Definition

1. Noun:
   • Grass, weed: A type of small, herbaceous plant, typically growing wild and covering the ground. It is often used as fodder for livestock.
   • A descriptor for small size or wild/native variety: When used as a modifier before certain animal names, it indicates a small-sized, native, or common breed.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Grass/Weed):
  • Bọn trẻ đang chơi đùa trên bãi cỏ. (The children are playing on the grass.)
  • Người nông dân phải cắt cỏ cho bò ăn. (The farmer has to cut grass to feed the cows.)
• Noun (As a size/type descriptor):
  • Vịt cỏ là một giống vịt nhỏ, thịt thơm ngon. (The 'cỏ' duck is a small-sized breed with delicious meat.)
  • Đây là giống gà cỏ của địa phương. (This is a local breed of 'cỏ' chicken.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cỏ dại": Weed (specifically unwanted wild plants).
  • Vườn nhà tôi có nhiều cỏ dại. (My garden has a lot of weeds.)
• "Đồng cỏ": Grassland, meadow.
  • Những con ngựa đang gặm cỏ trên đồng cỏ. (The horses are grazing on the grassland.)
• Figurative use for something insignificant or worthless:
  • Công việc đó chẳng đáng một đồng cỏ. (That job isn't worth a blade of grass / is worthless.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cỏ cây (n): Plants and grass; vegetation.
  • Cỏ cây trong vườn xanh mướt. (The plants and grass in the garden are lush green.)
• Cỏ non (n): Young grass, tender grass.
  • Mùa xuân, cỏ non mọc khắp nơi. (In spring, young grass grows everywhere.)

Synonyms

• Thảo: (Literary) Herb, grass.
• Cô: (A Sino-Vietnamese element found in botanical names, e.g., ).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Not commonly applicable for this noun in Vietnamese)

Related Idioms

• "Cỏ mọc trong sân": Literally "grass growing in the courtyard"; implies neglect, desolation, or a lack of care.
  • Ngôi nhà bỏ hoang, cỏ mọc trong sân. (The abandoned house has grass growing in its courtyard.)
• "Rẻ như cỏ" / "Rẻ như bèo": As cheap as grass / duckweed; meaning extremely cheap or worthless.
  • Mặt hàng này giờ rẻ như cỏ. (This item is as cheap as dirt now.)

noun

1. Grass, weed
2. Small size
   • vịt cỏ
     a small-sized duck