giau giảu
Definition
- Adjective:
- Slightly protruding or sticking out: Describes something that is a little bit extended, thrust out, or pouting outward from its usual position or surface.
- Slightly pouting: Often used to describe lips or the mouth when pushed out a little, as in a slight sulk or pout.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ bĩu môi giau giảu khi không được cho kẹo. (The child made a slightly pouting face when not given candy.)
- Cánh cửa đóng không kín, để giau giảu một khe hở. (The door didn't close tightly, leaving a slightly protruding gap.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is reduplicative, formed from the root "giau," which emphasizes a minor, imperfect, or incomplete state of protrusion. It often carries a nuance of something being not fully or neatly tucked in.
Variants and Related Words
- Giảu (v): A less common root suggesting the action of pouting or thrusting out. "Giau giảu" is the more standard descriptive form.
- Bĩu (v): to pout (often more pronounced than "giau giảu").
- Trề (v): to protrude, to stick out (can be more significant).
Synonyms
- Protruding slightly
- Pouting a little
- Jutting out a bit
Related Idioms
- Làm *giau giảu môi*: to make a slight pouting face.
- Nó chỉ làm giau giảu môi rồi thôi, không khóc. (It just made a slight pout and then stopped, didn't cry.)