chẹn

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Chiếc xe hỏng chẹn giữa đường, gây ùn tắc giao thông.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • Spikelet: In botany, a small spike, especially a secondary spike in grasses that contains one or more florets and is a basic unit of the inflorescence.

2. Verb:

   • To choke, to block, to constrict: To apply pressure or create an obstruction that restricts movement, flow, or breathing, causing a feeling of tightness or suffocation.
   • To feel choked/constricted: To experience a sensation of physical or emotional tightness or suffocation.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Giống lúa này có chẹn dài. (This rice variety has long spikelets.)

• Verb:

  • Một tảng đá lớn chẹn lối vào hang. (A large rock blocked the entrance to the cave.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy khó thở, như có vật gì chẹn ở cổ họng. (She felt short of breath, as if something was choking her throat.)
  • Nỗi buồn chẹn lấy trái tim anh. (Grief choked his heart.)

Advanced Usage

• Medical Terminology: Used in medical compounds to translate "block" (as in heart block).
  • chẹn tim (heart block)
  • chẹn nhĩ thất (atrioventricular block)

Variants and Related Words

• Chẹn lại (v): to block, to obstruct.

  • Xe hỏng chẹn lại cả đường. (The broken-down car blocked the entire road.)

• Nghẹn (v): to choke (often on food or liquid); to be speechless with emotion. This is a close synonym with a stronger implication of something stuck in the throat.

Synonyms

• Block: to obstruct a passage or path.
• Choke: to restrict airflow in the throat.
• Constrict: to make narrower or tighter by squeezing.
• Obstruct: to be in the way of something.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Chẹn cổ: to choke someone by the neck; to figuratively cause extreme frustration or pressure.

  • Công việc và nợ nần chẹn cổ anh ta. (Work and debts are choking him.)

• Chẹn ngang: to block or cut across something directly.

  • Chiếc tàu chẹn ngang sông. (The ship blocked the river.)

Học thuật

noun

1. Spikelet

verb

1. To choke, to block
   • cảm thấy khó thở như bị một tảng đá lớn chẹn lên ngực
     to feel it hard to breathe as if a large block of stone was weighing chokingly on one's chest
   • cái giận cứ chẹn lên cổ
     to feel choked by anger
   • chẹn lối ra vào
     to block the access to some place