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Definition
- Verb:
- To give back, to return: To hand something back to its original owner or to a previous state.
- To pay: To give money in exchange for goods, services, or to settle a debt.
- To repay, to retaliate: To respond to an action, often with a corresponding good or bad action (e.g., to repay a favor, to take revenge).
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tôi phải trả sách cho thư viện. (I have to return the book to the library.)
- Bạn đã trả tiền nhà chưa? (Have you paid the rent yet?)
- Anh ấy muốn trả thù. (He wants to take revenge.)
Advanced Usage
"trả giá": to pay the price (literally or figuratively for a mistake); also, to haggle or state a price when buying.
- Hắn sẽ phải trả giá cho hành động của mình. (He will have to pay for his actions.)
"trả lời": to answer, to reply.
- Cô ấy không trả lời tin nhắn của tôi. (She did not reply to my message.)
"trả tự do": to set free, to release.
- Cảnh sát đã trả tự do cho người đàn ông vô tội. (The police released the innocent man.)
Variants and Related Words
Trả lại (v): to give back, to return.
- Xin hãy trả lại chìa khóa cho tôi. (Please give the key back to me.)
Trả tiền (v): to pay money.
- Khách hàng trả tiền bằng thẻ tín dụng. (The customer pays by credit card.)
Trả ơn (v): to repay a favor, to show gratitude.
- Tôi không biết làm sao để trả ơn anh. (I don't know how to repay your kindness.)
Synonyms
- Return: to give back.
- Pay: to give money owed.
- Repay: to return a favor or a debt.
- Retaliate: to fight back.
Related Idioms
Ăn miếng trả miếng: tit for tat, an eye for an eye.
- Cuộc tranh cãi trở thành ăn miếng trả miếng. (The argument became a tit-for-tat exchange.)
Trả nợ đời: to pay one's debt to life (to face life's consequences or fulfill one's duties).
- Ông ấy làm việc cực nhọc như để trả nợ đời. (He works hard as if to pay his debt to life.)
verb
- to return, to give back to pay