đưa

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• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨə˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨə˧˧]

đưa • (迻, 多, 拸)

1. (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 tay ― to deliver a letter to [the recipient's] hands

   đưa tin cho báo ― to tip off a newspaper

2. (transitive) to lead, to guide, to drive

   đưa trâu ra đồng ― to take the water buffalo out to the field

   đưa khách đi tham quan ― to take the guests sightseeing

   đưa bóng vào lưới ― to drive the ball into the net

3. (transitive) to reach out (to extend one's hand, foot, etc.); to brandish

   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 dọa ― to brandish a knife menacingly

   đưa đầu chịu đòn ― to show one's head to accept punishment

4. (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

5. (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

6. (transitive) to accompany, to escort

   đưa khách ra đến tận cổng ― to accompany the guests to the outermost gate

   đưa bạn lên đường ― to accompany a friend on the road

7. (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.

8. (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

• (to bring): trao
• (to lead): dẫn, dẫn dắt, dẫn đến, hướng dẫn, điều khiển
• (to reach out): giơ
• (to put into): đem
• (to lead to): dẫn, dẫn dắt, dẫn đến, tạo nên