choàng

verb

• To embrace, to clasp
  • đưa tay choàng qua vai bạn: to embrace a friend in one's arm
  • choàng ngang hông: to clasp someone in the middle
  • em bé dang hai tay ôm choàng lấy cổ mẹ: the little child embraced his mother, enclosing his arms round her neck

• To put round
  • choàng dây qua vai để kéo: to put a cord round one's shoulder and pull
  • choàng khăn lên đầu: to put a scarf round one's head

• To be startled into (doing something)
  • hoảng hốt choàng dậy: to be startled (into sitting) up