Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Snow-white; pure white: Describes an extremely white, flawless, and often smooth or lustrous whiteness, typically used for skin, teeth, or certain smooth surfaces. It implies a pristine, almost translucent quality, like that of fresh snow or polished ivory.
   • Smooth and lustrous: Can describe something that is not only white but also exceptionally smooth and shiny to the touch or sight.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Da cô ấy trắng muốt. (Her skin is snow-white.)
  • Hàm răng trắng muốt. (A set of snow-white teeth.)
  • Tấm vải lụa trắng muốt. (A piece of silk that is pure white and lustrous.)

Advanced Usage

• "muôn muốt": An alliterative reduplication (từ láy) that intensifies the meaning, suggesting an infinite, countless, or supremely perfect degree of whiteness or smoothness. It is more literary.
  • Những bông hoa trắng muôn muốt. (Flowers of an infinitely pure white.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trắng muốt (adj phrase): The most common collocation, meaning "snow-white."
  • Làn da trắng muốt. (Snow-white skin.)

Synonyms

• Snow-white: Pure, brilliant white like snow.
• Alabaster: Smooth and white like alabaster stone.
• Flawless white: Perfectly white without blemish.

Notes on Usage

• "Muốt" is almost never used alone in modern Vietnamese. It functions as a bound morpheme, primarily appearing in the fixed phrase "trắng muốt".
• Its usage is highly poetic and descriptive, emphasizing aesthetic beauty, purity, and smoothness. It is not used for ordinary white objects.

1. Snowy (nói về nước đá)
   • Da trắng muốt
     A snow-white complexion
   • muôn muốt (láy, ý tăng)