Definition

1. Verb:
   • To chase, to pursue: To follow someone or something quickly and with determination in order to catch or reach them. This often implies a continuous, intense effort.
   • To hunt down: To search for and pursue someone, especially a criminal or enemy, with the intent to capture or confront them.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát đang truy đuổi tên trộm. (The police are chasing the thief.)
  • Con mèo truy đuổi con chuột khắp sân. (The cat chased the mouse all over the yard.)
  • Họ bị quân địch truy đuổi suốt ba ngày. (They were pursued by the enemy forces for three days.)

Advanced Usage

• "truy đuổi đến cùng": to pursue to the end, to chase relentlessly.

  • Chính quyền quyết tâm truy đuổi bọn tội phạm đến cùng. (The authorities are determined to pursue the criminals to the end.)

• "bị truy đuổi": to be chased, to be pursued (passive voice).

  • Tên cướp bị truy đuổi đã bỏ lại xe và chạy vào rừng. (The robber, who was being chased, abandoned his car and ran into the forest.)

Variants and Related Words

• Truy (verb): to pursue, to trace, to investigate (often used in compounds like truy nã - to hunt for, truy tìm - to search for).

  • Công an đang truy nã tên tội phạm. (The police are hunting for the criminal.)

• Đuổi (verb): to chase away, to expel, to dismiss.

  • Người chủ đuổi con chó ra khỏi nhà. (The owner chased the dog out of the house.)

Synonyms

• Rượt đuổi (verb): to chase, to run after (similar in meaning, often used interchangeably).

  • Đứa trẻ rượt đuổi theo quả bóng. (The child ran after the ball.)

• Theo đuổi (verb): to pursue (a goal, a dream, a person romantically); less aggressive than truy đuổi.

  • Cô ấy theo đuổi sự nghiệp âm nhạc. (She pursues a music career.)

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As Vietnamese does not have phrasal verbs in the same structure as English, this section lists common verb phrases. - Truy đuổi và bắt giữ: to chase and apprehend/arrest. - Nhiệm vụ của họ là truy đuổi và bắt giữ kẻ khả nghi. (Their mission is to chase and apprehend the suspect.)

Related Idioms

• Truy cùng diệt tận: to pursue and exterminate completely; to show no mercy in hunting down.
  • Kẻ thù đã bị truy cùng diệt tận. (The enemy was pursued and completely exterminated.)

verb

1. to chase, to pursue