kẹo trứng chim
Definition
- Noun:
- Bird's egg candy: A type of small, round, hard candy, often with a colorful sugar coating, resembling a bird's egg in size and shape. It is a traditional Vietnamese candy.
- Dragée: The French-derived term for a sugar-coated almond or a small, hard, sugar-coated candy, which is the equivalent concept.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bà ngoại mua cho tôi một gói kẹo trứng chim. (My grandmother bought me a bag of bird's egg candy.)
- Kẹo trứng chim thường có nhiều màu sắc rực rỡ. (Bird's egg candy often has many bright colors.)
Advanced Usage
- Cultural context: This candy is often associated with childhood, traditional holidays like Tết (Lunar New Year), or as a small, affordable treat sold by street vendors.
- Những viên kẹo trứng chim gợi nhớ về tuổi thơ của nhiều người. (These bird's egg candies evoke childhood memories for many people.)
Variants and Related Words
- Kẹo cứng (n): Hard candy. A broader category that includes .
- Kẹo bọc đường (n): Sugar-coated candy. A descriptive term for candies like .
Synonyms
- Dragée (n): The direct loanword from French, used in more formal or specific contexts to refer to sugar-coated confections.
Related Phrases
- Mua kẹo trứng chim: To buy bird's egg candy.
- Trẻ con thích mua kẹo trứng chim ở cổng trường. (Children like to buy bird's egg candy at the school gate.)
Related Idioms
(This specific candy term is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. It is primarily a literal term for the confection.)