Definition

1. Verb:
   • To lose, to be defeated: To fail to win a game, competition, battle, or argument; to be less successful than an opponent.
   • To be inferior to: To be lesser in quality, amount, skill, or strength when compared to something or someone else.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đội của chúng tôi đã thua trong trận chung kết. (Our team lost in the final match.)
  • Anh ấy thua kiện và phải bồi thường. (He lost the lawsuit and had to pay compensation.)
  • Máy tính này thua xa về tốc độ so với mẫu mới. (This computer is far inferior in speed to the new model.)

Advanced Usage

• "thua cuộc": to lose a contest, bet, or challenge; to be the loser.
  • Người thua cuộc phải trả tiền bữa tối. (The loser has to pay for dinner.)
• "chịu thua": to admit defeat, to give up.
  • Bài toán này khó quá, tôi chịu thua. (This math problem is too difficult, I give up.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thất bại (v/n): to fail; failure (often broader, not just in direct competition).
  • Dự án đã thất bại. (The project failed.)
• Bại trận (v): to be defeated in battle.
  • Quân đội địch đã bại trận. (The enemy army was defeated.)

Synonyms

• Lose: to fail to win.
• Be defeated: to be overcome by an opponent.
• Be inferior to: to be of lower quality or standard.

Related Idioms

• Thua keo này, bày keo khác: Literally "lose this move, set up another move." It means to try a new strategy after a failure; to not give up after a loss.
  • Đừng nản chí, thua keo này ta bày keo khác. (Don't be discouraged, if we lose this round we'll try another tactic.)
• Thua trông thấy: Literally "to lose visibly." It means to lose by a large, obvious margin; to be soundly defeated.
  • Đối thủ mạnh hơn nhiều, họ thua trông thấy. (The opponent was much stronger, they lost by a mile.)

verb

1. to lose, to be defeated