bú
Definition
- Verb:
- To suck: The primary meaning of "bú" is to draw liquid, especially milk, into the mouth by creating a partial vacuum. It most commonly refers to a baby or young mammal suckling at its mother's breast.
- To suckle: Specifically refers to the act of an infant feeding from the breast.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Em bé đang bú mẹ. (The baby is suckling / breastfeeding.)
- Con mèo con bú sữa. (The kitten is sucking milk.)
- Đứa trẻ bú bình. (The child is drinking from a bottle. Note: "bú" is used here, though the action is technically drinking from a bottle.)
Advanced Usage
- "bú sữa": to suck milk, to feed on milk.
- Trẻ sơ sinh cần được bú sữa mẹ. (Newborns need to be breastfed.)
- "bú mớm": (archaic/formal) to suckle, to nurse.
- Công ơn cha mẹ như trời biển, ơn nuôi nấng bú mớm suốt đời không quên. (The gratitude for parents is as vast as the sky and sea; the debt for their nurturing and suckling can never be forgotten in a lifetime.)
Variants and Related Words
- Búp (noun): bud (as in a flower bud).
- Búi (noun): a bun, a knot (of hair).
Synonyms
- Hút: to suck, to inhale (used more generally for sucking actions, e.g., sucking on a straw, smoking, or vacuuming). "Bú" is more specific to feeding from a nipple.
- Tí (childish language): to drink milk, to suckle.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Bú sữa ngoài: to bottle-feed (literally: to suck outside milk).
- Một số trẻ phải bú sữa ngoài từ khi mới sinh. (Some children have to be bottle-fed from birth.)
Related Idioms
- Bú mồi (literally: to suck bait): Used in fishing for certain fish that suck in bait. Can be used metaphorically to mean to fall for a trick, to take the bait.
- Con cá lớn đã bú mồi. (The big fish took the bait.)
- Ăn bú (literally: to eat and suckle): A phrase referring to the basic, dependent stage of infancy.
- Nó còn bé, mới chỉ biết ăn bú thôi. (He's still a baby, only knows how to eat and suckle.)
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