hổng đít

Một em bé mặc chiếc quần hổng đít đang chơi đùa.

Definition

1. Noun (Colloquial, Childish):
   • Open seat / Open backside: A humorous or childish way to describe a child's pants or trousers that have a hole or an open seam in the seat or crotch area.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con mặc quần hổng đít rồi. (You're wearing pants with an open seat.)
  • Quần của bé bị hổng đít, may lại đi. (The baby's pants have a hole in the seat, sew them up.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in the context of young children's clothing. Using it to describe an adult's clothing would be considered highly unusual and very humorous or rude.
• It vividly describes a common state of children's clothing due to wear and tear or active play.

Variants and Related Words

• Hở đũng (v/n): A more standard, less childish term meaning "to have an open crotch" or "split pants," sometimes designed for toilet training.
  • Quần hở đũng giúp bé tập ngồi bô. (Split pants help the child learn to use a potty.)

Synonyms

• Torn seat (of pants): Pants with a rip in the backside.
• Open-crotch pants: Pants designed with an open seam.

Notes on Meaning

• The term combines "hổng" (a Southern Vietnamese colloquialism for "hở," meaning open, gaping, or missing) and "đít" (a casual, slightly crude word for "buttocks" or "backside"). Its use is informal and familial.