Definition

1. Noun:
   • Oxyacetylene welding: A welding process that uses a mixture of oxygen and acetylene gases to produce a very hot flame for cutting or joining metal parts.
   • Oxyacetylene torch: The tool or apparatus used in this process, consisting of a handle with controls and a tip where the gases mix and burn.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy là thợ chuyên về hàn xì. (He is a specialist in oxyacetylene welding.)
  • Công nhân cầm đèn hàn xì để cắt tấm thép. (The worker holds the oxyacetylene torch to cut the steel plate.)
  • Hàn xì đòi hỏi kỹ thuật cao và sự cẩn thận. (Oxyacetylene welding requires high skill and carefulness.)

Advanced Usage

• "Thợ hàn xì": Oxyacetylene welder.
  • Nhà máy đang cần tuyển thợ hàn xì có kinh nghiệm. (The factory is recruiting experienced oxyacetylene welders.)
• "Mỏ hàn xì": Another term for the torch tip or the entire oxyacetylene torch.
  • Anh kiểm tra mỏ hàn xì trước khi làm việc. (He checks the oxyacetylene torch tip before working.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hàn (Welding): The general term for welding.
  • hàn hồ quang (arc welding), hàn điện (electric welding)
• Soudure autogène (French loan term): Autogenous welding, a synonym sometimes found in technical contexts from the French colonial period, referring to welding without a filler material, which oxyacetylene welding can be.

Synonyms

• Hàn khí (Gas welding): A broader term that includes oxyacetylene welding and other gas-fueled welding processes.
• Oxy-fuel welding and cutting: The technical English term encompassing oxyacetylene processes.

Related Phrases

• "Tiến hành hàn xì": To perform oxyacetylene welding.
  • Họ tiến hành hàn xì để nối hai ống nước lại. (They perform oxyacetylene welding to join the two water pipes.)
• "Ngọn lửa hàn xì": The oxyacetylene flame.
  • Ngọn lửa hàn xì có nhiệt độ rất cao. (The oxyacetylene flame has a very high temperature.)

1. Oxyacetylene welding
   • Đèn hàn xì 6 An oxyacetylene torch, an oxacetylene blowpipe