chũn chĩn

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Đôi má em bé chũn chĩn trông rất đáng yêu.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Plump, chubby: Describes a person, animal, or sometimes an object that is pleasingly rounded, full, and slightly fat in an attractive or healthy way. It often carries a connotation of cuteness and well-being, especially when referring to babies or young animals.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đôi lợn chũn chĩn. (Two plump pigs.)
  • Em bé chũn chĩn. (A chubby baby.)
  • Những quả đào trông thật chũn chĩn. (The peaches look very plump.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is primarily used in descriptive, often affectionate, contexts. It is not typically used in formal or technical writing but is common in everyday spoken language and literary descriptions.
• It can describe parts of the body, e.g., (chubby cheeks).

Variants and Related Words

• Mũm mĩm (adj): A close synonym, also meaning plump or chubby, often used interchangeably with .
  • Bé có khuôn mặt mũm mĩm. (The child has a chubby face.)

Synonyms

• Plump: Slightly fat in a pleasant way.
• Chubby: Slightly fat in a way that looks healthy and attractive, especially of babies.
• Rotund: Round or plump (more formal).
• Buxom: (Of a woman) plump and attractive, with a large chest.

Related Idioms

• While itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in similes and descriptive phrases that emphasize health and attractiveness, such as (perfectly round and plump).

Học thuật

adj

1. Plump, chubby
   • đôi lợn chũn chĩn
     two plump pigs