Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cloud: A visible mass of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. This is the most common meaning.
   • (Botany) Rattan: A climbing palm with long, flexible stems, used for making furniture (e.g., chairs) or for tying.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Cloud):
  • Trên bầu trời có nhiều đám mây trắng. (There are many white clouds in the sky.)
  • Mây đen kéo đến báo hiệu trời sắp mưa. (Dark clouds gather, signaling that it's about to rain.)
• Noun (Rattan):
  • Chiếc ghế mây này rất chắc chắn. (This rattan chair is very sturdy.)
  • Người thợ đan những sợi mây thành giỏ. (The artisan weaves rattan strands into a basket.)

Advanced Usage

• "lên mây" / "lên tận mây xanh": To be over the moon, extremely happy.
  • Nghe tin đó, cô ấy vui sướng như lên mây. (Hearing that news, she was as happy as if she were on cloud nine.)
• "chín tầng mây": The highest heavens; a metaphorical place far away or a state of extreme happiness.
  • Tiếng hát của cô ấy vang xa tận chín tầng mây. (Her singing voice reaches far to the highest heavens.)
• "mây mưa": A euphemism for sexual relations (from the classical allusion "vân vũ" 雲雨).
  • Chuyện mây mưa là chuyện riêng tư. (Sexual matters are private affairs.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mây mù (noun): Fog, mist.
  • Sáng sớm, sương mù phủ kín như một lớp mây mù. (Early morning, the mist covers everything like a layer of fog.)
• Mây móc (noun): Dew and clouds; often used poetically to describe natural scenery.
• Mây chiều (noun): Evening clouds.
• Ghế mây (compound noun): Rattan chair.
• Roi mây (compound noun): Rattan cane/whip.

Synonyms

• Vân (noun, literary): Cloud (a more literary, Sino-Vietnamese term).
  • Thiên nhiên hùng vĩ với núi non và mây vân. (The majestic nature with mountains and clouds.)
• Mù (noun): Fog, mist (specifically for low visibility conditions).
• Song (noun): Rattan (another term for the plant material).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Trời quang mây tạnh: Clear and cloudless sky (after rain).
  • Sau cơn mưa, trời quang mây tạnh. (After the rain, the sky cleared up.)
• Mây trôi bồng bềnh: Clouds drifting gently.
  • Nhìn mây trôi bồng bềnh trên trời thật thư giãn. (Watching clouds drift gently in the sky is very relaxing.)
• Đan mây: To weave rattan.
  • Nghề đan mây là một nghề thủ công truyền thống. (Rattan weaving is a traditional craft.)

Related Idioms

• Mây tản thì mưa, mây tụ thì gió: (Literal: Scattered clouds bring rain, gathered clouds bring wind.) A proverb meaning that when people disperse, sadness (like rain) follows; when they gather, conflict (like wind) arises. It speaks to the dynamics of human relationships.
• Nhẹ như mây: As light as a cloud.
  • Chiếc khăn lụa này nhẹ như mây. (This silk scarf is as light as a cloud.)

noun

1. clould
   • không mây
     cloudless (sky)
2. (Bot) rattan
   • ghế mây cane chair