hồng xiêm
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- Sapodilla: A tropical fruit tree (Manilkara zapota) native to Central America, now cultivated in many tropical regions including Vietnam, known for its sweet, brown fruit.
- Sapodilla fruit: The edible fruit of the sapodilla tree, with a rough brown skin and sweet, grainy, brownish pulp.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Cây hồng xiêm trong vườn nhà tôi năm nay ra rất nhiều quả. (The sapodilla tree in my garden bore a lot of fruit this year.)
- Quả hồng xiêm chín có vị ngọt và mùi thơm đặc trưng. (A ripe sapodilla fruit has a sweet taste and a distinctive aroma.)
- Hồng xiêm là loại trái cây yêu thích của nhiều trẻ em Việt Nam. (Sapodilla is a favorite fruit of many Vietnamese children.)
Advanced Usage
"Ăn hồng xiêm": To eat sapodilla.
- Bạn nên ăn hồng xiêm khi quả đã chín mềm. (You should eat sapodilla when the fruit is soft and ripe.)
"Chín như hồng xiêm": (Simile) Ripe like a sapodilla; used to describe something that is perfectly ripe or ready.
- Những trái xoài này chín như hồng xiêm rồi. (These mangoes are as ripe as sapodillas.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cây hồng xiêm: Sapodilla tree.
- Quả hồng xiêm: Sapodilla fruit, sapodilla plum.
- Họ hồng xiêm (Sapotaceae): The sapodilla family, a botanical family of flowering plants.
Synonyms
- Sapodilla plum: Another common name for the fruit.
- Naseberry: A regional name for sapodilla, used in some English-speaking Caribbean countries.
- Chikoo / Chiku: Names for sapodilla used in India and some other South Asian regions.
Related Phrases
Nước ép hồng xiêm: Sapodilla juice.
- Nước ép hồng xiêm rất bổ dưỡng. (Sapodilla juice is very nutritious.)
Sinh tố hồng xiêm: Sapodilla smoothie.
- Cô ấy thường làm sinh tố hồng xiêm cho bữa sáng. (She often makes sapodilla smoothies for breakfast.)
Related Idioms
(There are no widely recognized idioms in Vietnamese that centrally feature the word "hồng xiêm". It primarily appears in literal contexts concerning the fruit or tree.)
- Sapodila
- Quả hồng xiêmSapodilla plum