Definitions

1. Noun:

   • Vase, pot, decanter: A container, typically made of ceramic, porcelain, glass, or metal, used for holding liquids or as a decorative object.
   • Vessel, container: A general term for a receptacle, especially in scientific or technical contexts (e.g., communicating vessels).
   • Screen, partition: A shortened form of bình phong, meaning a screen or partition, often decorative.

2. Adjective:

   • Average, medium, fair: Of ordinary quality; neither good nor bad. Often used in grading.
   • Peaceful, pacific: A shortened form of thái bình or hoà bình, meaning peace or peacetime.

3. Verb:

   • To evaluate, to appraise: For a group to discuss and assess the quality or performance of someone/something to make a selection.
   • To recite, to declaim: To read a literary text (like a poem or essay) aloud with expression, often for an audience to appreciate.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Cô ấy cắm hoa vào bình. (She puts flowers in the vase.)
  • Các bình thông nhau minh hoạ nguyên lý thuỷ tĩnh. (The communicating vessels illustrate the principle of hydrostatics.)
  • Căn phòng được ngăn bằng một chiếc bình. (The room is divided by a screen.)

• Adjective:

  • Anh ấy chỉ đạt điểm bình trong kỳ thi. (He only got an average score on the exam.)
  • Người dân mong ước một cuộc sống thời bình. (People wish for a life in peacetime.)

• Verb:

  • Hội đồng sẽ bình chọn nhân viên xuất sắc nhất. (The committee will evaluate and select the most outstanding employee.)
  • Giáo sư bình bài thơ đó rất hay. (The professor declaimed that poem very beautifully.)

Advanced Usage

• "bình cũ rượu mới": Literally "old bottle, new wine." An idiom meaning new content in an old form; a new approach to an old subject.

  • Bộ phim là một câu chuyện bình cũ rượu mới. (The film is a new twist on an old tale.)

• "bình tĩnh": A compound adjective meaning "calm, composed." (Note: This is a compound word, not the isolated target word 'bình').

  • Hãy bình tĩnh và suy nghĩ kỹ. (Please stay calm and think carefully.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bình phong (n): Screen, partition.
• Bình dân (adj): Common, popular, of the ordinary people.
• Bình luận (v/n): To comment; a commentary.
• Bình thường (adj): Normal, ordinary.
• Bình ổn (v): To stabilize (e.g., prices).
• Bình chọn (v): To vote, to elect through appraisal.
• Bình văn (n): A session of reciting and appreciating literature.

Synonyms

• Noun (Vase): Lọ (jar, vase), chậu (pot, basin).
• Adjective (Average): Trung bình, tầm thường.
• Verb (Evaluate): Đánh giá, xét duyệt.
• Verb (Recite): Ngâm, đọc diễn cảm.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Bình bầu (v): To elect or select through discussion and consensus.
  • Lớp chúng tôi đang bình bầu lớp trưởng. (Our class is electing a class president.)

Related Idioms

• "Trâm gãy bình rơi": Literally "the hairpin breaks, the vase falls." An idiom referring to the untimely death of a beautiful young woman.
  • Câu chuyện kết thúc trong cảnh trâm gãy bình rơi. (The story ended with the tragic death of the young maiden.)

noun

1. Vase, pot, china decanter
   • bình hoa
     a flower vase
   • bình vôi
     a limepot
   • bình rượu
     a china decanter
   • bình trà
     a teapot
2. Vessel, container
   • bình thông nhau
     communicating vessels
   • bình cũ rượu mới
     a new tout in an old horn

verb

1. To declaim, to recite