Definitions

1. Adjective:
   • Twisted, crooked, bent: Describes an object that is not straight and has bends or curves in multiple directions, often in an irregular or deformed way.
   • Winding, sinuous: Describes a path, line, or shape that has many turns and curves, like a meandering road.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cành cây bị gió bão làm cong queo. (The tree branch was twisted by the storm.)
  • Con đường làng nhỏ hẹp và cong queo. (The village path is narrow and winding.)
  • Sau tai nạn, thanh sắt trở nên cong queo. (After the accident, the iron rod became bent and crooked.)

Advanced Usage

• Describing abstract concepts: Can be used metaphorically to describe non-physical things that are not straightforward, such as twisted reasoning or a convoluted situation.
  • Lập luận của anh ta rất cong queo và khó hiểu. (His reasoning is very twisted and hard to understand.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cong (adj): Bent, curved. This is the root word, describing a single curve or bend.
  • Một cái đinh bị cong. (A bent nail.)
• Queo (adj): Often used in combination with "cong" for emphasis, rarely used alone in modern Vietnamese. It reinforces the meaning of being twisted or crooked.

Synonyms

• Quanh co: Winding, meandering (often for paths or speech).
• Khúc khuỷu: Full of bends and turns, rugged (often for roads or terrain).
• Oằn: Bent under pressure, warped.

Antonyms

• Thẳng: Straight.
• Phẳng: Flat, level.

adj

1. Twisted, crooked, winding
   • cây cong queo
     a twisted tree
   • đường núi cong queo
     a winding mountain track