dưa hấu
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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
- watermelon
- quả dưa hấu