Definition

1. Noun:
   • Top, summit, peak: The highest point or uppermost part of something, such as a mountain or a hat.
   • Tuft of hair: A small bunch or lock of hair left on the crown of a shaven head, a traditional hairstyle for young children in the past.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi đã leo lên tận chỏm núi. (We climbed all the way to the peak of the mountain.)
  • Chiếc mũ có một chỏm màu đỏ. (The hat has a red top.)
  • Ông ấy và bố tôi là bạn thân từ thời còn để chỏm. (He and my father have been close friends since the time they still had a tuft of hair [as children].)

Advanced Usage

• "Chỏm cầu" (spherical cap): In geometry, the part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
  • Công thức tính thể tích chỏm cầu khá phức tạp. (The formula for calculating the volume of a spherical cap is quite complex.)
• "Chỏm núi lửa" (volcanic cone/peak): The summit or cone of a volcano.
  • Chỏm núi lửa đang phun trào tro bụi. (The volcanic cone is erupting ash.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chóp (noun): Also means "top" or "summit". It is often used interchangeably with "chỏm" in some contexts (e.g., - mountain peak), though "chóp" can also mean "tip" or "end".
• Đỉnh (noun): Peak, summit, apex. A more common synonym for the highest point (e.g., ).

Synonyms

• Đỉnh: Peak, summit.
• Ngọn: Top (often used for plants, hills, or flames).
• Nóc: Top, roof (used for buildings).

Related Phrases

• Để chỏm: To wear/shave the head leaving only a tuft of hair on the crown. This phrase evokes childhood or a bygone era.
  • Những bức ảnh để chỏm của ông tôi trông rất ngộ. (My grandfather's photos with a tuft of hair look very funny.)

Related Idioms

• Quen nhau từ thuở còn để chỏm: To know each other since the time of having a tuft of hair (i.e., since early childhood). This idiom emphasizes a very long-lasting friendship.
  • Họ thân thiết với nhau vì quen nhau từ thuở còn để chỏm. (They are close because they have known each other since they were toddlers.)

noun

1. Top
   • chỏm núi
     a mountain top
   • chỏm mũ
     a hat top
2. Top tuft of hair (left on shaven head of young children)
   • bạn thân từ thời còn để chỏm
     to be pals from a child