Definition

1. Verb:
   • To carry by the handle: The primary meaning of "xách" is to carry an object by its handle, typically using one hand, allowing the object to hang down.
   • To lift or pull up: "Xách" can also mean to grab and pull something upwards.
   • (Colloquial) To take, to bring: In informal speech, "xách" is used to mean taking or bringing something along.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy xách chiếc túi hàng hiệu. (She is carrying the designer handbag.)
  • Anh ta xách vali lên và bước vào khách sạn. (He carried the suitcase up and walked into the hotel.)
  • Đừng xách tai em bé như thế! (Don't pull the child's ear like that!)
  • Cuối tuần này, tôi định xách balo lên và đi phượt. (This weekend, I plan to take my backpack and go on a road trip.)

Advanced Usage

• "xách tay": (carried by hand) Often used to describe luggage or goods personally transported, not checked in.
  • Tôi mua chai rượu này ở duty-free, xách tay về. (I bought this bottle of liquor duty-free and carried it by hand back.)
• "xách mé": (to pick a fight, to provoke) A slang idiom meaning to provoke or start a quarrel.
  • Nó đang tìm cách xách mé với anh đấy. (He's looking for a way to pick a fight with you.)

Variants and Related Words

• Xếch (verb): A variant pronunciation, often used interchangeably in some contexts, especially for the meaning "to pull to one side or upwards."
  • Cậu bé xếch quần lên để lội nước. (The boy pulled his pants up to wade through the water.)

Synonyms

• Mang (verb): to carry, to bring. (More general than "xách").
• Cầm (verb): to hold. (Implies holding in hand, not necessarily by a handle or letting it hang).
• Kéo (verb): to pull. (Similar to the "lift/pull" meaning of "xách").

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Xách đi: to take away.
  • Cảnh sát xách đi người đàn ông gây rối. (The police took the troublemaker away.)
• Xách đến: to bring to.
  • Anh ấy xách đến một tin rất buồn. (He brought very sad news.)

Related Idioms

• Không đáng xách giày cho ai: (not worthy to untie someone's shoes) An idiom expressing that someone is vastly inferior to another person.
  • Về tài năng, tôi không đáng xách giày cho anh ấy. (In terms of talent, I am not worthy to carry his shoes.)
• Xách nước đợi voi: (to carry water waiting for an elephant) An idiom meaning to make impractical or excessive preparations for an unlikely event.
  • Lập kế hoạch chi tiết thế mà dự án bị hủy, đúng là xách nước đợi voi. (Making such a detailed plan only for the project to be canceled is truly carrying water waiting for an elephant.)

verb

1. to carry by the handle