Definition

1. Verb:
   • To entertain (with food and drink): To host someone by providing a generous meal or feast, typically to show respect, gratitude, or hospitality.
   • To treat / to feast: To invite someone to eat and drink lavishly as a form of celebration or warm reception.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông chủ thết nhân viên một bữa tiệc lớn. (The boss treated the employees to a large feast.)
  • Họ thết khách bằng những món ăn đặc sản. (They entertained their guests with local specialty dishes.)
  • Anh ấy thết tôi bữa trưa thịnh soạn. (He treated me to a sumptuous lunch.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "thết" often implies a sense of formality, generosity, and deliberate effort in the hospitality. It is not used for casual treating, like buying a coffee.
• It can be used in formal writing or speeches to describe ceremonial hospitality.

Variants and Related Words

• Thết đãi (v): to entertain, to host (a slightly more formal or compound form of "thết").
  • Công ty thết đãi các đối tác quốc tế. (The company hosted a feast for the international partners.)

Synonyms

• Entertain: to provide hospitality.
• Treat: to pay for someone's meal or drink.
• Feast: to provide a large, elaborate meal.
• Host: to receive or entertain guests.

Related Idioms

• Thết cơm đãi khách: To host a meal for guests (a common phrase emphasizing the act of hospitality).
  • Theo phong tục, họ thết cơm đãi khách mới đến nhà. (According to custom, they host a meal for new guests to the house.)

verb

1. to entertain, to treat to a feast