hấp
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Definition
Verb:
- To steam: To cook food by exposing it to steam from boiling water, without immersing it in the water itself.
- To sterilize: To disinfect or eliminate germs using heat, often steam.
- To dry-clean: To clean clothes, especially wool or delicate fabrics, using chemical solvents instead of water.
- To set/fix a dye: To treat fabric with steam or heat to make a color permanent or to change its shade.
Verb (less common):
- To inhale; to absorb: To take in or absorb something, such as air or a substance. This meaning is primarily used in specific compound words.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mẹ hấp cá với gừng. (Mom steams fish with ginger.)
- Các dụng cụ y tế phải được hấp tiệt trùng. (Medical instruments must be sterilized.)
- Tôi mang áo len đi hấp. (I took the wool sweater to be dry-cleaned.)
- Tấm vải này cần hấp cho màu bền. (This fabric needs to have its dye set for colorfastness.)
Advanced Usage
- "hấp hơi": to steam briefly or to be steamed; sometimes used figuratively for being in a hot, stifling environment.
- Bánh bao chỉ cần hấp hơi mười phút. (The baozi only needs to be steamed for ten minutes.)
Variants and Related Words
Hô hấp (v/n): to breathe; respiration.
- Hô hấp nhân tạo (Artificial respiration).
Hấp thụ (v): to absorb, to assimilate.
- Cây cối hấp thụ chất dinh dưỡng. (Plants absorb nutrients.)
Hấp dẫn (adj): attractive, appealing, fascinating.
- Một bộ phim hấp dẫn. (A fascinating movie.)
Synonyms
- To steam: To cook with vapor.
- To sterilize: To disinfect, to sanitize.
- To dry-clean: To clean chemically.
- To fix (a dye): To set a color.
Related Idioms
- Hấp hơi say: (Colloquial) to be slightly drunk or tipsy.
- Anh ta chỉ hấp hơi say thôi. (He's just a little tipsy.)
verb
- to steam; to braise; to curse; to dry-clean (clothes)
verb
- to inhale; to absorb
- hô hấpto breath