Definition

1. Verb:
   • To treat, to entertain, to host: The primary meaning of "tiếp đãi" is to receive guests or visitors and provide them with hospitality, such as offering food, drink, or entertainment.
   • To receive and treat cordially: It implies a formal or gracious act of welcoming someone and looking after their needs.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Gia đình tôi tiếp đãi khách rất chu đáo. (My family entertains guests very thoughtfully.)
  • Công ty sẽ tiếp đãi các đối tác trong bữa tối. (The company will host the partners at dinner.)
  • Họ tiếp đãi chúng tôi như những người thân trong nhà. (They received and treated us like family.)

Advanced Usage

• "tiếp đãi ân cần": to treat attentively and kindly.

  • Chủ nhà tiếp đãi ân cần tất cả khách mời. (The host attentively treated all the guests.)

• "tiếp đãi nồng hậu": to treat warmly and generously.

  • Người dân địa phương tiếp đãi du khách rất nồng hậu. (The local people treat tourists very warmly and generously.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tiếp khách (v): to receive guests (a more general term for greeting and meeting with guests).

  • Giám đốc đang bận tiếp khách. (The director is busy receiving guests.)

• Chiêu đãi (v): to entertain, to feast (often implies a more lavish or formal treatment).

  • Họ chiêu đãi một bữa tiệc lớn. (They entertained with a large feast.)

Synonyms

• Entertain: to provide hospitality.
• Host: to act as a host for guests.
• Receive: to welcome or greet someone.

Related Idioms

• "Tiếp đãi tử tế": to treat someone decently or properly.

  • Dù là ai, chúng ta cũng nên tiếp đãi tử tế. (Whoever it is, we should treat them properly.)

• "Miếng trầu là đầu câu chuyện, ly rượu là đầu sự tiếp đãi": (Proverb) A betel leaf is the start of a conversation, a glass of wine is the start of hospitality. (This highlights the cultural role of offering food/drink as an act of "tiếp đãi".)

verb

1. to treat, to entertain, to receive