đưa
Each syllable carries one of six tones; the mark on the vowel tells you which. How the six tones sound →
đưa means to bring; to take; to give.
Meanings of đưa in English
Verb
- transitive to bring, to take, to give, to hand
- Tôi đưa tiền cho ông ấy rồi.I already gave him [an older man] some money.
- đưa thư đến tận tayto deliver a letter to [the recipient's] hands
- đưa tin cho báoto tip off a newspaper
- transitive to lead, to guide, to drive ≈ dẫndẫn dắthướng dẫnđiều khiển
- đưa trâu ra đồngto take the water buffalo out to the field
- đưa khách đi tham quanto take the guests sightseeing
- đưa bóng vào lướito drive the ball into the net
- transitive to reach out (to extend one's hand, foot, etc.); to brandish ≈ giơ
- Đưa tay đỡ lấy đứa bé đi.Come and lend the baby a hand.
- Nó đưa chân đá trái banh.He kicked the ball with his foot.
- đưa dao ra hăm dọato brandish a knife menacingly
- transitive to put into ≈ đem
- Đưa tất cả công sức vào việc này.Put all your effort into this task.
- đưa tiền ra mua chuộcto put out money to bribe
- transitive to accompany, to escort
- đưa khách ra đến tận cổngto accompany the guests to the outermost gate
- đưa bạn lên đườngto accompany a friend on the road
- figurative, transitive to lead to, to guide to, to drive an outcome ≈ dẫndẫn dắttạo nên
- đưa cuộc kháng chiến tới thắng lợito lead the resistance to victory
- Chủ quan đưa đến thất bại.Subjectivity leads to failure.
- intransitive, 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 emto push a hammock to lull a child to sleep
- in compounds, transitive to bring up
- Các báo đã đưa tin…The newspapers have reported…
- đưa vấn đề ra thảo luậnbring up the issue for discussion
Words with đưa
Synonyms and antonyms of đưa
Synonyms
Example sentences with đưa
- Họ đưa nó lại cho cô ấy. They gave it back to her.
- Tôi sẽ đưa cái đó cho bạn. I'll give that to you.
- Hãy đưa cho tôi cái chai đó. Give me the bottle.
- Đưa cho tôi đôi găng tay đó. Give me those gloves.
- Đưa tôi cái đèn pin của cậu. Give me your flashlight.
- Không ai đưa mình đi đâu cả. Nobody takes me anywhere.
- Chúng tôi sẽ đưa bạn về nhà. We need to take you home.
- Tôi sẽ đưa bạn đi tham quan. I'm going to take you on a tour.
Bilingual example sentences from Tatoeba (tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR).
Historical script (chữ Nôm / Hán)
Before the Latin alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ) became standard, đưa could be written as 迻, 多, 拸. Today Vietnamese is written only in the Latin alphabet.
Usage note: đưa
đưa means "to hand over, give" and "to take/accompany someone somewhere".
- Hand over: Đưa tôi cái bút. — Pass me the pen.
- Pay (hand money): Em đưa chị 200 nghìn. — I'm giving you 200 thousand.
- Take someone: Anh đưa em về nhé. — I'll take you home. Đưa con đi học — take the kids to school
- đưa đón — pick up and drop off: dịch vụ đưa đón sân bay — airport transfer service
Compare đưa (move something/someone toward a person or place) with cho (give as a gift, give ownership). Đưa tôi xem = hand it over so I can look; cho tôi = give it to me (to keep) — though cho is also used in ordering.
đưa tin = report the news; đưa ra = put forward (an idea, a decision).
Frequently asked questions
What does đưa mean in English?
đưa (verb) means "to bring; to take; to give".
How do you pronounce đưa?
IPA: Hanoi [ʔɗɨə˧˧]; Saigon [ʔɗɨə˧˧]. Tones: đưa — level tone (ngang).