Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cucurbitaceae family: Refers to plants belonging to the gourd family, which includes various vine plants that produce fruits with hard rinds, such as gourds, pumpkins, squash, and melons.
   • Gourds and melons (collectively): A general term for the edible or ornamental fruits produced by these plants.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong vườn nhà tôi trồng nhiều loại bầu bí. (My garden grows many types of gourds and melons.)
  • Bầu bí là họ thực vật có nhiều loài có ích. (Cucurbits are a plant family with many useful species.)

Advanced Usage

• "họ bầu bí": the gourd family, the cucurbit family.
  • Bí ngô thuộc họ bầu bí. (Pumpkin belongs to the gourd family.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bầu (n): Specifically refers to bottle gourd or calabash ().
• Bí (n): Specifically refers to squash or pumpkin (e.g., - pumpkin, - winter melon).
• Cây họ bầu bí (n): Cucurbit plant.

Synonyms

• Họ bí (n): The squash/gourd family (less common variant).
• Cây dây leo cho quả (n): Vine plants that bear fruit (descriptive synonym).

Related Phrases

• Trồng bầu bí: to grow gourds and melons.
  • Ông ấy rất giỏi trồng bầu bí. (He is very skilled at growing gourds and melons.)

Related Idioms

• "Bầu ơi thương lấy bí cùng / Tuy rằng khác giống nhưng chung một giàn": An idiom expressing solidarity and compassion, literally: "Oh bottle gourd, have pity on the squash / Though of different kinds, they share the same trellis." It means people should love and help each other despite differences.
  • Câu ca dao "Bầu ơi thương lấy bí cùng" khuyên chúng ta sống có tình nghĩa. (The folk verse "Oh bottle gourd, have pity on the squash" advises us to live with compassion.)

1. Cucurbit