Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Just emerging / barely visible: Describes something, typically small plants, sprouts, or objects, beginning to appear or poke out from a surface, often in a sparse, tentative, or scattered manner.
   • Sprouting / budding: Refers specifically to the initial stage of growth where shoots or buds first become visible above the ground or from a stem.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hành lú nhú chưa ăn được. (The spring onions are just sprouting and are not ready to eat yet.)
  • Những mầm cây lú nhú trên mặt đất. (The plant sprouts are just emerging from the ground.)
  • Râu lú nhú trên cằm. (A stubble of beard is just appearing on the chin.)

Advanced Usage

• "lú nhú lên": to begin to sprout up, to start appearing.
  • Cỏ dại đã lú nhú lên trong vườn. (Weeds have begun to sprout up in the garden.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhú lên (v): to protrude, to begin to emerge or stick out.
  • Búp non nhú lên trên cành. (The new bud is protruding from the branch.)

Synonyms

• Sprouting: beginning to grow.
• Emerging: coming into view.
• Peeking out: just becoming visible.

Related Idioms

• Lú nhú như nấm mọc sau mưa: (To appear) like mushrooms after rain. This idiom describes many things or people appearing suddenly and in great numbers.
  • Quán cà phê mới mọc lú nhú như nấm sau mưa. (New coffee shops are popping up like mushrooms after rain.)