Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bitingly cold, piercingly cold: Describes an intense, sharp, and penetrating cold that chills to the bone. It emphasizes the physical sensation of cold that seems to cut through clothing and skin.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Trời đông miền Bắc với cái lạnh căn cắt. (Northern winters bring a bitingly cold chill.)
  • Gió từ biển thổi vào mang theo hơi lạnh căn cắt. (The wind blowing from the sea carries a piercingly cold air.)

Advanced Usage

• "cái lạnh căn cắt": the biting/piercing cold.
  • Cái lạnh căn cắt của vùng núi khiến ai cũng phải mặc thật ấm. (The piercing cold of the mountainous region forces everyone to dress very warmly.)
• "gió căn cắt": a cutting/piercing wind.
  • Những cơn gió căn cắt thổi qua đồng hoang. (Cutting winds blew across the moor.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lạnh buốt (adj): bitterly cold, freezing cold. (A close synonym, but often implies a sharper, more cutting sensation.)
• Lạnh thấu xương (adj): bone-chilling cold. (An idiom describing a similar intense cold.)
• Giá rét (n): severe cold, frosty weather. (Refers more to the cold weather condition itself.)

Synonyms

• Lạnh buốt: bitterly cold.
• Lạnh thấu xương: bone-chilling.
• Lạnh cóng: freezing cold.

Related Idioms

• Lạnh cắt da cắt thịt: (idiom) cold that cuts skin and flesh. This idiom is a more vivid and graphic expression of the same concept as .
  • Ngoài trời lạnh cắt da cắt thịt. (It's bitterly cold outside, cold enough to cut skin.)