cục
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- A lump, a clod, a chunk: A small, solid, and often irregularly shaped mass of a substance.
- An office, a bureau, a department: A central government agency, typically under a ministry or a general department, responsible for a specific sector of work.
Adjective:
- Coarse, rough, uncouth: Describes a person who is easily irritated and often has rude manners or speech.
Usage Examples
- Noun (lump):
- Trên đường có một cục đá. (There is a lump of stone on the road.)
- Máu đông lại thành cục. (The blood clotted into a lump.)
- Noun (department):
- Ông ấy làm việc ở Cục Hải quan. (He works at the Customs Department.)
- Adjective:
- Anh ta ăn nói rất cục cằn. (He speaks in a very coarse manner.)
Advanced Usage
- "cục cưng": A term of endearment meaning "darling" or "sweetie," literally "little lump." It is affectionate and often used for children or romantic partners.
- Cục cưng của mẹ đây rồi! (Here's mommy's darling!)
Variants and Related Words
- Cục bộ (adj): Local, partial, limited to a specific area.
- Đó chỉ là vấn đề cục bộ. (That is only a local issue.)
- Cục súc (adj): Brutish, savage, behaving in a violently coarse manner.
- Hành động cục súc đó không thể chấp nhận được. (That brutish behavior is unacceptable.)
Synonyms
- Lump/Clod/Chunk: khối, tảng, mẩu.
- Bureau/Department: vụ, sở, ban.
- Coarse/Rough: thô lỗ, cộc cằn, thô bạo.
Related Idioms
- Cục đất, cục vàng: Literally "a lump of earth, a lump of gold." An idiom expressing the idea that something (or someone) is only valued when it is lost or gone.
- Sống cục đất, chết cục vàng. (Alive, a lump of earth; dead, a lump of gold.)
- Nóng như cục than: Literally "as hot as a lump of coal." Means to be very angry or furious.
- Nghe tin đó, anh ấy nóng như cục than. (Hearing that news, he was as hot as a lump of coal [furious].)
- clod; clot; lump; piece
- cục đáA piece of stone
noun
- Office; ministry department
- cục xuất bảnThe publish department
adj
- Rough; coarse
- kẻ cục cằnA rough person