bí
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Pumpkin: A type of vine plant, or its large, round, typically orange fruit, used in cooking.
Adjective:
- Stuffy, Close: Lacking fresh air or ventilation; feeling oppressive.
- Closely-woven: Describing fabric that is dense and does not allow air to pass through easily.
- Stuck, In a fix, Hard-pressed: Being in a difficult situation with no obvious solution; unable to proceed or find an answer.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Mẹ nấu canh bí rất ngon. (Mom cooks delicious pumpkin soup.)
- Adjective:
- Căn phòng này thật bí. (This room is really stuffy.)
- Tôi đang bí ý tưởng cho bài viết. (I am stuck for ideas for the article.)
- Nhà thơ ấy bí vần. (That poet is hard-pressed for a rhyme.)
Advanced Usage
- "bí rị" / "bí rì": An intensified form meaning completely stuck, in an absolute stalemate, or utterly clueless.
- Ván cờ đã bí rị. (The chess game is in a complete stalemate.)
- Nó bí rì trước câu hỏi của giáo viên. (He was completely stumped by the teacher's question.)
Variants and Related Words
- bí đao (n): Winter melon, wax gourd.
- bí ngô (n): Pumpkin (alternative common name).
- bí ẩn (adj): Mysterious, secret.
- bí mật (n/adj): Secret.
- bí từ (v): To be at a loss for words.
Synonyms
- Noun: Gourd, squash.
- Adjective (stuffy): Airless, suffocating.
- Adjective (stuck): Stumped, cornered, perplexed.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Bí lối: To have no way out, to be at a dead end.
- Dự án đã bí lối. (The project has reached a dead end.)
- Bí quá hóa liều: When cornered, one acts recklessly. (Similar to "desperation leads to reckless actions".)
- Bí tiểu: (Medical) To have urinary retention.
adj
- Close, stuffy
- căn phòng rất bí hơithe room is very stuffy
- vải này bíthis cloth is too closely-woven
- In a fix, in a stalemate, hard-pressed
- bí tiềnhard-pressed for money
- làm thơ đang bí vầnto be hard-pressed for rhymes while writing verses
- nước cờ bí rìto be in an awful stalemate