Definition

1. Verb:
   • To carry (a baby or child) on one's back using a cloth sling: The primary meaning refers to the traditional method of carrying an infant or young child securely against one's back, typically using a long piece of cloth (a sling) that is wrapped and tied around the carrier's body.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mẹ thường địu em bé trên lưng khi làm việc nhà. (Mother often carries the baby on her back while doing housework.)
  • Ở nhiều vùng quê Việt Nam, phụ nữ địu con để rảnh tay làm việc đồng áng. (In many Vietnamese rural areas, women carry their children on their backs to have free hands for farm work.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "địu" specifically describes the action. The cloth sling used for this purpose is typically called "cái địu" (the baby sling/carrier).
  • Cô ấy mua một cái địu mới để địu con. (She bought a new baby sling to carry her child.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đìu: An older or variant spelling/pronunciation with the same meaning as "địu".
• Cái địu (n): The noun for the baby sling or carrier itself.
• Mang (v): A more general verb for "to carry".
• Cõng (v): To carry (someone) on one's back, but without the specific connotation of using a cloth sling; it can be more general (e.g., carrying an older child).

Synonyms

• Carry on the back: The direct English translation of the action.
• Tote (a child): A less common but applicable synonym in English.

Related Phrases

• Địu con: A common phrase meaning "to carry one's child on the back (in a sling)".
  • Bà ngoại vẫn nhớ những ngày địu con đi chợ. (Grandma still remembers the days of carrying her child to the market on her back.)

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