đóng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dong"

Vietnamese edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 凍 (“freeze”, SV: đống). Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] tɒːŋ³.

đóng • (𠘃, 㨂, 凍, 棟)

(transitive, intransitive) to shut tight; compare khép (“to close, leaving ajar, but not shutting”)
Antonym: mở

đóng cửa sổ ― to shut a window

Cửa đóng hay mở ?
Is the door shut or open?

đóng cửa
to close shop, temporarily or permanently

Tiệm đóng cửa hôm nay. ― The shop is closed today.

Một công ty máy tính ở Anh thông báo đóng cửa vì bị phá sản. ― A British computer company announced its closure due to bankruptcy.
(transitive) to drive (a nail, stake)
Antonyms: tháo, gỡ, tháo gỡ

đóng đinh ― to drive a nail
(intransitive) to congeal, solidify (grease, water, blood)
Antonym: tan
(transitive) to pack (wine, flour, goods in a container)
(transitive) to appear in, star in, play a role in (a play, movie, show)
(transitive) to post, pay, submit (tuition, bond, taxes, bail)
Synonym: nộp
- 1957, Đoàn Giỏi, chapter 17, in Đất rừng phương Nam, Kim Đồng:
  Họ phải đóng thuế hằng năm như đóng thuế ruộng đấy, con ạ.
  They have to pay annual taxes just like paying land tax, son.
(transitive) to assemble (a table, shoe, ship, book)
(transitive) to wear tightly, fasten to oneself (a loincloth, harness, yoke)
(transitive) to affix (a seal)
(transitive or intransitive, military) to station; to be stationed
(transitive, dated) to achieve a specific military rank