Definition

1. Verb:
   • To bleed (an animal) by cutting its throat or a major blood vessel: This is a specific agricultural and culinary term describing the act of slaughtering an animal, typically livestock like pigs or cows, by making an incision to drain its blood. The blood is often collected for use in food products.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Trước khi mổ lợn, người ta phải chọc tiết. (Before butchering a pig, one must bleed it.)
  • Công đoạn chọc tiết phải được thực hiện nhanh và đúng cách. (The bleeding process must be performed quickly and correctly.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is highly specific to the context of traditional slaughtering, butchery, and food preparation. It is not used in medical contexts (e.g., human bloodletting or phlebotomy).

Variants and Related Words

• Lấy tiết: (verb phrase) To collect the blood. This often follows .
  • Sau khi chọc tiết, họ lấy tiết để làm tiết canh. (After bleeding the animal, they collect the blood to make blood pudding.)
• Cắt tiết: (verb phrase) A synonym meaning "to cut for bloodletting," often used interchangeably with .

Synonyms

• Cắt tiết: (verb) To cut for bleeding.
• Mổ: (verb) To slaughter, to butcher. This is a more general term for slaughtering, which includes the step.

Related Phrases

• Chọc tiết lợn: (verb phrase) To bleed a pig.
• Chọc tiết gà: (verb phrase) To bleed a chicken.
• Tiết canh: (noun) A traditional Vietnamese dish made from fresh animal blood (often duck or pig), a product of the process.

1. To stick
   • chọc tiết lợn
     to stick pigs