khuynh
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Inclined, leaning: Describes something that is tilted, slanted, or has a tendency to lean in a particular direction.
- Having a tendency or bias: Describes a person, group, or ideology that leans toward or favors a particular side, direction, or viewpoint.
Usage
- Adjective:
- Khuynh is a formal, literary, and somewhat rare adjective in modern Vietnamese. It is almost always used in combination with other words (see "Variants and Related Words") and rarely appears as a standalone word in everyday speech.
- It describes a state of being physically tilted or, more commonly, a figurative leaning in opinion, ideology, or tendency.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tháp nghiêng có khuynh hướng đổ. (The leaning tower has a tendency to fall.)
- Tư tưởng của ông ấy khuynh tả. (His ideology leans to the left.)
Advanced Usage
- "khuynh hữu": right-leaning, rightist (in politics).
- Một chính sách khuynh hữu. (A right-leaning policy.)
- "khuynh tả": left-leaning, leftist (in politics).
- Phong trào khuynh tả. (A leftist movement.)
- "khuynh hướng": tendency, inclination, trend.
- Khuynh hướng thời trang mới. (The new fashion trend.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khuynh hướng (n): Tendency, inclination, trend.
- Khuynh tả (adj): Left-leaning, leftist.
- Khuynh hữu (adj): Right-leaning, rightist.
- Thiên khuynh (adj): Biased, partial (archaic/literary).
Synonyms
- Nghiêng: To lean, to tilt (more common for physical leaning).
- Thiên về: To lean toward, to favor.
- Có xu hướng: To have a tendency.
Notes on Usage
- The word itself is a bound morpheme in modern Vietnamese, meaning it is not used independently. Its core meaning of "inclined" or "leaning" is only realized in compound words like (tendency), (leftist), and (rightist).
- When explaining the concept, these compound terms are used. The standalone form primarily appears in dictionaries or very formal, literary analyses to denote the core meaning shared by its compounds.