Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gather, to assemble, to congregate: Refers to the act of people or things coming together in one place, often for a specific purpose, meeting, or event. It implies a deliberate or natural convergence.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mọi người tụ hợp tại quảng trường để nghe thông báo. (People gathered at the square to hear the announcement.)
  • Những người bạn cũ tụ hợp lại sau nhiều năm xa cách. (Old friends assembled after many years apart.)
  • Chim én tụ hợp trên dây điện trước khi di cư. (Swallows congregate on power lines before migrating.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a neutral or slightly formal tone, describing a planned or significant coming together. It is commonly used in written language and formal speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Tụ họp (v): A more common and slightly less formal synonym with the same core meaning of gathering or assembling.

  • Gia đình tôi tụ họp vào mỗi dịp Tết. (My family gathers every Tet holiday.)

• Hội tụ (v): To converge, to focus. Often used for abstract concepts (e.g., ideas, talents, qualities) coming to a central point.

  • Thành phố này hội tụ nhiều nền văn hóa. (This city converges many cultures.)

Synonyms

• Assemble: To bring or come together.
• Congregate: To come together into a crowd or mass.
• Gather: To come together; to collect.

Related Idioms

• While "tụ hợp" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to phrases like:
  • Anh em tứ hải giai huynh đệ, tụ hợp một nhà: A saying emphasizing brotherhood and gathering (All men are brothers, gathering under one roof).