cành
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Branch, Twig, Sprig: A secondary woody stem growing from the trunk or a main branch of a tree or plant. It can also refer to a smaller, slender offshoot.
- Branch-like Object: Any long, slender object resembling the shape of a tree branch.
Adjective (less common):
- Surfeited, Overly Full: The state of having eaten to complete satisfaction or excess.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Chim đậu trên cành cây. (A bird perched on a tree branch.)
- Cô ấy cắm một cành hoa vào lọ. (She put a sprig of flowers in a vase.)
- Chiếc cành thoa bằng bạc rất tinh xảo. (The silver hairpin was very intricate.)
- Adjective:
- Ăn xong bữa tiệc, ai nấy đều no cành. (After the feast, everyone was completely surfeited.)
Advanced Usage
- "cành vàng lá ngọc": A classical idiom meaning "golden branch, jade leaf," used to describe someone of royal or aristocratic lineage (blue blood, high-born).
- Vị hoàng tử đó thuộc dòng dõi cành vàng lá ngọc. (That prince is of royal blood.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhánh (n): Branch, bough; often used interchangeably with "cành" but can imply a smaller division or a branch in a metaphorical sense (e.g., a branch of knowledge).
- Ngành (n): Branch, sector, field (used for non-physical divisions like a branch of industry or science).
Synonyms
- Branch: A main division of a plant stem.
- Twig: A very small, thin branch.
- Sprig: A small stem bearing leaves or flowers.
- Limb: A large primary branch of a tree.
Related Idioms
- "Quả trĩu cành": Literally "fruit weighing down the branch," meaning a very bountiful harvest or a state of great abundance.
- Vườn cam năm nay quả trĩu cành. (The orange orchard has branches heavily laden with fruit this year.)
noun
- Branch, twig, sprig
- cành câya branch of tree
- cành hoaa sprig of flowers
- cành vàng lá ngọcroyal or aristocratic blood, blue blood, high-born
adj
- Surfeited
- ăn no cànhto be surfeited with food, to have eaten more than one's fill