (False rumors can damage the company's reputation.)
• Noun:
  • Trận động đất gây ra tổn hại nặng nề về tài sản. (The earthquake caused severe property damage.)
  • Anh ta phải chịu tổn hại lớn về mặt tài chính. (He had to bear significant financial detriment.)

Advanced Usage

• The verb is often used with the preposition "" (to) to specify the target of the harm: "" (to be harmful to health), "" (to be detrimental to rights/interests).
• It is commonly used in formal, legal, or serious contexts to describe significant harm or loss.

Variants and Related Words

• Tổn thất (n): Loss, damage (often emphasizing quantifiable or material loss).
  • Tổn thất sau vụ cháy ước tính hàng tỷ đồng. (The loss after the fire is estimated at billions of VND.)
• Thiệt hại (n): Damage, loss, injury (a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "").
  • Bồi thường thiệt hại. (To compensate for damages.)
• Hủy hoại (v): To destroy, to devastate (implies a stronger, more severe degree of damage).

Synonyms

• Verb: To harm, to injure, to impair, to undermine.
• Noun: Damage, harm, injury, detriment, prejudice.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Gây tổn hại: To cause damage/harm.
  • Hành động đó gây tổn hại cho lợi ích chung. (That action causes harm to the common interest.)
• Tổn hại về tinh thần: Moral/emotional damage.
  • Người bị hại phải chịu tổn hại về tinh thần đáng kể. (The victim suffered significant emotional damage.)

verb

1. to damage, to hurt

noun

1. damage