Definition

1. 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.

2. 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

1. goat
2. Satyr
   • lão già ấy là một con dê già
     That old man is a veteraw satyr
   • chuồng dê
     goat-fold
3. con dê