Definition

Noun: - A pipe: A device used for smoking tobacco, typically consisting of a small bowl for the tobacco and a stem through which the smoke is drawn. It is a traditional smoking implement, often associated with leisurely or contemplative smoking.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông cụ thường hút thuốc bằng một chiếc ống điếu gỗ. (The old man often smokes tobacco using a wooden pipe.)
  • Trên bàn làm việc của ông ấy luôn có một cái ống điếu. (There is always a pipe on his desk.)
  • Ống điếu này được chạm khắc rất tinh xảo. (This pipe is very intricately carved.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hút ống điếu": to smoke a pipe.
  • Sau bữa tối, ông ấy thường ra vườn hút ống điếu. (After dinner, he usually goes to the garden to smoke his pipe.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tẩu thuốc: (noun) Another, more formal or general term for a tobacco pipe. It can be used interchangeably with , though may carry a more traditional or rustic connotation.
  • Ông ấy sưu tầm rất nhiều tẩu thuốc cổ. (He collects many antique tobacco pipes.)

Synonyms

• Pipe: The direct English equivalent.
• Tobacco pipe: A more descriptive term in English.

Related Phrases

• "Ngậm ống điếu": to hold a pipe in one's mouth.
  • Nhân vật trong phim luôn ngậm ống điếu khi suy nghĩ. (The character in the film always holds a pipe in his mouth when thinking.)

Related Idioms

• "Chậm như ống điếu": (simile) As slow as a pipe; used to describe something or someone that is very slow, perhaps referring to the slow, deliberate process of smoking a pipe.
  • Anh ta làm việc chậm như ống điếu. (He works as slow as a pipe.)

noun

1. pipe