Definition

1. Verb:
   • To stand: To be in or get into an upright position on your feet, supported by your legs.
   • To be located / to be situated: To be in a particular place or position.
   • To stop / to halt: To cease moving or operating.
   • To hold / to remain: To endure, to stay in a particular state or condition without failing.
   • To take on a role / to act as: To put oneself forward to perform a duty or take responsibility.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Xin hãy đứng dậy. (Please stand up.)
  • Bức tượng đứng ở giữa công viên. (The statue is located in the middle of the park.)
  • Chiếc đồng hồ đã đứng. (The clock has stopped.)
  • Chính phủ đó không đứng vững. (That government did not hold.)
  • Ông ấy đứng ra làm chứng. (He came forward to act as a witness.)

Advanced Usage

• "đứng đầu": to head, to lead, to be at the top.
  • Bà ấy đứng đầu ban giám đốc. (She heads the board of directors.)
• "đứng về phía": to side with, to take someone's side.
  • Trong cuộc tranh cãi, anh ấy luôn đứng về phía tôi. (In arguments, he always sides with me.)
• "đứng tên": to have one's name on (a document, property), to be the registered owner.
  • Căn nhà đứng tên mẹ tôi. (The house is registered in my mother's name.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đứng yên (v): to stand still, to be motionless.
  • Đứng yên đó đừng nhúc nhích! (Stand still there, don't move!)
• Đứng dậy (v): to stand up, to rise.
  • Mọi người đứng dậy chào. (Everyone stood up to greet.)
• Thẳng đứng (adj): vertical, perpendicular.
  • Vách đá dựng thẳng đứng. (The cliff rose vertically.)

Synonyms

• Stand: to be upright.
• Halt: to stop.
• Endure: to last, to withstand.
• Position: to place oneself.

Related Idioms

• Đứng núi này trông núi nọ: Literally "to stand on this mountain and look at that mountain"; to be never satisfied, to always think the grass is greener on the other side.
  • Anh ta không bao giờ hài lòng với công việc, đúng là đứng núi này trông núi nọ. (He is never satisfied with his job, it's a classic case of thinking the grass is greener.)
• Đứng ngồi không yên: Literally "to not be able to stand or sit peacefully"; to be restless, anxious, or worried.
  • Lo lắng cho con, bà ấy đứng ngồi không yên. (Worried about her child, she was restless.)
• Đứng trên đôi chân của mình: Literally "to stand on one's own feet"; to be independent, self-reliant.
  • Cô ấy muốn đứng trên đôi chân của mình. (She wants to stand on her own two feet.)

verb

1. to stand; to set
   • tôi sẽ đứng dây
     I'll stand here