Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Red: Having the color of blood, fire, or a ripe strawberry. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • Lit / Glowing: Describing something that is burning or emitting a red light, like hot coals or a lit lamp.
   • Flushed / Rosy: Referring to a reddish complexion, often from emotion, heat, or health.
   • Lucky / Fortunate: Used colloquially to describe a period of good luck or fortune.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy mặc một chiếc váy đỏ. (She is wearing a red dress.)
  • Mặt anh ấy đỏ lên vì xấu hổ. (His face turned red from embarrassment.)
  • Những viên than trong lò vẫn còn đỏ. (The coals in the furnace are still glowing red.)
  • Dạo này anh ấy đang đỏ lắm. (He has been very lucky lately.)

Advanced Usage

• "đỏ như máu": as red as blood; blood-red.

  • Vết thương chảy máu đỏ như máu. (The wound bled, as red as blood.)

• "vận đỏ": good luck, a lucky streak.

  • Cầu thủ đó đang trong thời kỳ vận đỏ. (That player is on a lucky streak.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đỏ ửng (adj): to be flushed, to have a reddish blush.

  • Đôi má cô bé đỏ ửng. (The little girl's cheeks were flushed.)

• Đỏ au (adj): bright, glowing red (often for fire, metal).

  • Sắt được nung đỏ au. (The iron was heated to a bright red.)

• Đỏ chót (adj): a vivid, intense red.

  • Cô ấy sơn móng tay màu đỏ chót. (She painted her nails a vivid red.)

Synonyms

• Red: crimson, scarlet, ruby (for color).
• Lit: ignited, glowing, burning.
• Flushed: blushing, rosy, ruddy.
• Lucky: fortunate, auspicious.

Related Idioms

• Đỏ mặt tía tai: to be red in the face (from anger or extreme embarrassment).

  • Ông ấy tức giận đến mức đỏ mặt tía tai. (He was so angry he turned red in the face.)

• Đen đỏ không bằng cờ đỏ sao vàng: Literally "Neither black nor red equals the red flag with a gold star"; meaning nothing compares to the national flag, emphasizing patriotism.

• Đỏ như gấc: as red as gấc fruit; very red.

  • Đôi môi cô ấy đỏ như gấc. (Her lips were as red as gấc fruit.)

adj

1. Red
   • đỏ như máu
     blood-red lucky
   • vận đỏ
     Good luck