Definition

1. Noun:
   • A drop of water: A very small, round amount of water that falls or forms, such as from condensation, rain, or a leak.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Một giọt nước rơi từ lá cây xuống. (A drop of water fell from the leaf.)
  • Trên cửa sổ có nhiều giọt nước do sương đêm. (There are many drops of water on the window from the night dew.)
  • Anh ấy uống từng giọt nước cuối cùng trong chai. (He drank the last drop of water in the bottle.)

Advanced Usage

• "giọt nước tràn ly": The straw that broke the camel's back. This idiom describes a final, minor event that causes an unbearable situation to overflow after a series of problems.
  • Lời chỉ trích đó là giọt nước tràn ly khiến cô ấy bỏ việc. (That criticism was the straw that broke the camel's back, making her quit her job.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giọt (n): A drop (of any liquid). Can be combined with other nouns.
  • giọt sương (dew drop), giọt mưa (raindrop), giọt máu (drop of blood).
• Nước (n): Water; liquid; country (context-dependent).

Synonyms

• Hạt nước: A less common term, also meaning a drop/bead of water.

Related Phrases

• Nhỏ từng giọt: To drip or pour drop by drop.
  • Thuốc được nhỏ từng giọt vào mắt. (The medicine is applied drop by drop into the eye.)

Related Idioms

• Giọt nước tràn ly: (See Advanced Usage above).
• Mưa dầm thấm lâu / Nước chảy đá mòn: Constant effort leads to success. While not containing "giọt nước," it relates to the persistent effect of small amounts of water.
  • Cô ấy học tiếng Anh mỗi ngày, đúng là nước chảy đá mòn. (She studies English every day; constant effort indeed wears away the stone.)

noun

1. drop of water