Definition

1. Verb:
   • To gather: To come together, typically as a family or group of close individuals, often for a special occasion or after a period of separation. It implies a warm, joyful, and intimate reunion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cả gia đình xum họp vào dịp Tết. (The whole family gathers during Tet.)
  • Họ xum họp sau mười năm xa cách. (They gathered after ten years apart.)
  • Chúng tôi hiếm khi có cơ hội xum họp đông đủ như vậy. (We rarely have the chance to gather so fully like this.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "xum họp" carries a strong emotional connotation of happiness, completeness, and familial or close-knit bonding. It is rarely used for casual or formal meetings of strangers or acquaintances.

Variants and Related Words

• Sum họp: An alternate, equally common spelling of the same word.
• Đoàn tụ (v): To reunite. Often used interchangeably with "xum họp," but can have a slightly stronger emphasis on reuniting after a long or forced separation.
  • Gia đình họ cuối cùng cũng được đoàn tụ. (Their family was finally reunited.)

Synonyms

• Reunite: To bring or come together again.
• Assemble: To come together as a group.
• Congregate: To gather into a crowd or mass.

Related Idioms

• Sum vầy: To gather around, to be together (often in a cozy, harmonious setting).
  • Mọi người sum vầy bên bếp lửa. (Everyone gathered around the fireplace.)
• Đoàn viên: A state of reunion or togetherness, often used as a noun or adjective.
  • Câu chuyện có một kết thúc đoàn viên. (The story has a happy, reuniting ending.)

verb

1. gather