chun

Thân thiện

Sợi dây cao su bị kéo dãn rồi chun lại ngay.

Definitions

1. Intransitive Verb:

   • To contract, to shrink: To become smaller in size, length, or volume, often by drawing inward or condensing.
   • To retract: To pull or draw something back into itself.

2. Transitive Verb:

   • To cause to contract: To make something become smaller or shorter.

Usage Examples

• Intransitive Verb:

  • Sợi dây chun lại. (The elastic cord shrank.)
  • Con đỉa chun lại khi chạm vào. (The leech contracted when touched.)

• Transitive Verb:

  • Cô ấy chun sợi dây thừng lại để buộc chặt hơn. (She contracted the rope to tie it tighter.)
  • Trời lạnh làm da tôi chun lại. (The cold weather made my skin contract.)

Advanced Usage

• "chun người lại": to curl up, to huddle (oneself).

  • Đứa trẻ chun người lại trong chăn. (The child curled up in the blanket.)

• "chun vào": to shrink into, to withdraw into.

  • Con ốc sên chun vào trong vỏ. (The snail withdrew into its shell.)

Variants and Related Words

• Co lại: (verb) to contract, to shrink. A very close synonym.
• Rút lại: (verb) to retract, to pull back. Often used for non-physical things like statements, but can overlap.
• Thu nhỏ: (verb) to reduce in size, to minimize.

Synonyms

• Co rút: to contract, to shrivel.
• Rụt lại: to draw back, to recoil (often due to fear or cold).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Constructions)

• Chun rút: (verb) to contract and shrivel repeatedly or noticeably.
  • Lá cây chun rút vì thiếu nước. (The leaves shriveled due to lack of water.)

Related Idioms

• Chun như đỉa: (simile) to contract like a leech. Used to describe something or someone that shrinks or withdraws very quickly.
  • Nghe thấy tiếng động, nó chun như đỉa vào trong góc. (Hearing the noise, it shrank like a leech into the corner.)

Học thuật

1. To contract, to shrink
   • sợi dây chun lại
     the string shrank
   • con đỉa chun lại
     the leech contracted its body