bẩm thụ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Innate, inborn, inherent: Refers to qualities, characteristics, or abilities that are present from birth, not acquired through learning or experience.
- Congenital: Can describe traits or conditions existing at or dating from birth.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tài năng âm nhạc của cô ấy là bẩm thụ. (Her musical talent is innate.)
- Anh ấy có khả năng lãnh đạo bẩm thụ. (He has an inborn leadership ability.)
- Đó là một đặc điểm bẩm thụ, không thể thay đổi. (That is an inherent trait, impossible to change.)
Advanced Usage
- "tính bẩm thụ": innate nature/inherent quality.
- Các nhà khoa học đang nghiên cứu tính bẩm thụ của hành vi. (Scientists are researching the innate nature of behavior.)
- "năng khiếu bẩm thụ": innate aptitude/talent.
- Cô ấy được trời phú cho năng khiếu bẩm thụ về hội họa. (She was endowed with an innate aptitude for painting.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bẩm sinh (adj): This is a much more common and nearly synonymous term meaning "congenital, innate, inborn."
- Tật bẩm sinh (congenital defect)
- Thiên bẩm (n): Refers specifically to a natural, God-given talent or gift.
- Anh ta có thiên bẩm về toán học. (He has a natural gift for mathematics.)
Synonyms
- Có sẵn từ khi sinh ra: Present from birth.
- Tự nhiên: Natural (in the sense of not acquired).
- Trời phú: Heaven-bestowed, endowed by nature.
Notes on Usage
- Formality and Rarity: As noted in the reference, "bẩm thụ" is a relatively rare and formal/literary term in modern Vietnamese. The more common and interchangeable term is "bẩm sinh".
- Context: It is primarily used in formal, academic, or literary contexts to discuss philosophy, psychology, biology, or inherited traits. It is less common in everyday conversation.
- Word Type: It functions almost exclusively as an adjective.