Definition

1. Verb:
   • To expect: To regard something as likely to happen or to anticipate the arrival or occurrence of something, often with a sense of hope or reliance.
   • To wait for / to look forward to: To remain in a state of anticipation for someone or something, combining the senses of watching/looking ("trông") and waiting ("chờ").

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cả gia đình đang trông chờ tin anh ấy. (The whole family is expecting news from him.)
  • Chúng tôi trông chờ vào sự giúp đỡ của cộng đồng. (We are relying on the community's help.)
  • Đừng trông chờ quá nhiều vào kết quả đó. (Don't expect too much from that result.)

Advanced Usage

• "trông chờ mong ngóng": This four-word idiom intensifies the feeling, meaning to wait anxiously and with eager longing.
  • Người mẹ ngày đêm trông chờ mong ngóng đứa con trở về. (The mother day and night anxiously awaits her child's return.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trông đợi (v): A very close synonym, meaning to wait for expectantly.
  • Mọi người trông đợi một quyết định công bằng. (People are waiting for a fair decision.)
• Mong chờ (v): Emphasizes the "hope" or "desire" aspect more strongly.
  • Trẻ em mong chờ ngày lễ Giáng sinh. (Children look forward to Christmas Day.)

Synonyms

• Expect: To regard as probable or certain.
• Await: To wait for something.
• Look forward to: To anticipate with pleasure or eagerness.
• Count on / Rely on: To depend on something happening or someone doing something.

Related Idioms

• Trông chờ như mẹ chờ con: To wait for someone/something as eagerly as a mother waits for her child (a simile expressing deep, patient longing).
  • Ông ấy ngồi trông chờ bức thư như mẹ chờ con. (He sat waiting for the letter as eagerly as a mother waits for her child.)

verb

1. to expect