Definition

1. Noun:

   • Mountain pass: A low point or gap between mountains or hills that allows a path or road to cross over.
   • Example: The road winds through a famous mountain pass. (Con đường uốn lượn qua một đèo nổi tiếng.)

2. Verb:

   • To carry (as an extra load); to give a ride (on a vehicle): To transport something or someone as an additional load, often on the back or on a bicycle/motorbike.
   • Example: He gave his friend a ride on his motorbike to school. (Anh ấy đèo bạn anh ấy trên xe máy đến trường.)
   • To add on; to include as an extra burden: To add something extra, often implying an additional, sometimes cumbersome, responsibility or item.
   • Example: The heavy workload was burdened with extra reports. (Khối lượng công việc nặng nề lại còn đèo thêm các báo cáo.)

Usage Examples

• As a Noun:

  • Driving over the pass at night requires caution. (Lái xe qua đèo vào ban đêm cần thận trọng.)
  • They stopped at the top of the pass to take photos. (Họ dừng lại ở đỉnh đèo để chụp ảnh.)

• As a Verb:

  • My father used to give me a ride to the market on his bicycle. (Bố tôi thường đèo tôi ra chợ trên chiếc xe đạp của ông.)
  • She carried her child on her back while working in the field. (Cô ấy đèo con trên lưng khi làm việc ngoài đồng.)
  • The contract already has strict terms, don't add more complicated clauses. (Hợp đồng đã có điều khoản chặt chẽ rồi, đừng đèo thêm các điều khoản phức tạp nữa.)

Advanced Usage

• "đèo bòng": To be burdened with many additional, often troublesome, things or responsibilities. It emphasizes the cumbersome nature of the extras.
  • The main project is difficult enough without being burdened with these trivial tasks. (Dự án chính đã đủ khó, đừng đèo bòng thêm mấy việc vặt vãnh này.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đèo dốc (Noun phrase): Refers generally to steep, mountainous roads, emphasizing both passes and slopes.
• Chở (Verb): A more general verb for "to transport" or "to carry" (by vehicle). often implies a secondary, personal mode of carrying (on a bike, on one's back) or an extra addition.
• Gùi (Verb): To carry on one's back using a carrying frame (gùi), which is a specific method related to one meaning of .

Synonyms

• Noun (Mountain pass): Col, gap, pass.
• Verb (To carry/give a ride): To give someone a lift, to carry piggyback.
• Verb (To add on): To burden with, to saddle with, to tack on.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đèo theo: To take/bring someone or something along.
  • She always brings her younger brother along when she goes out. (Cô ấy lúc nào đi chơi cũng đèo theo đứa em trai.)

Related Idioms

• "Ăn cơm nhà vác tù và hàng tổng": Literally "Eat at home but carry a spear for the whole village." This idiom describes someone who takes on burdens or responsibilities that are not theirs, related to the "adding burden" sense of .
• "Vác ngà voi": Literally "To carry elephant tusks." Means to bear an extremely heavy and cumbersome burden, similar to the burdensome aspect of .

noun

1. mountain pass
   • đèo Hải Vân

verb

1. to carry ; to take along with