Definition

Noun: - Watermelon: A large, round or oval fruit with a hard, smooth green rind and sweet, juicy, typically red or yellow flesh containing many black seeds or sometimes seedless. It is a popular refreshing fruit, especially in hot weather.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mùa hè, gia đình tôi thường ăn dưa hấu để giải nhiệt. (In summer, my family often eats watermelon to cool down.)
  • Quầy hàng bán rất nhiều dưa hấu đỏ và dưa hấu vàng. (The stall sells a lot of red-fleshed and yellow-fleshed watermelons.)
  • Anh ấy đã mua một quả dưa hấu nặng năm cân. (He bought a watermelon weighing five kilograms.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ruột dưa hấu": Literally "watermelon flesh/pulp," used to describe the edible part.
  • Ruột dưa hấu đỏ mọng trông rất hấp dẫn. (The plump, red watermelon flesh looks very appealing.)
• "Hạt dưa hấu": Watermelon seed.
  • Trẻ con thường nhổ hạt dưa hấu ra ngoài khi ăn. (Children often spit out watermelon seeds when eating.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dưa đỏ (noun): A less common synonym for "dưa hấu," literally meaning "red melon."
  • Ở miền Bắc, một số người gọi dưa hấu là dưa đỏ. (In the North, some people call watermelon "dưa đỏ.")
• Dưa hấu không hạt (noun phrase): Seedless watermelon.
  • Dưa hấu không hạt tiện lợi hơn khi ăn. (Seedless watermelon is more convenient to eat.)

Synonyms

• Pastèque (noun, from French): Watermelon. This term is understood in Vietnamese, primarily from the French colonial influence, but "dưa hấu" is the standard and far more common term.
• Melon d'eau (noun phrase, from French): Literal translation "water melon," another French-derived term for watermelon.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Mát như dưa hấu": As cool as a watermelon. An idiom used to describe something very cooling or refreshing.
  • Uống nước này vào, mát như dưa hấu ấy! (Drink this, it's as refreshing as watermelon!)
• "Ruột đỏ vỏ xanh": Red inside, green outside. A common descriptive phrase for a standard watermelon, sometimes used metaphorically to describe something or someone with contrasting internal and external qualities.
  • Quả dưa hấu nào cũng ruột đỏ vỏ xanh. (Every watermelon is red inside and green outside.)

noun

1. watermelon
   • quả dưa hấu