Definition

1. Verb:
   • To go on a patrol: The primary meaning of "tuần tra" is to move through a designated area, especially as a guard, police officer, or soldier, to maintain security, observe the situation, and ensure order.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát tuần tra trên các con phố vào ban đêm. (The police patrol the streets at night.)
  • Đơn vị của chúng tôi có nhiệm vụ tuần tra dọc biên giới. (Our unit has the duty to patrol along the border.)

Advanced Usage

• "tuần tra kiểm soát": to patrol and control.
  • Lực lượng chức năng tăng cường tuần tra kiểm soát giao thông. (The functional forces have intensified traffic patrol and control.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tuần tiễu (v): to reconnoiter, to scout (often in a military context, involving careful observation of an area).
  • Các chiến sĩ được lệnh đi tuần tiễu trong rừng. (The soldiers were ordered to reconnoiter in the forest.)

Synonyms

• Patrol: to go around an area to guard and inspect it.
• Inspect: to look at something closely.
• Monitor: to watch and check a situation over time.

Related Idioms

• Mắt tuần tra: (lit. patrol eyes) A colloquial term for a vigilant person who notices everything.
  • Anh ấy có mắt tuần tra, chuyện gì cũng biết. (He has patrol eyes, he knows everything that happens.)

verb

1. to go on a patrol