Definition

1. Noun:
   • Splinter: A small, sharp, slender piece of wood, bamboo, or other material that has broken off and become embedded in the skin or flesh.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi bị một cái dằm đâm vào tay. (I got a splinter in my hand.)
  • Cô ấy dùng kim để lấy cái dằm ra. (She used a needle to remove the splinter.)
  • Đi chân đất dễ bị dằm đâm. (Walking barefoot makes it easy to get a splinter.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ngồi phải dằm": An idiom meaning to sit on something uncomfortable or to be in an awkward, prickly situation, similar to the feeling of having a splinter.
  • Cuộc họp đó khiến tôi như ngồi phải dằm. (That meeting made me feel very uncomfortable, as if I were sitting on a splinter.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giằm: A dialectal variant with the same meaning as "dằm" (splinter).
• Mảnh vụn: Fragment, shard (a more general term for a small broken piece, not necessarily sharp or embedded).
• Dằm thép: Wire splinter or metal sliver (a specific type of splinter made of metal).

Synonyms

• Mảnh gai: Thorn fragment.
• Mảnh tre: Bamboo sliver.

Related Phrases

• Đâm dằm: To get a splinter (embedded).
  • Anh ta bị đâm dằm khi sửa hàng rào. (He got a splinter while fixing the fence.)
• Nhổ dằm: To remove/extract a splinter.
  • Mẹ tôi nhổ dằm cho em tôi rất khéo. (My mother removes splinters for my sibling very skillfully.)

noun

1. splinter