Definition

1. Verb:
   • To pour (a liquid from one container to another): To transfer part of a liquid, often carefully, from one vessel into another.
   • To extract: To separate or obtain a substance, such as an essence or active ingredient, from a mixture or material.
   • To deduct, to withhold: To subtract a portion, typically from a sum of money like wages or a price.
   • To take in, to nip in (in sewing/knitting): To reduce width by sewing or knitting more tightly.
   • To layer, to air-layer (in horticulture): A plant propagation technique where a stem is encouraged to form roots while still attached to the parent plant.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy chiết rượu từ bình lớn vào các chai nhỏ. (He pours wine from a large demijohn into small bottles.)
  • Nhà máy chiết tinh dầu từ hoa hồng. (The factory extracts essential oil from roses.)
  • Chủ cửa hàng chiết 5% từ tiền lương. (The shop owner deducts 5% from the wages.)
  • Người thợ may phải chiết ống tay áo cho vừa. (The tailor needs to take in the sleeve to make it fit.)
  • Bà tôi chiết một cành hoa hồng để trồng. (My grandmother layers a rose branch to plant.)

Advanced Usage

• "chiết khấu": to discount, to give a deduction (commonly used in commerce).

  • Cửa hàng chiết khấu 10% cho khách hàng thân thiết. (The store gives a 10% discount to loyal customers.)

• "chất chiết": an extract (a noun form).

  • Chất chiết từ trà xanh có nhiều lợi ích. (The extract from green tea has many benefits.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chiết xuất (v): to extract (often used for scientific or industrial processes).

  • Công nghệ này dùng để chiết xuất protein. (This technology is used to extract protein.)

• Sự chiết (n): the act of pouring, extracting, or deducting.

  • Sự chiết rượu đòi hỏi sự cẩn thận. (The pouring of wine requires care.)

Synonyms

• To pour: to decant, to transfer (liquid).
• To extract: to derive, to isolate.
• To deduct: to subtract, to withhold.
• To layer: to propagate (in gardening).

Related Idioms

Note: The word "chiết" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its related forms, like "chiết khấu," are used in fixed commercial phrases.

verb

1. To pour (part of some liquid from one vessel into another)
   • chiết rượu từ vò sang chai
     to pour wine from a jar into bottles
2. To extract
3. To deduct, to stop
   • chiết 10% tiền công
     to deduct 10% from wages
4. (nói về đan, khâu) To nip in
   • chiết 15 mũi kim
     to nip in by 15 stitches
5. To layer (in horticulture)