lửng

Thân thiện

Một con lửng đang đào hang trong rừng.

Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Badger: A wild animal resembling a dog but with fur similar to a fox's. This refers specifically to the animal species.
2. Adjective/Adverb:
   • Halfway, half-done, incomplete: Describes a state or action that is only partially finished or suspended midway.
   • With reticence, hesitantly: Describes speaking in an indirect, hesitant, or unfinished manner.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong rừng có nhiều lửng. (There are many badgers in the forest.)
• Adjective/Adverb:
  • Công việc đang làm lửng thì mất điện. (The work was left half-done when the power went out.)
  • Anh ấy nói lửng một câu rồi im bặt. (He spoke a sentence hesitantly and then fell silent.)

Advanced Usage

• "Bỏ lửng": To abandon something halfway; to leave something incomplete or hanging.
  • Đừng bỏ lửng dự án quan trọng như vậy. (Don't leave such an important project half-finished.)
• "Nói lửng": To speak with hesitation or implication, leaving a sentence unfinished, often to create suspense or suggest meaning.
  • Cô ấy chỉ nói lửng: "Nếu như mà..." rồi thở dài. (She only said hesitantly, "If only..." and then sighed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lưng lửng (reduplicative form, meaning softened): Half-full, not quite full/satisfied (often used for appetite or containers).
  • Ăn lưng lửng thôi, còn phải ăn tối nữa. (Just eat until you're half-full, we still have dinner later.)
• Quên lửng (idiomatic): To forget completely, to clean forget (often used with "đi").
  • Tôi quên lửng mất cuộc hẹn ngày hôm qua. (I completely forgot about the appointment yesterday.)

Synonyms

• Dở dang (adj): Unfinished, incomplete.
• Ngập ngừng (adv): Hesitantly.
• Con chồn (n): (Note: This is not a perfect synonym. "Chồn" generally means ferret, polecat, or similar mustelids, but it is sometimes used colloquially for animals like badgers, though zoologically distinct.)

Related Phrases

• Làm lửng rồi bỏ về: To do something halfway then leave for home. This phrase exemplifies the adjectival/adverbial usage.
  • Không được làm lửng rồi bỏ về, phải hoàn thành nhiệm vụ. (You can't do it halfway and then go home; you must complete the task.)

Related Idioms

• Lửng lơ (Note: This is a separate, though phonetically similar, word meaning "to dangle," "to hover," or "vague." It is not a variant of "lửng" but is often confused. Context is key.)
  • Chiếc lá lửng lơ trước gió. (The leaf is dangling in the wind.)

Học thuật

noun

1. Badger

adj & adv

1. Half-way, half-done
   • Làm lửng rồi bỏ về
     To do something half-way then leave for home, to get something half-done then leave for home
   • Bỏ lửng
     To leave something half-done
2. (lưng lửng (láy, ý giảm)) Nearly one's fill
   • Ăn lưng lửng
     To eat nearly one's fill