cằm

Thân thiện

Ông cụ chống tay lên cằm đang suy nghĩ.

Definition

Noun: * Chin: The lower part of the face, below the mouth, formed by the front of the lower jaw.

Usage

• The word "cằm" is a common noun used to refer to a specific part of the human body.
• It is often used in descriptions of appearance, posture, or gestures.

Usage Examples

• (He has a very square chin.)
• (She sat thoughtfully, resting her chin in her hand.)
• (The baby slept, its chin slightly tucked into its chest.)

Advanced Usage

• "cắm cằm": This phrase literally means "to plant/stick one's chin" and is used idiomatically to describe a situation of forced or mismatched association, often in the proverb "Râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia" (lit. One man's beard stuck on another woman's chin), meaning an ill-suited or incompatible match.
  • Hai công ty đó hợp tác thật là râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia. (The cooperation between those two companies is a real mismatch.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cằm nọng (noun): Double chin.
  • Người béo thường dễ có cằm nọng. (Overweight people often have a double chin.)
• Cằm chẻ (noun): Cleft chin.
  • Anh diễn viên nổi tiếng với cằm chẻ của mình. (The actor is famous for his cleft chin.)

Synonyms

• Hàm dưới (noun): Lower jaw (a more anatomical term, focusing on the bone structure rather than the external feature).
  • Cô ấy bị đau ở hàm dưới. (She has pain in her lower jaw.)

Related Idioms

• Râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia: (As explained above) A proverb describing a completely unsuitable or mismatched pairing.
  • Việc ghép đôi họ lại với nhau chẳng khác nào râu ông nọ cắm cằm bà kia. (Pairing them together is like mixing oil and water.)

Học thuật

noun

1. Chin
   • ngồi chống tay vào cằm
     to sit with one's chin in one's hand