Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Favorable, advantageous: Describes a situation, condition, or factor that is beneficial, helpful, or conducive to success.
   • Agreeable, willing: Describes a state of consent, approval, or being in harmony with something.
   • Apt, natural: Describes something that is convenient, fits well, or aligns with a natural tendency or handedness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Thời tiết rất thuận cho chuyến đi. (The weather is very favorable for the trip.)
  • Mọi người đều bỏ phiếu thuận với đề xuất đó. (Everyone voted in agreement with that proposal.)
  • Anh ấy thuận tay trái. (He is left-handed. / Literally: His left hand is the apt/natural one.)

Advanced Usage

• "thuận lợi": favorable, advantageous (often used as a compound adjective).
  • Chúng tôi đang chờ thời cơ thuận lợi. (We are waiting for an opportune/favorable moment.)
• "thuận theo": to go along with, to comply with.
  • Anh ấy quyết định thuận theo ý kiến của số đông. (He decided to go along with the majority opinion.)
• "thuận mua vừa bán": a mutually agreeable sale/purchase; a deal satisfactory to both buyer and seller.
  • Hai bên đã thương lượng và đạt được thỏa thuận thuận mua vừa bán. (The two parties negotiated and reached a mutually satisfactory deal.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thuận lòng (adj/phrase): willing, agreeable (to one's heart/mind).
  • Làm việc gì cũng phải cho thuận lòng. (Whatever you do, it must be agreeable/willing.)
• Thuận tình (adj): reasonable, acceptable (to the situation/feeling).
  • Giải pháp đó nghe có vẻ thuận tình. (That solution sounds reasonable.)
• Thuận tiện (adj): convenient.
  • Vị trí căn hộ này rất thuận tiện cho việc đi lại. (This apartment's location is very convenient for commuting.)

Synonyms

• Tốt, có lợi: good, beneficial.
• Đồng ý, bằng lòng: to agree, to consent.
• Tiện, phù hợp: convenient, suitable.

Related Phrases (Idioms/Collocations)

• Thuận buồm xuôi gió: Smooth sailing; to have the wind in one's sails. (Metaphor for things going very smoothly and favorably).
  • Công việc kinh doanh của họ đang thuận buồm xuôi gió. (Their business is smooth sailing.)
• Thuận vợ thuận chồng: Harmonious husband and wife; a couple in harmony.
  • Gia đình họ sống rất thuận vợ thuận chồng. (Their family lives in great harmony.)
• Thuận theo tự nhiên: To follow/go with the flow of nature.
  • Đôi khi cách tốt nhất là thuận theo tự nhiên. (Sometimes the best way is to go with the flow of nature.)

adj

1. favourable apt with agreeable