Definition

1. Verb:
   • To transplant: To move a young plant from one place and plant it in another, especially in a prepared bed or field. This is the most common agricultural meaning.
   • To grow (rice specifically): To cultivate rice by transplanting seedlings into a flooded field (paddy). This usage is specific to rice farming.
   • To culture: To grow microorganisms, such as bacteria or cells, in a prepared nutrient medium for scientific or medical purposes.
   • To graft / To implant: To insert living tissue, such as skin, bone, or an organ, into a body to replace damaged or missing tissue.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bà ngoại đang cấy mạ ngoài đồng. (My grandmother is transplanting rice seedlings in the field.)
  • Gia đình tôi sống bằng nghề cấy lúa. (My family lives by growing rice.)
  • Bác sĩ cần cấy vi khuẩn để xác định loại nhiễm trùng. (The doctor needs to culture the bacteria to identify the type of infection.)
  • Sau tai nạn, anh ấy đã được cấy ghép da. (After the accident, he received a skin graft.)

Advanced Usage

• "cấy ghép": A compound verb meaning "to transplant" or "to graft," commonly used in medical contexts.
  • Ca cấy ghép nội tạng đã thành công. (The organ transplant surgery was successful.)
• "cấy mô": A technical term meaning "tissue culture" (for plants) or "tissue grafting" (for medical procedures).
  • Cấy mô thực vật giúp nhân giống cây trồng nhanh chóng.* (Plant tissue culture helps propagate plants rapidly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cấy cây (v): To transplant a tree or plant (general).
• Ghép (v): To graft; often used interchangeably with "cấy" in medical contexts (e.g., - organ transplant).
• Nuôi cấy (v): To culture (e.g., - cell culture).

Synonyms

• Transplant: To move and replant.
• Implant: To insert or graft tissue.
• Culture: To grow microorganisms.
• Plant / Grow: To cultivate (specific to rice).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Cấy rẽ: A historical term referring to farming as a tenant on a landlord's field.
• Có cấy có trông, có trồng có ăn: A proverb meaning "You must sow (transplant) and tend to have a harvest, you must plant to have food," emphasizing the direct relationship between labor and reward.

verb

1. To transplant
   • cấy lúa
     to transplant rice seedlings
   • cấy rau
     to transplant vegetable seedlings
2. To grow rice, to farm
   • ruộng cấy hai vụ
     a field grown with two rice crops a year
3. To culture, to grow (a culture)
   • cấy vi trùng lao
     to grow Koch bacilli in a medium, to grow a culture of Koch bacilli
   • To graft, to implant (living tissuẹ.)