ốp
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Definition
Verb:
- To goad; to prod; to press someone: To urge, pressure, or push someone to do something quickly or urgently.
- To press together; to apply firmly: To press two surfaces or objects together firmly.
- To clad; to veneer; to overlay: To cover a surface (like a wall) with a layer of another material, such as stone or wood.
Adjective:
- Meager; scrawny; thin: Describes something, typically seafood like a crab, that lacks flesh or substance.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to goad):
- Anh ta luôn ốp nhân viên làm việc nhanh hơn. (He always prods his employees to work faster.)
- Verb (to press together):
- Hãy ốp hai miếng gỗ lại với nhau. (Please press the two pieces of wood together.)
- Verb (to clad):
- Họ ốp đá cẩm thạch cho mặt tiền tòa nhà. (They clad the building's facade with marble.)
- Adjective (meager):
- Con cua này ốp quá, không có thịt. (This crab is too scrawny; it has no meat.)
Advanced Usage
- "ốp la": A loanword from French ("oeuf sur le plat") meaning a fried egg, sunny-side up.
- Tôi muốn ăn trứng ốp la. (I want to eat a fried egg, sunny-side up.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ốp lát (v): To tile; to lay tiles. A more specific term for covering a surface.
- Thợ sắp ốp lát gạch cho nhà tắm. (The worker is about to tile the bathroom.)
- Ốp kính (v): To fit with glass; to glaze.
- Cửa hàng được ốp kính từ trên xuống dưới. (The shop is glazed from top to bottom.)
Synonyms
- Verb: To pressure, to urge, to push, to apply, to cover, to face.
- Adjective: Skinny, lean, emaciated (for living things); hollow, empty.
Related Idioms
- Ốp đồng: A term from spirit mediumship practices, referring to the act of a spirit taking control of, or "pressing upon," a medium.
- Khi thánh ốp đồng, bà đồng bắt đầu nhập. (When the spirit takes possession, the medium begins the trance.)
verb
- to goad; to prod
verb
- to press together
- ốp hai hòn gạchto press two brick together
adj
- meager
- cua ốpa meager crab