mí

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Eyelid: The thin fold of skin that covers and protects the eye, enabling it to open and close. This is the primary and most common meaning.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy có mí mắt sưng. (She has swollen eyelids.)
  • Mí mắt của em bé rất mỏng. (The baby's eyelids are very thin.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "mí" is almost exclusively used in the compound form "mí mắt" (eyelid). It is very rarely used in isolation in modern Vietnamese.

Variants and Related Words

• Mí mắt (n): eyelid. This is the standard and complete term.

  • Anh ấy phẫu thuật mí mắt. (He had eyelid surgery.)

• Mí trên (n): upper eyelid.

  • Mí trên của cô ấy bị chảy xệ. (Her upper eyelid is drooping.)

• Mí dưới (n): lower eyelid.

  • Quầng thâm dưới mí dưới. (Dark circles under the lower eyelid.)

Synonyms

• Eyelid: The fold of skin that closes over the eye.
• Palpebra: The medical/anatomical term for eyelid.

Notes on Usage

• "Mí" is a bound morpheme, meaning it typically cannot stand alone as an independent word in a sentence. It must be combined with "mắt" (eye) to form the meaningful word "mí mắt".
• Using "mí" alone would sound incomplete and unnatural to a native speaker. Always use the full term "mí mắt".