chằng

verb

• To fasten, to bind, to tie securely
  • chằng gói hàng sau xe đạp: to fasten a parcel behind one's bicycle (on one's bicycle carrier)
  • buộc sơ cũng được, không cần phải chằng kỹ: just tie it cursorily, no need to fasten it
  • vá chằng vá đụp: patched many times over, mended with overlapping patches

• To pinch, to use without permission
  • chằng cái bút của bạn: to pinch one's friend's pen
  • tiêu chằng: to spend (someone's money) without his permission
  • nhận chằng: to claim (something) not one's own
  • ăn chằng vay bữa: to eat food not one's own; to borrow money for each meal, to live by one's wits