Definition

1. Noun:
   • Resistance: The act or capacity of an organism to withstand, fight against, or remain unharmed by something harmful, such as a disease, infection, or adverse condition. This is the most common meaning in general and medical contexts.
   • Pocket of resistance: A small, isolated group or area that continues to fight against a larger, controlling force, typically used in a military or political context.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Resistance):
  • Cơ thể trẻ em có để kháng yếu hơn người lớn. (Children's bodies have weaker resistance than adults.)
  • Ăn uống đủ chất giúp tăng cường để kháng. (Eating nutritiously helps strengthen resistance.)
• Noun (Pocket of resistance):
  • Quân đội đã dẹp tan các ổ để kháng cuối cùng của địch. (The army wiped out the enemy's last pockets of resistance.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in the compound form "sức đề kháng", which specifically means "immune strength" or "physical resistance".
  • Sức đề kháng của anh ấy rất tốt, ít khi bị ốm. (His immune system is very good; he rarely gets sick.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đề kháng: This is a more modern and commonly used variant spelling of "để kháng". The meanings are identical.
• Kháng cự (v): To resist, to oppose (often used for active, physical, or military resistance).
• Miễn dịch (n): Immunity (specifically related to the biological immune system).

Synonyms

• Resistance: The ability to withstand something.
• Immunity: The state of being immune, especially to disease.
• Pocket of resistance: A holdout, a stronghold.

Notes on Usage

• In contemporary Vietnamese, the spelling "đề kháng" is more prevalent than "để kháng", though both are understood. The primary meaning in everyday language is related to health and the body's ability to resist illness.
• The military sense ("pocket of resistance") is almost always used in the specific phrase "ổ để kháng" or "ổ đề kháng".

1. Resist
   • ổ để kháng
     Pocket of resistance