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Dictionary entry

cố gắng ngủ

cố gắng ngủ means try to sleep in Vietnamese. Review definitions, example sentences, and related dictionary entries.

Definitions

Meanings

  1. 01

    try to sleep

  2. 02

    make an effort to sleep

Reference

Lexical details

Part of speech
Verb
CEFR
A2

Usage notes

Light verb construction: cố gắng (try/make an effort) + ngủ (sleep). Follows the pattern cố gắng + verb to express attempted action. Common in health and daily routine contexts.

Connected entries

Related words, phrases, and compounds

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cố gắng

to try or make an effort

VerbA2

ngủ

to sleep

VerbA1

tôi

I

PronounA1

cô ấy

she

pronounA1

Examples

Usage in context

3 examples

01

Họ khuyên anh nên cố gắng ngủ đủ giấc mỗi ngày.

They advised him to try to sleep enough every day.

02

Tôi sẽ cố gắng ngủ sớm tối nay.

I will try to sleep early tonight.

03

Cô ấy không thể ngủ nên phải cố gắng ngủ hơn một giờ.

She couldn't sleep, so she had to try to sleep for over an hour.