vỗ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To clap, to slap: To strike a surface, typically with an open hand, producing a sound. Often used for encouragement, signaling, or gentle physical contact.
- To flap, to beat: To move something, like wings, up and down repeatedly.
- To lap, to wash against: For waves to strike against a shore or surface repeatedly.
- To fatten (an animal): To feed an animal intensively to make it fatter before sale or slaughter.
- To renege, to welsh (on a debt/promise): To refuse to pay back a debt or to break a promise or commitment.
Usage Examples
- To clap, to slap:
- Khán giả vỗ tay nhiệt liệt. (The audience clapped enthusiastically.)
- Mẹ vỗ nhẹ vào lưng đứa trẻ. (The mother patted the child's back gently.)
- To flap, to beat:
- Con chim vỗ cánh bay đi. (The bird flapped its wings and flew away.)
- To lap, to wash against:
- Sóng vỗ vào bờ đá. (The waves lapped against the rocky shore.)
- To fatten (an animal):
- Người nông dân vỗ béo con lợn trước Tết. (The farmer fattens the pig before Tet.)
- To renege, to welsh:
- Hắn ta đã vỗ nợ và bỏ trốn. (He welshed on his debt and ran away.)
Advanced Usage
- "vỗ về": To comfort, to soothe (often by patting and using gentle words).
- Cô ấy vỗ về đứa trẻ đang khóc. (She comforted the crying child.)
- "vỗ mặt": To slap someone in the face (literally); to insult or humiliate someone publicly (figuratively).
- Hành động đó như vỗ mặt vào danh dự của anh ta. (That action was like a slap in the face to his honor.)
Variants and Related Words
- Vỗ vỗ (reduplicated form): To tap or pat lightly and repeatedly.
- Bà vỗ vỗ vào má cháu. (The grandmother tapped the grandchild's cheek.)
- Vỗ béo (compound verb): To fatten (an animal). This is a common compound.
- Vỗ nợ (compound verb): To renege on a debt.
- Vỗ ơn (compound verb): To be ungrateful; to fail to repay a kindness.
Synonyms
- Vỗ (as to clap): vỗ tay (to clap hands), đập (to strike, more forceful).
- Vỗ (as to fatten): nuôi béo (to raise/fatten).
- Vỗ (as to renege): bội ước (to break a promise), nuốt lời (to go back on one's word).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Vỗ vào: To pat/slap onto something.
- Anh ta vỗ vào vai tôi. (He patted me on the shoulder.)
- Vỗ lên: To clap onto something, to slap something upward.
- Cô giáo vỗ lên bàn. (The teacher slapped the table.)
Related Idioms
- Vỗ tay không kêu: Literally "clapping hands without sound." Means an effort or action is ineffective, futile, or lacks support.
- Một mình anh ấy làm thì cũng như vỗ tay không kêu. (If he does it alone, it's like clapping with no sound—it's futile.)
- Vỗ ngực xưng tên: Literally "to beat one's chest and declare one's name." Means to boast confidently about one's abilities or identity.
- Anh ấy dám vỗ ngực xưng tên hứa sẽ hoàn thành công việc. (He dared to beat his chest and promise he would finish the job.)
verb
- to clap, slap to lap to flap