Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dressed in a showy, elegant, or coquettish manner; spruce, dapper: "đỏm" describes someone, typically a woman, who dresses carefully and stylishly to attract attention or appear charming.
   • Having a charming, playful, or flirtatious appearance or demeanor: It can also refer to a person's overall attractive and playful style or attitude.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy ăn mặc rất đỏm khi đi dự tiệc. (She dressed very sprucely / in a coquettish manner to attend the party.)
  • Dáng đi đỏm của cô gái thu hút mọi ánh nhìn. (The girl's coquettish / charming walk attracted all eyes.)

Advanced Usage

• "làm đỏm": to primp, to doll oneself up, to dress up showily.
  • Cô ấy dành hàng giờ trước gương để làm đỏm. (She spends hours in front of the mirror primping.)
• "đỏm dáng": (similar to "làm đỏm") to show off one's figure or style; to carry oneself in a coquettish or dapper way.
  • Anh chàng trẻ tuổi đỏm dáng trong bộ veston mới. (The young man cut a dapper figure in his new suit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đỏm đang (adj., adv.): An intensified form of "đỏm," meaning very spruce, very coquettish, or very charming in dress and manner.
  • Bộ váy khiến cô ấy trông thật đỏm đang. (The dress made her look very charming and elegant.)
• Làm đỏm (verb phrase): As mentioned above, the act of dressing up or primping.

Synonyms

• Diện (adj., v.): to dress fashionably or flashily.
• Chải chuốt (v.): to groom oneself meticulously.
• Hợm hĩnh (adj.): conceited, vain (can be related in the context of showing off).

Related Idioms

• "Ăn cho no, làm đỏm cho kỹ": (Proverb) Eat until you're full, dress up meticulously. Emphasizes taking care in both sustenance and appearance.
  • Theo quan niệm xưa, "ăn cho no, làm đỏm cho kỹ" là một phần của lối sống. (According to old beliefs, "eat until you're full, dress up meticulously" was part of a lifestyle.)

1. Spruce, neartly dressed
   • Ăn mặc đỏm
     To be neartly dressed