chế
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Mourning: A period or expression of sorrow following someone's death, often involving specific rituals or attire.
- A type of royal decree: A historical literary form, a proclamation or commendation written by a king in a specific parallel and rhythmic style.
Verb:
- To mock, to ridicule: To tease or make fun of someone or something in a scornful or humorous way.
- To prepare, to concoct: To make or mix something, typically a substance like medicine or food, by combining ingredients.
- To manufacture, to fabricate: To produce or create something, often implying a technical or industrial process.
- To pour: To add a liquid, typically by pouring it into something else.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Gia đình đang để chế. (The family is in mourning.)
- Verb:
- Họ thường chế anh ấy vì tính nhút nhát. (They often mock him for his shyness.)
- Dược sĩ chế thuốc theo đơn. (The pharmacist prepares the medicine according to the prescription.)
- Nhà máy này chế tạo vũ khí. (This factory manufactures weapons.)
- Chế nước sôi vào phin cà phê. (Pour boiling water into the coffee filter.)
Advanced Usage
- "chế biến": to process, to prepare (food or materials).
- Chế biến thực phẩm đông lạnh. (To process frozen food.)
- "chế nhạo": to deride, to sneer at (a stronger form of mocking).
- Không nên chế nhạo người khuyết tật. (One should not deride people with disabilities.)
- "chế ngự": to control, to subdue.
- Chế ngự cơn nóng giận. (To control one's anger.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chế giễu (v): to ridicule, to jeer.
- Bài báo chế giễu thói hư tật xấu. (The article ridicules bad habits.)
- Chế tác (v): to craft, to create (often artistic or intricate items).
- Chế tác trang sức bằng vàng. (To craft jewelry from gold.)
- Chế định (v/n): to institute, to establish (a rule); an institution.
- Chế định pháp luật mới. (To institute new laws.)
Synonyms
- Mock: to tease or laugh at contemptuously.
- Prepare: to make ready for use.
- Fabricate: to construct or manufacture.
- Pour: to cause a liquid to flow.
Related Idioms
- Chế diễu: (similar to chế nhạo) to satirize or mock through performance or writing.
- Vở kịch chế diễu các nhân vật chính trị. (The play satirizes political figures.)
verb
- To mock at, to make fun of
- bài vè chế anh chàng bảo thủa popular satirical verse mocking at the conservative fellow
- To prepare
- chế thuốcto prepare a medicine
- To manufacture
- chế vũ khíto manufacture arms
- To invent (a new thing)
- To pour
- chế nước sôi vào bình tràto pour boiling water into a teapot