bong
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Adjective:
- Snow-white, shining bright: Describes something that is extremely white and clean, or shines with cleanliness.
- Peeled off, flaked off: Describes a thin outer layer that has come off.
Verb:
- (Of a thin outer layer) To peel off, to flake off: To become detached or come off in pieces, typically referring to surfaces like paint, paper, or skin.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Quần áo trong bệnh viện trắng bong. (The hospital linen is snow-white.)
- Căn phòng được lau chùi sạch bong. (The room was cleaned until it was shining.)
Verb:
- Giấy dán lâu ngày bị bong. (The long-stuck paper is peeling off.)
- Lớp sơn trên tường đã bong ra. (The coat of paint on the wall has peeled off.)
Advanced Usage
"bong ra": to peel off, to come off (emphasizing the separation).
- Da cháy nắng bắt đầu bong ra. (The sunburned skin started to peel off.)
"bong hết": to be completely peeled off.
- Nhãn mác trên chai nước đã bong hết. (The label on the water bottle has completely peeled off.)
Variants and Related Words
Bong tróc (verb): to peel and flake (often used together for a more descriptive effect).
- Tường nhà cũ bị bong tróc sơn. (The paint on the old house wall is peeling and flaking.)
Bóc (verb): to peel, to strip (more active; often requires an agent).
- Bóc vỏ cam. (To peel an orange.)
Synonyms
- Adjective: (pure white), (clean and shiny).
- Verb: (to flake off), (to shed, to peel).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Bong mảng: to peel off in patches/flakes.
- Vữa trần nhà bong mảng xuống. (The ceiling plaster is flaking off in patches.)
Related Idioms
- Sạch bong: (idiomatic) spotlessly clean, squeaky clean.
- Sau khi dọn dẹp, nhà bếp sạch bong. (After cleaning, the kitchen was spotless.)
- Snow-white, shining
- quần áo trong bệnh viện trắng bongthe hospital linen is snow-white
- sạch bongshining with cleanliness
verb
- (nói về lớp mỏng bên ngoài) To peel off
- giấy dán lâu ngày bị bongthe long-stuck paper is peeling off
- sơn bong mất một lớpa coat of paint has peeled off