Definition

1. Verb:

   • To stipple: The action of creating a pattern, texture, or image by applying numerous small dots or specks. This is a technique used in drawing, painting, and engraving.
   • To dot repeatedly: To mark a surface with a series of small dots.

2. Noun:

   • Stippling: The technique or effect created by applying small dots. Often referred to as "lối chấm chấm" (stippled style) or "nét chấm chấm" (stippled line/effect).
   • Dotted pattern: A pattern consisting of many small dots.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Họa sĩ chấm chấm lên tranh để tạo kết cấu. (The artist stippled on the painting to create texture.)
  • Cô ấy chấm chấm những đốm trắng lên nền đen. (She dotted white specks onto the black background.)

• Noun:

  • Bức vẽ này sử dụng kỹ thuật chấm chấm. (This drawing uses the stippling technique.)
  • Đường viền chấm chấm trên bản đồ chỉ biên giới chưa được xác định. (The dotted line on the map indicates an undefined border.)

Advanced Usage

• "vẽ theo lối chấm chấm": to draw in a stippled style.

  • Nghệ sĩ đó nổi tiếng với tranh vẽ theo lối chấm chấm. (That artist is famous for paintings drawn in a stippled style.)

• "bản vẽ chấm chấm": a stippled drawing.

  • Phòng trưng bày có một bản vẽ chấm chấm rất tinh xảo. (The gallery has a very intricate stippled drawing.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chấm (Verb/Noun): A single dot or spot; to dot or to mark with a dot. This is the root word.

  • Chấm một dấu chấm. (To dot a single dot.)

• Điểm (Noun): A point, dot, or mark. Can be used in more abstract or mathematical contexts.

  • Điểm giao nhau. (Intersection point.)

Synonyms

• Điểm xuyết (Verb): To intersperse, to adorn with scattered elements (can include dots, but is more general).
• Vẽ bằng chấm (Phrase): To draw using dots (a descriptive phrase).

Related Phrases

• Nét đứt (Noun): A dashed or broken line (made of short strokes, not necessarily dots). This is a related visual pattern but distinct from "chấm chấm."
• Họa tiết chấm bi (Noun): Polka dot pattern (usually refers to regular, often larger dots on fabric).

1. Stipple