Definition

1. Noun:

   • Rice seedling: A young rice plant, specifically the sprout grown from a sown seed, which is later transplanted into a flooded field. This is the primary agricultural meaning.
   • (Dialectal) Mother: A regional, colloquial term for "mother" or "mama."

2. Verb:

   • To plate / to coat: The process of covering the surface of an object with a thin layer of a different metal, such as gold, silver, or chrome, often for decoration, protection, or to enhance value.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Rice seedling):

  • Nông dân đang nhổ mạ để cấy. (Farmers are pulling up rice seedlings to transplant.)
  • Ruộng mạ xanh mơn mởn. (The rice seedling bed is lush and green.)

• Noun (Dialectal: Mother):

  • Mạ ơi, con về rồi! (Mom, I'm home!)

• Verb (To plate):

  • Chiếc vòng được mạ vàng. (The ring is gold-plated.)
  • Họ mạ bạc lên bề mặt kim loại. (They plate silver onto the metal surface.)

Advanced Usage

• "gieo mạ": to sow rice seeds / to prepare a rice seedling bed.
  • Đây là thời điểm thích hợp để gieo mạ. (This is the right time to sow rice seeds.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mạ non (n): young, tender rice seedlings.
• Mạ vàng (v): to gild, to gold-plate.
• Mạ bạc (v): to silver-plate.
• Mạ kền (v): to nickel-plate.
• Mạ điện (v): to electroplate.

Synonyms

• Rice seedling: young rice plant, rice sprout.
• To plate: to coat, to overlay, to laminate (with metal).

Related Terms

• Cấy: to transplant (rice seedlings).
• Lúa: rice plant (the mature crop).
• Lớp phủ: a coating or layer.

noun

1. rise seeding
   • gieo mạ
     to sow rice seeds

verb

1. to plate
   • mạ bạc
     silver-plated