Tradução de "mean" — Dicionário Inglês-Vietnamita

mean

verb /miːn/ (past tense, past participle meant /ment/)

to (intend to) express, show or indicate

nghĩa là
’Bleu’ meansblue’ in French
What do you mean by (saying/doing) that?

to intend

định
I meant to go to the exhibition but forgot
For whom was that letter meant?
He means (= is determined) to be a rich man some day.
meaning noun

the sense in which a statement, action, word etc is (intended to be) understood

ý nghĩa
What is the meaning of this phrase?
What is the meaning of his behaviour?
meaningful adjective

(often used loosely) important in some way

đầy ý nghĩa
a meaningful statement/relationship.
meaningless adjective

without meaning or reason; of no importance

vô nghĩa
meaningless chatter.
be meant to

to be required or supposed; to have to

cần
The child is meant to be asleep!
mean well

to have good intentions

có ý định tốt
He meant well by what he said.

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