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See also: dua,
duă,
dứa,
dừa,
dưa,
du'a,
du'a',
dựa,
đua,
đũa, and đùa
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
đưa • (拸, 迻, 𫯖)
- (transitive) to bring, to take, to give, to hand
Tôi đã đưa số tiền cho ông ấy.- I already gave him [older man] some money.
đưa thư đến tận tay- to deliver a letter to [the recipient's] hands
đưa tin cho báo- to tip off a newspaper
- (transitive) to lead, to guide, to drive
Đưa trâu ra đồng.- Take the water buffalo out to the field.
Đưa khách đi tham quan.- Take the guests sightseeing.
đưa bóng vào lưới- to drive the ball into the net
- (transitive) to reach out (to extend one's hand, foot, etc.); to brandish
Đưa tay đỡ lấy đứa bé.- Hold the baby in your hands.
Đưa chân đá quả bóng.- Kick the ball with your foot.
đưa dao ra hăm dọa- to brandish a knife menacingly
đưa đầu chịu đòn- to show one's head to accept punishment
- (transitive) to put into
Đưa tất cả công sức vào việc này.- Put all your effort into this task.
đưa tiền ra mua chuộc- to put out money to bribe
- (transitive, only in compounds) to bring up
Các báo đã đưa tin…- The newspapers have reported…
Đưa vấn đề ra thảo luận.- Bring up the issue for discussion.
- (transitive) to accompany, to escort
Đưa khách ra đến tận cổng.- Accompany the guests to the outermost gate.
đưa bạn lên đường- to accompany a friend on the road
- (transitive, figuratively) to lead to, to guide to, to drive an outcome
đưa cuộc kháng chiến tới thắng lợi- to lead the resistance to victory
Chủ quan đưa đến thất bại.- Subjectivity leads to failure.
- (intransitive or transitive) to shuffle, to shift, to swing (to move in a slovenly, dragging manner):
Mắt nó cứ đưa qua đảo lại.- The child's eyes kept shifting back and forth.
đưa võng ru em- to push a hammock to lull a child to sleep
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