lụp xụp

Thân thiện

Ba gian nhà tranh lụp xụp nằm dưới những tán cây.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Low and shabby, dilapidated: Describes something (typically a structure like a house) that is very low to the ground, small, and in a state of disrepair or poverty.
   • Squalid, wretched: Conveys a sense of being miserable, rundown, and of very poor quality.

Usage

• Primary Usage: Used almost exclusively to describe buildings, huts, or shelters that are poorly constructed, very humble, and often falling apart.
• Nuance: The word strongly emphasizes both the physical low height and the impoverished, tattered condition. It is more vivid and descriptive than simply saying "old" or "small."

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Những ngôi nhà lụp xụp nằm dọc theo con kênh. (Low, shabby houses line the canal.)
  • Căn nhà tranh lụp xụp ấy là tổ ấm của họ. (That dilapidated thatched hut is their home.)
  • Khu ổ chuột toàn là những căn nhà lụp xụp. (The slum is full of wretched, squalid houses.)

Advanced Usage

• While primarily describing houses, it can be used metaphorically for other structures or even clusters of things that appear low, messy, and rundown.
  • Một dãy quán hàng lụp xụp ven đường. (A row of low, shabby stalls by the roadside.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lụp xụp is the standard form. The variant lụp sụp (as seen in "nhà lụp sụp") carries the same meaning and is also commonly used.
• Tồi tàn (adj): Dilapidated, ruined. A close synonym but without the specific connotation of being "low."
• Xiêu vẹo (adj): Rickety, leaning, about to collapse. Describes instability rather than low height and poverty.

Synonyms

• Tồi tàn: Dilapidated, ruined.
• Nghèo nàn: Poor, impoverished (more general, can describe conditions beyond physical structures).
• Thấp bé: Low and small (focuses on size, not necessarily condition).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nhà lụp xụp: A very common collocation meaning a low, shabby house or hut. This is the most typical use of the word.
  • Anh ấy lớn lên trong một ngôi nhà lụp xụp. (He grew up in a low, shabby house.)

Học thuật

adj

1. low
   • nhà lụp sụp
     low-roofed house