Definition

1. Verb:
   • To punch: To strike someone or something forcefully with a closed fist.
   • To pound / to thump: To hit or strike something repeatedly or with a dull, heavy sound, often with a fist or a similar object.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nó tức giận và đấm vào tường. (He was angry and punched the wall.)
  • Đừng đấm nhau! (Don't punch each other!)
  • Bà ấy đấm nhẹ vào lưng tôi. (She gave me a light thump on the back.)

Advanced Usage

• "đấm bóp": to massage by kneading and pounding.
  • Sau khi tập, anh ấy cần được đấm bóp cơ. (After working out, he needs his muscles massaged.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cú đấm (n): a punch (as a noun).
  • Cú đấm của anh ta rất mạnh. (His punch is very powerful.)

Synonyms

• Punch: to strike with the fist.
• Thump: to hit heavily, producing a dull sound.
• Strike: to hit with force.

Related Idioms

• Đấm vào tai: (lit. "to punch the ear") An expression describing speech that is unpleasant, jarring, or offensive to hear.

  • Lời nói đó nghe như đấm vào tai. (That statement is like a punch to the ear / is very offensive to hear.)

• Đấm chuông: (lit. "to punch the bell") An old phrase meaning to ring a bell by striking it.

  • Câu ca dao: "Đem chuông đi đấm nước người, chẳng kêu cũng đấm một hồi cho kêu." (The folk poem: "Take your bell to ring in another's land, even if it doesn't sound, ring it for a while to make it sound.")

verb

1. to punch; to stricke hard with the fist