Definitions

1. Noun:

   • Handle, shaft, staff: The part of a tool, utensil, or object designed to be held by hand. It is typically long and cylindrical.
   • Stalk, stem (botany): The slender structure that supports a flower or fruit.

2. Verb:

   • To roll (out): To flatten a soft substance (like dough) into a thin, even layer by applying pressure with a rolling motion.
   • To laminate, to roll (metal): To process metal by passing it between rollers to reduce its thickness or alter its shape.
   • To run over: (Of a vehicle) to pass over a person or animal, causing injury or death.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Cán dao bị gãy. (The knife handle is broken.)
  • Cán cờ được làm bằng gỗ. (The flagpole is made of wood.)
  • Cán hoa rất dài. (The flower stalk is very long.)

• Verb:

  • Cô ấy cán bột để làm bánh. (She rolls out the dough to make bread.)
  • Nhà máy cán thép thành tấm mỏng. (The factory rolls steel into thin sheets.)
  • Chiếc xe tải đã cán qua con chó. (The truck ran over the dog.)

Advanced Usage

• "tra lưỡi cuốc vào cán": to fit a hoe blade into its handle.

  • Ông ấy đang tra lưỡi cuốc vào cán. (He is fitting the hoe blade into its handle.)

• "cán bông": to gin cotton (to separate cotton fibers from seeds).

  • Máy này dùng để cán bông. (This machine is used to gin cotton.)

• "dốt đặc cán mai": (idiomatic) completely ignorant, uneducated (literally: "ignorant to the handle of a mai fish").

  • Hắn ta dốt đặc cán mai. (He is completely ignorant.)

• "ngay cán tàn": (idiomatic) straight as an arrow; very straightforward/righteous.

  • Ông ấy là người ngay cán tàn. (He is a very upright person.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cán bộ (n): Cadre, officer, official. (Note: This is a compound word where "cán" contributes the sense of a "core" or "backbone" element, not "handle".)
• Cục cán (n): Rolling pin (for dough).
• Trục cán (n): Roller, cylinder (in a rolling mill).
• Xưởng cán (n): Rolling mill.

Synonyms

• Noun (Handle): .
• Verb (To roll out): .
• Verb (To run over): .

Related Phrases / Idioms

• "cán bánh": to roll out cake/dough.
• "bị cán": to be run over.
• "cán bột thành lá": to roll dough into sheets.

noun

1. Handle, staff
   • cán gáo
     a scoop's handle
   • cán cờ
     a flagstaff
   • tra lưỡi cuốc vào cán
     to fit a hoe blade into its handle
2. Flower-stalk

verb

1. To roll into thin layers, to laminate
   • cán bột thành từng lá mỏng
     to roll dough into thin layers
   • cán thép
     to laminate steel
2. To gin
   • cán bông