Definition

1. Noun:
   • Pale blue color: "hồ thuỷ" refers to a specific shade of light, soft blue, often with a slight greenish or grayish tint, reminiscent of the color of clear lake water.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chiếc váy cô ấy mặc có màu hồ thuỷ rất dịu mắt. (The dress she is wearing is a very soothing pale blue color.)
  • Tôi muốn sơn tường phòng ngủ màu hồ thuỷ để tạo cảm giác thư giãn. (I want to paint the bedroom walls pale blue to create a relaxing feeling.)

Advanced Usage

• "màu hồ thuỷ": This is the most common construction, explicitly meaning "the color pale blue."
  • Họa sĩ ưa chuộng sử dụng màu hồ thuỷ trong các bức tranh phong cảnh. (Artists favor using pale blue in landscape paintings.)

Variants and Related Words

• Xanh hồ thuỷ: Another way to refer to the same pale blue shade, literally "lake-water blue."

  • Chiếc cốc sứ có hoa văn màu xanh hồ thuỷ. (The porcelain cup has a pattern in pale blue.)

• Xanh nhạt: A more general term for "light blue," which can encompass "hồ thuỷ" but is less specific.

• Xanh nước biển nhạt: Light sea blue, which may be similar but often denotes a clearer, less greenish blue than "hồ thuỷ."

Synonyms

• Xanh da trời nhạt: Pale sky blue.
• Xanh ngọc nhạt: Light jade blue (may have a slightly different hue).

Notes on Meaning

• "Hồ thuỷ" is a compound noun in Vietnamese ("lake" + "water"), but as a color term, it functions as a single, fixed concept meaning "pale blue." It is primarily used to describe color and is not typically used in other contexts outside of this specific meaning. It does not directly refer to the body of water itself in modern usage when used as a color term.

1. Pale blue