Definition

1. Verb:

   • To pass (an exam/test): To achieve a successful result in an examination or assessment.
   • To perch; to alight; to land: For a bird, insect, or aircraft to come to rest on a surface.
   • To park (a vehicle): To bring a vehicle to a stop and leave it temporarily in a location.
   • To be on station (of ships): For a ship or boat to be stationed or docked at a specific place.
   • To set; to form (of fruit, embryo): For fruit to form on a plant or for a pregnancy to be successfully established.

2. Noun:

   • Bean; pea; legume: The seed of various pod-bearing plants, used as food.
   • (Smallpox): An infectious disease (archaic/medical term, from "đậu mùa").

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Tôi hy vọng sẽ đậu kỳ thi đại học. (I hope to pass the university entrance exam.)
  • Con chim đậu trên cành cây. (The bird perches on the tree branch.)
  • Bạn không được đậu xe ở đây. (You are not allowed to park your car here.)
  • Chiếc tàu đậu tại cảng Sài Gòn. (The ship is on station at Saigon port.)
  • Hoa đã tàn nhưng quả không đậu. (The flowers have wilted but the fruit did not set.)

• Noun:

  • Canh đậu hầm xương rất bổ dưỡng. (Stewed bean soup with bones is very nutritious.)
  • Trẻ em trước đây thường bị bệnh đậu. (Children in the past often suffered from smallpox.)

Advanced Usage

• "đậu" in compound verbs:
  • "đậu xe": to park a vehicle.

    • Khu vực này dành để đậu xe. (This area is for parking cars.)
  • "thi đậu": to pass an exam.

    • Chúc mừng bạn đã thi đậu! (Congratulations on passing the exam!)

Variants and Related Words

• Đỗ (v): A common Northern Vietnamese synonym for "đậu" meaning to pass (an exam) or to park.
• Đậu phụng (n): Peanut.
• Đậu nành/đậu tương (n): Soybean.
• Đậu Hà Lan (n): Pea.
• Đậu mùa (n): Smallpox.
• Đậu hũ/đậu phụ (n): Tofu.

Synonyms

• Pass (an exam): succeed, get through.
• Perch: land, settle, roost.
• Park: leave, station (a vehicle).
• Bean: legume, pulse.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Đậu như tằm": To pass (exams) in great numbers (lit. "to set/cocoon like silkworms").
  • Năm nay học trò đậu như tằm. (This year, students passed in droves.)
• "Cầm lòng không đậu": To be unable to contain one's emotions (lit. "to hold one's heart but it does not stay").
  • Nghe tin ấy, bà cầm lòng không đậu. (Hearing that news, she could not hold back her emotions.)

verb

1. to pass an examination to perch; to alight (of birds)
2. To park (of card)
   • cấm đậu xe
     no parking
3. To be on station (of ships)

noun

1. (y học) variola; smallpox

noun

1. bean; pea