chít
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definitions
Noun:
- Great-great-great-grandchild: A descendant in the sixth generation; the child of a "chút" (great-great-grandchild).
- A type of plant (botanical): Refers to a plant similar to "đót" (a type of reed or grass).
Verb:
- To wind/tie tightly around the head: To wrap a cloth, such as a turban, securely around one's head.
- (Of clothing) To fit closely, to hug the body: To be tight-fitting or to constrict closely.
- To take in/tighten by stitching: To make a garment narrower by sewing.
- To stop up, to fill in, to seal: To block or seal a gap, hole, or leak using a substance.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Ông cụ có một người chít. (The old man has a great-great-great-grandchild.)
- Cây chít mọc ven đầm. (The "chít" plant grows by the pond.)
Verb:
- Bà ấy chít khăn rất khéo. (She winds her headscarf/turban very skillfully.)
- Chiếc áo này chít ở eo. (This shirt is tight at the waist.)
- Người thợ may chít bớt ống quần. (The tailor took in the trouser legs.)
- Họ dùng xi măng để chít các khe hở trên tường. (They used cement to fill in the gaps in the wall.)
Advanced Usage
- "chít chặt": To bind/tie/wrap very tightly.
- Anh ấy chít chặt chiếc khăn trên đầu. (He tied the cloth very tightly around his head.)
- "chít hờ": To tie/wrap loosely.
- Cô ấy chỉ chít hờ chiếc khăn cho mát. (She only wrapped the scarf loosely for coolness.)
Variants and Related Words
- chít chít (onomatopoeic): The chirping sound of small birds.
- Nghe tiếng chim kêu chít chít. (To hear birds chirping "chít chít".)
- chút (noun): Great-great-grandchild; the parent of a "chít".
- chắt (noun): Great-grandchild.
- bịt (verb): To cover, to stop up (a more common synonym for the sealing meaning).
- khâu hẹp lại (verb phrase): To sew narrower (a descriptive synonym for the stitching meaning).
Synonyms
- Quấn (verb): To wind, to wrap (for the head-winding meaning).
- Bó sát (verb phrase): To hug tightly, to be skin-tight (for the clothing meaning).
- Thu hẹp (verb): To narrow, to reduce in width (for the tailoring meaning).
- Trám, bít (verbs): To fill, to plug (for the sealing meaning).
Related Idioms
No specific idioms are commonly formed with the word "chít" as the core component.
verb
- To wind round the head
- chít khănto wind a turban round one's head
- (nói về đồ mặc) To fit closely
- thắt lưng da chít bụnga leather belt fitting closely
- To stitch tighter
- chít áoto stitch tighter a jacket
- quần chít ốnga pair of tight-legged trousers
- To stop, to fill in
- chít váchto fill in the gaps in a wattle and daub wall