treo giải
Verb: - To offer a prize: To publicly announce a reward for someone who can achieve a specific, often difficult, task, solve a problem, or win a competition.
The verb "treo giải" describes the action of a person or organization setting a reward to encourage others to accomplish something. It implies the reward is contingent upon successful completion. - Chính phủ treo giải cho ai cung cấp thông tin về tội phạm. (The government offers a prize for anyone who provides information about the criminal.) - Công ty treo giải cho nhân viên có sáng kiến hiệu quả nhất. (The company is offering a reward for the employee with the most effective idea.)
- "Treo giải thưởng": This is a common collocation that explicitly includes the word for "prize" (giải thưởng), emphasizing the nature of the reward.
- Hội đồng tổ chức đã treo giải thưởng rất cao cho người chiến thắng. (The organizing committee has posted a very high prize for the winner.)
- Đặt giải (verb): A near-synonym meaning "to set a prize." It is often used interchangeably with "treo giải."
- Giải thưởng (noun): Prize, reward, award. This is the object that is "treo" (offered).
- Thưởng (verb/noun): To reward; a reward. A more general term.
- Hứa thưởng: To promise a reward.
- Đề ra phần thưởng: To put forth a reward.
While "treo giải" itself is a specific phrase, it is central to expressions about contests and challenges. - Treo giải ai bắt được...: To offer a reward for someone to capture... - Người dân treo giải ai bắt được kẻ trộm. (The villagers are offering a reward for whoever catches the thief.)
- to offer a prize