Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wart: A small, hard, benign growth on the skin, caused by a virus, typically resembling a grain of rice in size and shape. This is the primary and most common meaning.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trên tay nó có mấy cái hột cơm. (He has a few warts on his hand.)
  • Hột cơm thường xuất hiện ở tay hoặc chân. (Warts often appear on the hands or feet.)
  • Cô ấy đi bác sĩ để đốt cái hột cơm. (She went to the doctor to have the wart removed.)

Advanced Usage

• The term 'hột cơm' is almost exclusively used in its literal, medical sense to describe a skin wart. It is a colloquial term commonly used in everyday Southern Vietnamese speech.
• It can sometimes be used metaphorically to describe a very small, inconsequential thing, but this usage is rare and highly contextual.

Variants and Related Words

• Mụn cóc: This is another, more formal or general Vietnamese term for 'wart'. While 'hột cơm' is specific and descriptive (rice grain), 'mụn cóc' (toad's pimple) is also common.
• Verruca: The medical/technical term in English for a wart, especially on the sole of the foot (plantar wart).

Synonyms

• Wart (n): The direct English equivalent.
• Skin growth (n): A more general descriptive term.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Nổi hột cơm: To develop/get a wart.
  • Da tôi dễ nổi hột cơm. (My skin is prone to developing warts.)

Related Idioms

• There are no widely recognized idioms in Vietnamese that use 'hột cơm' as a key component. The term is primarily used for its literal meaning.

1. Wart
   • Có mấy cái hột cơm ở tay
     To have a few warts on the hand