Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mosquito: A small flying insect with two wings and a long, thin mouthpart (proboscis) used for piercing skin and sucking blood. Its larvae live in water.
   • Gnat, Midge: Can also refer to similar small, biting flies, though "mosquito" is the primary and most common meaning.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong phòng có nhiều muỗi quá. (There are too many mosquitoes in the room.)
  • Tôi bị muỗi đốt ở chân. (I got bitten by a mosquito on my leg.)
  • Ao tù là nơi sinh sản của muỗi. (Stagnant ponds are breeding grounds for mosquitoes.)

Advanced Usage

• "Con muỗi": The most common way to refer to a single mosquito, using the classifier "con" for animals.

  • Có một con muỗi trong màn. (There is a mosquito inside the mosquito net.)

• "Muỗi vằn": Specifically refers to the Aedes mosquito, known for transmitting diseases like dengue fever.

  • Muỗi vằn là trung gian truyền bệnh sốt xuất huyết. (The Aedes mosquito is the vector for dengue fever.)

• "Muỗi anophen": Specifically refers to the Anopheles mosquito, known for transmitting malaria.

  • Muỗi anophen sống ở vùng có khí hậu nhiệt đới. (The Anopheles mosquito lives in tropical climate regions.)

Variants and Related Words

• Muỗi rừng (n): Jungle mosquito (often larger and more aggressive).
• Thuốc chống muỗi (n): Mosquito repellent.
• Màn chống muỗi (n): Mosquito net.
• Vợt muỗi (n): Mosquito swatter/racket.
• Sốt rét (n): Malaria (a disease transmitted by mosquitoes).
• Sốt xuất huyết (n): Dengue fever (a disease transmitted by mosquitoes).

Synonyms

• Mosquito: The direct and most accurate translation.
• Gnat: A very small flying insect that bites, but typically smaller than a mosquito.
• Midge: Similar to a gnat; a small two-winged fly that often appears in swarms.

Related Phrases / Compound Words

• Đốt như muỗi: To bite like a mosquito (to criticize or annoy persistently in a minor way).
• Tiếng muỗi vo ve: The buzzing sound of a mosquito.
• Muỗi đốt: Mosquito bite.
• Phun thuốc diệt muỗi: To spray mosquito insecticide.

Related Idioms

• Nhẹ như muỗi: As light as a mosquito (to describe something very light in weight).
• Bận như diệt muỗi: As busy as killing mosquitoes (to be very busy with a trivial or endless task).

noun

1. mosquito
   • con muá»—i