Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pile up, to heap up: The primary meaning of "vun" is to gather loose material (like soil, trash, leaves) into a pile or mound.
   • To hill up, to earth up (in agriculture): In farming and gardening, "vun" specifically refers to the action of drawing soil up around the base of a plant to support it, protect its roots, or improve drainage.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bác nông dân đang vun đất vào gốc ngô. (The farmer is hilling up soil around the base of the corn plant.)
  • Chúng ta nên vun lá khô lại thành đống trước khi dọn. (We should pile the dry leaves into a heap before cleaning them up.)
  • Hãy vun rác vào một góc cho gọn. (Please pile the trash into a corner to keep it tidy.)

Advanced Usage

• "Vun vén": This is a compound verb meaning to gather, to accumulate, or to manage resources carefully, often used in a figurative sense for money or family matters.
  • Cô ấy biết cách vun vén cho gia đình. (She knows how to build up/provide for her family.)
• "Vun xới": This compound verb literally means to hill up and till the soil, and figuratively means to nurture, to foster (e.g., a relationship, a dream).
  • Họ cùng nhau vun xới cho hạnh phúc gia đình. (They together nurture their family's happiness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vun đắp (verb): To build up, to cultivate (often used for abstract things like feelings, relationships, or careers). (To cultivate love).
• Đống (noun): A pile, a heap. This is the result of the action "vun".
• Xới (verb): To till, to loosen soil. Often paired with "vun" in agricultural contexts.

Synonyms

• Chất đống: To stack into a pile.
• Đắp: To mound up, to build up (e.g., soil). Can be more general than "vun".
• Gom lại: To gather together.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As "vun" is a verb, its combinations are typically compound verbs, not phrasal verbs in the English sense. - Vun vào: To pile (something) into (a specific place). - Vun rác vào thùng. (Pile the trash into the bin.) - Vun lên: To pile up (emphasizing the upward direction). - Vun đất lên cao. (Heap the soil up high.)

Related Idioms

• Vun cây, sửa cành: Literally "to hill up the tree and trim the branches". It means to nurture and correct, to care for and guide (often used in the context of raising children or managing an organization).
• Vun trồng: Literally "to hill up and plant". It means to cultivate, to foster growth (used for both plants and abstract concepts like knowledge or virtue).

verb

1. to pile up