chửa

Thân thiện

Một con mèo cái đang chửa nằm nghỉ trong giỏ.

Definitions

1. Verb:

   • To be pregnant, to be with child, to be in the family way (for humans): The state of carrying a developing embryo or fetus within the body.
   • To be with young, to be gravid, to be in foal/litter (for animals): The state of a female animal carrying unborn young.

2. Adverb (colloquial):

   • Not yet: Used to indicate that an action has not happened or a state has not been reached. (Synonymous with chưa).

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Cô ấy chửa được ba tháng rồi. (She is three months pregnant.)
  • Con mèo nhà tôi chửa và sắp đẻ. (My cat is with young and about to give birth.)

• Adverb:

  • Tôi chửa làm xong bài tập. (I have not yet finished my homework.)
  • Anh hiểu chửa? (Do you understand yet? / Have you understood?)

Advanced Usage

• Bụng mang dạ chửa: An idiom meaning "to be pregnant," often emphasizing the physical state of carrying a child.
  • Cô ấy bụng mang dạ chửa vẫn phải đi làm. (She still has to go to work while pregnant.)
• Chết chửa!: An exclamatory phrase expressing shock, dismay, or frustration (literally "not yet dead," but used like "Oh my God!" or "Good grief!").
  • Chết chửa! Tôi để quên chìa khóa trong nhà rồi! (Oh no! I left my keys inside the house!)

Variants and Related Words

• Có chửa (verb phrase): To be pregnant. A more formal or descriptive alternative to the verb .
  • Sự có chửa (pregnancy, gestation).
• Chửa đẻ (verb phrase): To be pregnant and give birth; the entire process of pregnancy and childbirth.
• Thai chửa (noun): Pregnancy (the condition).
• Chửa hoang / chửa ngoài ý muốn: Unplanned pregnancy.

Synonyms

• Verb (pregnant):
• Adverb (not yet):

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Chửa vượt mặt: To be visibly/showingly pregnant.
• Ăn cho hai người (vì đang chửa): To eat for two (because one is pregnant).

Học thuật

verb

1. To be pregnant, to be with child, to be in the family way (người); to be with young (thu')

adv

1. Như chưa