chỏm
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- 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
- Top
- chỏm núia mountain top
- chỏm mũa hat top
- Top tuft of hair (left on shaven head of young children)
- bạn thân từ thời còn để chỏmto be pals from a child