Definition

1. Noun:

   • Kind, type, variety: A category of people, animals, or plants sharing common characteristics. This is the most general meaning.
   • Breed, strain: Specifically refers to a cultivated variety of an animal or plant, often for breeding or agricultural purposes.
   • Gender, sex: The classification of an organism as male or female.
   • (Grammar) Gender: A grammatical category found in some languages (e.g., French, Russian) where nouns are classified as masculine, feminine, or sometimes neuter.

2. Adjective:

   • Similar, alike, resembling: Having the same or very similar appearance, nature, or qualities.

3. Verb:

   • To resemble, to look like, to be similar to: To share characteristics in appearance or nature with someone or something else.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Đây là một giống chó rất thông minh. (This is a very intelligent breed of dog.)
  • Nhà nông cần chọn hạt giống tốt. (Farmers need to select good seeds.)
  • "Cô ấy" là đại từ giống cái. ("She" is a feminine pronoun.)

• Adjective:

  • Hai chị em sinh đôi trông rất giống nhau. (The twin sisters look very much alike.)
  • Tính cách của anh ấy giống bố. (His personality is similar to his father's.)

• Verb:

  • Con trai thường giống mẹ. (Sons often resemble their mothers.)
  • Âm thanh này giống tiếng mưa rơi. (This sound resembles the sound of falling rain.)

Advanced Usage

• "giống như" / "giống với": These are common phrases meaning "similar to," "like," or "resembling." They function as prepositions or conjunctions.

  • Cô ấy hành động giống như một người lãnh đạo. (She acts like a leader.)
  • Kết quả giống với dự đoán của chúng tôi. (The result is similar to our prediction.)

• "giống hệt": An adjective meaning "identical," "exactly alike."

  • Chiếc váy này giống hệt chiếc kia. (This dress is identical to that one.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giống cái (n): Female gender; feminine grammatical gender.
• Giống đực (n): Male gender; masculine grammatical gender.
• Hạt giống (n): Seed (for planting).
• Thuần giống (adj): Purebred.
• Lai giống (v): To crossbreed, to hybridize.

Synonyms

• Noun: breed, variety, type, sort, strain, gender.
• Adjective: similar, alike, comparable, analogous.
• Verb: to resemble, to take after, to mirror.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Giống nhau như hai giọt nước": To be as alike as two peas in a pod (lit. as alike as two drops of water).

  • Hai đứa trẻ sinh đôi giống nhau như hai giọt nước. (The twin children are as alike as two peas in a pod.)

• "Của giống": Breeding stock (animals or seeds used for reproduction).

  • Trang trại đầu tư vào của giống chất lượng cao. (The farm invested in high-quality breeding stock.)

noun

1. kind; race; breed; gender; sex

verb

1. to look like; to resemble
   • giống nhau
     to resemble one another