Definition

1. Noun:
   • Drizzle / Fine rain: A light rain consisting of very small, fine water droplets that fall slowly and often appear mist-like. It is typically associated with cold or chilly weather, especially in winter.
   • Mizzle: A synonym for a very fine, dense drizzle.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời hôm nay có mưa phùn. (There is drizzle today.)
  • Mưa phùn làm không khí lạnh và ẩm ướt. (The drizzle makes the air cold and damp.)
  • Mùa đông miền Bắc Việt Nam thường có mưa phùn. (Northern Vietnam's winter often has fine rain.)

Advanced Usage

• "mưa phùn gió bấc": A common phrase describing typical cold, damp winter weather, combining "drizzle" with "north wind."
  • Thời tiết mưa phùn gió bấc rất khó chịu. (The weather with drizzle and north wind is very unpleasant.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mưa bụi (n): Another term for a very light, dust-like rain, similar to drizzle.

  • Mưa bụi thường không ướt áo. (Dust-like rain often doesn't wet your clothes.)

• Mưa lâm thâm (n): A regional term for light, persistent drizzling rain.

Synonyms

• Drizzle: Light rain with very fine drops.
• Mizzle: Fine, misty drizzle.
• Sprinkle: A very light, brief rain.

Related Idioms

• Thời tiết mưa phùn: Drizzly weather. Used to describe a cold, damp, drizzling day.
  • Cả tuần là thời tiết mưa phùn. (It's been drizzly weather all week.)