khoai lang
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Definition
- Noun:
- Sweet potato: A starchy, sweet-tasting root vegetable from the plant Ipomoea batatas. It has a thin, often reddish-brown skin and flesh that can range from white and yellow to deep orange or purple.
- The plant itself: The tropical, trailing vine that produces the sweet potato tuber.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Tôi thích ăn khoai lang nướng. (I like to eat baked sweet potatoes.)
- Bà tôi trồng một luống khoai lang trong vườn. (My grandmother grows a row of sweet potatoes in the garden.)
- Khoai lang tím rất giàu chất chống oxy hóa. (Purple sweet potatoes are very rich in antioxidants.)
Advanced Usage
"khoai lang mật": A specific, sweet variety of sweet potato, often with a moist, orange flesh.
- Khoai lang mật nướng có vị rất ngọt và thơm. (Baked "khoai lang mật" has a very sweet and fragrant taste.)
"củ khoai lang": Emphasizes the tuber/root part, as opposed to the leaves or vine.
- Củ khoai lang này to quá! (This sweet potato root is so big!)
Variants and Related Words
Rau khoai lang (n): Sweet potato leaves, often used as a leafy green vegetable in cooking.
- Canh rau khoai lang nấu với tôm rất ngon. (Soup made with sweet potato leaves and shrimp is delicious.)
Dây khoai lang (n): The vine or stem of the sweet potato plant.
- Dây khoai lang bò lan trên mặt đất. (The sweet potato vine spreads across the ground.)
Synonyms
- Sweet potato: The most common and direct translation.
- Batata: A less common synonym, derived from the Spanish word and the scientific name.
Related Idioms and Expressions
"Ngọt như khoai lang nướng": As sweet as a baked sweet potato; used to describe something very sweet or a very sweet person.
- Giọng hát của cô ấy ngọt như khoai lang nướng. (Her singing voice is as sweet as a baked sweet potato.)
"Chuyện khoai lang": (Colloquial) A simple, mundane, or trivial matter.
- Việc đó là chuyện khoai lang, đừng lo. (That matter is simple, don't worry about it.)
- Sweet potato, batata