đáo
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Definition
Verb: - To attain; to reach: To successfully arrive at or achieve a specific point, destination, or goal.
Usage
- The verb đáo is used to describe the action of reaching a place or achieving an objective. It often implies a successful conclusion to a journey or effort.
- It is a formal or literary term and is not commonly used in everyday modern spoken Vietnamese.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Sau nhiều ngày lênh đênh, thuyền đã đáo bến an toàn. (After many days adrift, the boat safely reached the harbor.)
- Với sự kiên trì, anh ấy cuối cùng đã đáo được mục tiêu của mình. (With perseverance, he finally attained his goal.)
Advanced Usage
- "đáo để": (archaic, literary) To reach an extreme degree; to be thorough or exhaustive.
- Lời phê bình của ông ấy thật đáo để. (His criticism was extremely thorough.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đáo hạn (verb phrase): To reach maturity (often used in finance for bonds or deposits).
- Sổ tiết kiệm sẽ đáo hạn vào tháng tới. (The savings certificate will mature next month.)
- Đảo (verb): To stir, to turn over. (Note: This is a different, more common word that is homophonous with đáo in some dialects or informal speech, as noted in the reference. Đáo in the sense of "to reach" is distinct.)
Synonyms
- Tới: to arrive, to come to.
- Đạt tới: to attain, to reach.
- Tới nơi: to arrive at a place.
Notes on Different Meanings
- The primary meaning of đáo is "to attain; to reach." The reference to a children's game (a game of pitching coins or tiles at a target) is a distinct, nominal usage of the word, often found in the compound trò cháo đáo or chơi đáo. This is considered a separate lexical item.
- Bọn trẻ trong làng thích chơi trò đáo. (The village children like to play the coin-pitching game.)