Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flat: Describes an object that has lost its original thickness, volume, or three-dimensional form, often due to being pressed, crushed, or deflated.
   • Fattened: In some contexts, particularly in Southern Vietnamese dialects, it can describe something that has been flattened or spread out to become wider or broader.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Quả bóng bị giẹp rồi. (The ball is flat.)
  • Chiếc hộp bằng kim loại bị đập cho giẹp. (The metal box was smashed flat.)
  • Con ốc sên bị giẹp dưới bánh xe. (The snail was flattened under the wheel.)

Advanced Usage

• "giẹp lép": A common compound meaning completely flat, deflated, or crushed, often implying a state of being useless or ruined.
  • Lốp xe giẹp lép vì đinh. (The tire is completely flat because of a nail.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giẹp dí (adj): Intensely flattened or squashed.

  • Hộp sữa giẹp dí. (The milk carton is completely squashed.)

• Làm giẹp (v): To flatten something.

  • Đứa trẻ làm giẹp ổ bánh mì. (The child flattened the loaf of bread.)

Synonyms

• Flat: Level, even, smooth.
• Crushed: Squashed, compressed.
• Deflated: Collapsed, emptied of air.

Related Idioms

• Giẹp như con cá mắm: As flat as a salted fish (used to describe something very flat).
  • Cái gối cũ giẹp như con cá mắm. (The old pillow is as flat as a salted fish.)

adj

1. flat; fattened