bánh chè

Thân thiện

Anh ấy bị ngã và đập trúng bánh chè vào cạnh bàn.

Definition

Noun: 1. Patella, kneecap, kneepan: The small, flat, triangular bone at the front of the knee joint. 2. (In some regional dialects, especially Northern Vietnam) A type of sweet dessert soup: This meaning is distinct and refers to a food item, not the anatomical part.

Usage Examples

• Anatomical meaning:
  • Sau cú ngã, anh ấy bị đau ở bánh chè. (After the fall, he felt pain in his kneecap.)
  • Chấn thương bánh chè có thể ảnh hưởng đến việc đi lại. (A patella injury can affect walking.)
• Culinary meaning (regional):
  • Ở Hà Nội, bánh chè là một món ăn vặt ngọt làm từ đậu. (In Hanoi, "bánh chè" is a sweet snack made from beans.)

Advanced Usage

• "Xương bánh chè": This is a more precise anatomical term, literally "kneecap bone," and is synonymous with the primary definition.
  • Bác sĩ chụp X-quang xương bánh chè của tôi. (The doctor took an X-ray of my kneecap bone.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đầu gối (noun): Knee. This is the general term for the whole knee joint, which includes the .
• Khớp gối (noun): Knee joint.

Synonyms

• Patella (Medical/Latin term)
• Kneecap
• Kneepan (Less common)

Important Note on Meaning

This word is a homonym. Its meaning depends entirely on context: 1. In standard Vietnamese and anatomical/medical contexts, it exclusively means patella/kneecap. 2. In certain regional dialects (primarily Northern Vietnam) as a food term, it refers to a sweet dessert. To avoid confusion in general communication, the anatomical meaning is considered the primary definition. The food item is more commonly and unambiguously called "chè".

Học thuật

noun

1. Patella, knee-cap, knee-pan