má

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Definition

1. Noun:

   • Mother; Mom; Mama: A familiar and affectionate term for one's mother, commonly used in Southern Vietnam.
   • Cheek: The fleshy part of the face below the eye and beside the nose and mouth.

2. Noun (technical):

   • Pad; Lining; Shoe: A flat, often symmetrical part of a mechanical device, such as a brake pad or the cheek of a tool.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Mother):

  • Má ơi, con đói quá! (Mom, I'm so hungry!)
  • Má tôi là giáo viên. (My mother is a teacher.)

• Noun (Cheek):

  • Em bé có đôi má hồng. (The baby has rosy cheeks.)
  • Cô ấy vỗ nhẹ vào má. (She gently patted her cheek.)

Advanced Usage

• "má lúm đồng tiền": A dimpled cheek.

  • Cô gái cười để lộ má lúm đồng tiền. (The girl smiled, revealing her dimpled cheeks.)

• "má bánh đúc": Chubby cheeks (literally: cheeks like steamed rice cakes).

  • Đứa trẻ có má bánh đúc trông rất đáng yêu. (The child with chubby cheeks looks very adorable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rau má (n): Pennywort (a type of herb).

  • Nước rau má rất mát. (Pennywort juice is very cooling.)

• Má phanh (n): Brake pad.

  • Má phanh cần được thay thế. (The brake pads need to be replaced.)

Synonyms

• Mother: Mẹ, u, bầm.
• Cheek: Gò má.

Related Idioms

• "Đầu gà má lợn": Literally "chicken head, pig cheeks"; used to describe something messy, disorderly, or a mismatched combination.

  • Căn phòng trông đầu gà má lợn. (The room looks like a complete mess.)

• "Chờ được vạ má đã sưng": Literally "by the time the verdict comes, the cheek is already swollen"; equivalent to "the remedy comes too late" or "locking the stable door after the horse has bolted."

  • Anh ấy sửa xe sau khi tai nạn xảy ra, đúng là chờ được vạ má đã sưng. (He fixed the car after the accident happened; it was a classic case of too little, too late.)

Học thuật

noun

1. mother ; mama; mama

noun

1. centella

noun

1. cheek
   • má lúm đồng tiền
     dimpled cheek
   • má bánh đúc
     chuboby