dê
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Goat: A ruminant mammal with hollow horns that curve backward, often kept for its milk, meat, or hair. It is a common domestic animal.
- Satyr; Lecherous man: (Slang) Used to describe a man, especially an older one, who is lustful or lecherous.
Verb:
- To flirt; to make a pass at someone: (Colloquial) To behave in a way that shows a sexual interest in someone, often in an unwelcome or obvious manner.
- To winnow (rice): (Regional, now less common) To separate grain from chaff using a winnowing basket. This meaning is often specified as "dê thóc".
Usage Examples
- Noun (Animal):
- Trang trại của họ nuôi rất nhiều dê. (Their farm raises many goats.)
- Sữa dê rất bổ dưỡng. (Goat milk is very nutritious.)
- Noun (Slang for a man):
- Đừng tin lão ấy, hắn là một tên dê già. (Don't trust that old man; he's an old lecher.)
- Anh ta bị mọi người gọi là thằng dê vì tính hay ve vãn. (He is called a lecher by everyone because of his flirtatious nature.)
- Verb (To flirt):
- Anh ấy cứ dê cô nhân viên phục vụ mới. (He keeps flirting with the new waitress.)
- Đừng có dê người ta như thế! (Stop making a pass at her like that!)
- Verb (To winnow):
- Bà ngoại đang dê thóc ngoài sân. (My grandmother is winnowing rice in the yard.)
Advanced Usage
- "Có máu dê": To have lecherous tendencies; to be prone to lustful behavior.
- Hắn có máu dê, nên chị em phải cẩn thận. (He has lecherous tendencies, so women must be careful.)
- "Dê cụ" / "Dê già": An old lecher; a dirty old man.
- Khu phố ai cũng biết tiếng ông ấy là một dê cụ. (Everyone in the neighborhood knows he is a dirty old man.)
Variants and Related Words
- Con dê: The goat (animal). This is the standard noun form.
- Dê đực: Billy goat.
- Dê cái: Nanny goat.
- Dê con: Kid (young goat).
- Chuồng dê: Goat pen; goatfold.
- Dê thóc: (Verb phrase) To winnow rice. This specifies the agricultural meaning.
Synonyms
- Con dê (animal): Goat.
- Kẻ dâm ô, kẻ sàm sỡ (slang for a man): Pervert, lecher.
- Ve vãn, tán tỉnh (verb, to flirt): To flirt, to hit on someone.
- Sàng, sẩy (verb, to winnow): To winnow.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Dê gái: (Verb phrase, colloquial) To flirt with or hit on girls/women.
- Hắn suốt ngày chỉ biết dê gái. (All he does all day is hit on girls.)
- Bị dê: (Passive verb phrase) To be flirted with or hit on.
- Cô ấy rất khó chịu vì bị dê suốt buổi tối. (She was very annoyed because she was hit on all evening.)
Related Idioms
- "Dê như quỷ": As lecherous as a devil; extremely lustful.
- Thằng cha đó dê như quỷ, tránh xa nó ra. (That guy is as lecherous as a devil; stay away from him.)
- "Đồ dê xồm": A very rude and vulgar term for a lecherous man.
- Đồ dê xồm, biến đi! (You filthy lecher, get lost!)
noun
- goat
- Satyr
- lão già ấy là một con dê giàThat old man is a veteraw satyr
- chuồng dêgoat-fold
- con dê