chửng

Thân thiện

Chiếc phao chửng trên mặt nước, không trôi đi cũng không chìm xuống.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Stagnant, not flowing: Describes water or other liquids that are still, not moving, or have stopped flowing.
   • Stuck, not progressing: Describes a situation, process, or work that is at a standstill, not advancing, or delayed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nước trong ao rất chửng. (The water in the pond is very stagnant.)
  • Công việc đang bị chửng lại vì thiếu nguyên liệu. (The work is stuck because of a lack of materials.)
  • Dòng sông chửng nước vào mùa khô. (The river's water becomes still during the dry season.)

Advanced Usage

• "chửng lại": to become stagnant; to come to a halt.
  • Mọi hoạt động sản xuất đều chửng lại sau sự cố. (All production activities came to a halt after the incident.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bổ chửng (Compound word): A state of being completely stuck, halted, or stagnant, often implying a more severe or complete stop.
  • Công trình xây dựng rơi vào tình trạng bổ chửng. (The construction project fell into a state of complete standstill.)

Synonyms

• Ứ đọng: to stagnate, to be congested (often for fluids or traffic).
• Đình trệ: to be stagnant, to be delayed (often for processes or development).
• Tắc nghẽn: to be blocked, clogged.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Để chửng: to leave something stagnant or untouched.
  • Không nên để nước chửng lâu trong bình. (You shouldn't leave water stagnant in the bottle for long.)

Related Idioms

(Note: "Chửng" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. The related compound "bổ chửng" is more frequent.)

Học thuật

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