canh

Học thuật
Thân thiện
canh

Mẹ múc canh rau cải từ nồi vào bát.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Soup: A liquid dish, typically savory, made by boiling ingredients like vegetables, meat, or fish in water or stock. It is a common part of a Vietnamese meal, often served with rice.
    • Warp: In weaving, the set of lengthwise threads that are held stationary on a loom, through which the weft is woven.
    • Night Watch: A traditional unit for dividing the night into five equal periods, used in historical timekeeping.
    • The Seventh Heavenly Stem: The seventh symbol in the ten-term system of "Heavenly Stems" (Thiên Can), used in the traditional East Asian calendrical system.

  2. Verb:

    • To guard / To watch over: To keep watch, especially at night, to prevent trouble or danger.
    • To reduce / To thicken by evaporation: To cook a liquid over low heat to concentrate its flavor and consistency.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Soup):
    • Mẹ nấu nồi canh rau ngót thơm ngon. (Mother cooked a delicious pot of sowthistle leaf soup.)
    • Anh ấy ăn ba bát cơm với một bát canh. (He ate three bowls of rice with one bowl of soup.)
  • Noun (Warp):
    • Trên khung cửi, canh và chỉ đan vào nhau. (On the loom, the warp and the weft are interlaced.)
  • Noun (Night Watch):
    • Tiếng trống vang lên báo hiệu canh ba. (The drum sounded, announcing the third watch of the night.)
  • Verb (To guard):
    • Người lính canh cổng thành cẩn thận. (The soldier guarded the city gate carefully.)
  • Verb (To reduce):
    • Đầu bếp canh nước sốt cho đến khi nó sánh lại. (The chef reduced the sauce until it thickened.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Canh bạc": A gambling session or round.
    • Canh bạc đó kéo dài suốt đêm. (That gambling session lasted all night.)
  • "Cầm canh": To keep the night watch; to be on guard duty at night.
    • Người xưa dùng mõ và trống để cầm canh. (People in the past used wooden clappers and drums to keep the night watch.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Canh rau (n): Vegetable soup.
  • Canh hẹ (n): Chive soup.
  • Canh giữ (v): To guard, to protect (a place).
  • Canh chừng (v): To keep a close watch on, to monitor.
Synonyms
  • Soup: broth, bouillon.
  • Warp: (technical term, no common synonym).
  • To guard: to watch, to patrol, to stand guard.
  • To reduce: to thicken, to concentrate, to simmer down.
Related Idioms and Proverbs
  • "Cơm dẻo, canh ngọt": Literally "soft rice, sweet soup"; used to describe a harmonious, comfortable, and happy life.
    • Họ sống với nhau trong cảnh cơm dẻo, canh ngọt. (They live together in harmony and comfort.)
  • "Một con sâu làm rầu nồi canh": Literally "one maggot spoils the pot of soup"; equivalent to "one bad apple spoils the barrel."
    • Cậu ấy là một con sâu làm rầu nồi canh trong nhóm. (He is the bad apple that spoils the barrel in the group.)
canh

Mẹ múc canh rau cải từ nồi vào bát.

noun
  1. Soup
    • canh rau muống
      water morning-glory soup
    • canh ngọt
      tasty soup
    • thìa canh
      a soup-spoon, a table-spoon
  2. Warp
    • canh tơ chỉ vải
      silk warp and cotton weft
  3. Watch
    • tiếng mõ cầm canh
      the watch-announcing tocsin sound
    • hồi trống tan canh
      the watch-ending tomtom beating (announcing the end of the fifth watch and daybreak)

Từ gần giống

Từ chứa "canh"

Từ có nhắc đến "canh"

Proverbs and Idioms