Definition

Adjective: - Very minor, trifling, trivial: Describes something extremely small in size, quantity, or importance, to the point of being negligible or not worth serious consideration.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy tức giận vì một chuyện cỏn con. (He got angry over a trivial matter.)
  • Đó chỉ là lợi nhuận cỏn con so với tổng đầu tư. (That's just a trifling profit compared to the total investment.)
  • Đừng bận tâm đến những chi tiết cỏn con đó. (Don't bother with those minor details.)

Advanced Usage

• "cỏn con" as a dismissive term: Often used to express disdain or to minimize the significance of an object, issue, or amount.
  • Món nợ cỏn con ấy, tôi trả ngay được. (That paltry debt, I can pay it off immediately.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhỏ nhặt (adj): petty, insignificant. (Often used interchangeably with , but can sometimes imply pettiness in character as well.)
• Vụn vặt (adj): trivial, fragmentary. (Emphasizes things being broken into small, unimportant pieces.)
• Tầm thường (adj): ordinary, commonplace. (Broader than ; can mean lacking in importance or quality.)

Synonyms

• Không đáng kể: insignificant, not worth mentioning.
• Nhỏ mọn: petty, small-minded (can refer to both things and attitudes).
• Vặt vãnh: trivial, trifling.

Related Idioms

• Chuyện bé xé ra to: To make a mountain out of a molehill. (This idiom describes the action of exaggerating a matter into a big problem.)
• Đầu tư công sức vào việc cỏn con: To invest effort in a trivial matter. (Implies a waste of energy on something minor.)

adj

1. Very minor, trifling, trivial
   • chút lời cỏn con
     a trifling profit
   • chuyện cỏn con
     a trivial matter, a trifle