khô
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Definition
Adjective:
- Dry; dried: Containing little or no water or moisture; having lost water content. This is the primary meaning, describing the state of an object, substance, or climate.
- Very; completely (colloquial): Used as an intensifier in informal speech to mean "very" or "completely," often describing an extreme state.
Noun (abbreviation):
- Dried fish: A shortened, common way to refer to "cá khô" (dried fish).
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Cái khăn này đã khô rồi. (This towel is dry now.)
- Thời tiết miền Trung thường rất khô vào mùa này. (The weather in Central Vietnam is often very dry this season.)
- Bài diễn văn đó khô khan và nhàm chán. (That speech was dry and boring.)
- Tôi mệt khô cả người. (I am completely exhausted.)
Noun:
- Mẹ mua khô về để kho. (Mom bought dried fish to braise.)
Advanced Usage
"khô khan": dry, barren; often used figuratively to describe something lacking emotion, interest, or vitality (e.g., a dry personality, arid land).
- Vùng đất khô khan không trồng trọt được. (The arid land cannot be cultivated.)
"khô héo": withered, dried up (for plants).
- Những cánh hoa đã khô héo. (The flower petals have withered.)
Variants and Related Words
Phơi khô (v): to sun-dry, to dry by exposing to air/sun.
- Họ phơi khô lúa trên sân. (They dry the rice on the yard.)
Khô ráo (adj): dry (often implying comfortably dry, not damp).
- Hãy chọn một nơi khô ráo để cắm trại. (Choose a dry place to camp.)
Héo khô (adj): completely withered and dry.
- Chiếc lá héo khô rơi xuống. (The completely withered leaf fell down.)
Synonyms
- Dry: lacking moisture.
- Arid: very dry, especially of climate.
- Desiccated: dried out thoroughly.
- Parched: extremely dry, often from heat.
Related Idioms
Khô như ngói: as dry as a tile; meaning extremely dry.
- Da tay anh ấy khô như ngói vào mùa đông. (His hand skin is as dry as a tile in winter.)
Cạn khô: to dry up completely (used for liquids, resources, or energy).
- Cái giếng đã cạn khô. (The well has dried up completely.)