mảnh dẻ

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Slender and delicate: Describes a person, typically a woman or child, who is thin and slight in build, often implying a graceful or fragile appearance.
   • Gracile: Having a slender, elegant, and lightly built physique.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy có dáng người mảnh dẻ. (She has a slender and delicate figure.)
  • Đứa trẻ trông hơi mảnh dẻ. (The child looks somewhat delicate.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "mảnh dẻ" often carries a positive or neutral connotation of elegance and femininity, unlike some other words for thinness which may imply sickness or poverty.
• It is most commonly used to describe women, girls, or children, and is less frequently used for men.

Variants and Related Words

• Mảnh khảnh (adj): Also means slender and graceful, very similar in meaning and usage to "mảnh dẻ".

  • Cô gái mảnh khảnh trong tà áo dài. (The slender girl in the ao dai.)

• Thanh mảnh (adj): Slim and refined.

  • Vóc dáng thanh mảnh. (A slim and refined stature.)

Synonyms

• Slender: Gracefully thin.
• Delicate: Fine in texture or build; fragile.
• Gracile: Slender and light of frame.

Antonyms

• Lực lưỡng: Burly, brawny.
• Mập mạp: Plump, chubby.
• Vạm vỡ: Sturdy, robust.