Definition

1. Verb:
   • To wean: The process of gradually stopping an infant or young mammal from feeding on its mother's milk and transitioning to other sources of nourishment.
   • To cease breastfeeding: Specifically refers to the action of a mother stopping the practice of breastfeeding her child.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Em bé đã cai sữa. (The baby has been weaned.)
  • Bà mẹ vừa mới cai sữa cho con. (The mother has just weaned her baby.)
  • Lợn con đã cai sữa. (The piglet has been weaned.)

Advanced Usage

• "cai sữa đột ngột": to wean abruptly.

  • Cai sữa đột ngột có thể gây căng thẳng cho cả mẹ và bé. (Abrupt weaning can cause stress for both mother and baby.)

• "thời điểm cai sữa": weaning time/period.

  • Thời điểm cai sữa lý tưởng tùy thuộc vào từng đứa trẻ. (The ideal weaning time depends on each individual child.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự cai sữa (Noun): The act or process of weaning.

  • Sự cai sữa là một cột mốc quan trọng. (Weaning is an important milestone.)

• Cai (Verb): A prefix/verb meaning to quit, stop, or break a habit (e.g., cai thuốc lá - to quit smoking). In "cai sữa," it specifically means to stop the "sữa" (milk) habit.

Synonyms

• Dứt sữa: to stop breastfeeding (a more colloquial synonym).
  • Chị ấy quyết định dứt sữa cho con khi cháu được một tuổi. (She decided to stop breastfeeding her child when he was one year old.)

Related Phrases

• Cho con bú: to breastfeed (the opposite action).
• Ăn dặm: to start complementary feeding/solid foods (a process often associated with weaning).

1. To wean
   • em nhỏ đã cai sữa
     the baby has been weaned
   • lợn con đã cai sữa
     a weaned pigling
   • bà mẹ vừa mới cai sữa cho con
     the mother has just weaned her baby