mảnh

mảnh

Một mảnh vỡ của chiếc bát nằm trên sàn nhà.

Definition
  1. Noun:

    • A fragment, a piece, a shard: A part of a solid object that has broken off from a larger whole (e.g., from something shattered or torn).
    • A plot, a parcel, a patch: A defined, often small, piece or section of something larger, such as land or fabric.
    • A sliver, a sliver, a shred: A very thin, narrow piece of something.
  2. Adjective:

    • Slender, slim, thin: Describing a person or object that is gracefully thin or delicate in build.
    • Fine, delicate, thin: Describing something with a small diameter or a light, subtle quality, like a line, thread, or stream of water.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:

    • Cậu nhặt những mảnh kính vỡ. (The boy picked up the shards of broken glass.)
    • ấy một mảnh vườn nhỏ sau nhà. (She has a small patch of garden behind the house.)
    • Chỉ còn lại một mảnh vải rách. (Only a shred of torn fabric remained.)
  • Adjective:

    • ấy dáng người mảnh mai. (She has a slender figure.)
    • Một tia nước mảnh chảy từ vòi. (A thin stream of water flowed from the faucet.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Ăn mảnh": To eat separately or alone, often implying eating apart from a group.

    • bận việc, anh ấy thường phải ăn mảnh. (Because he is busy, he often has to eat alone.)
  • "Bàn mảnh": To discuss something separately or in private.

    • Hai giám đốc bàn mảnh về hợp đồng. (The two directors discussed the contract in private.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Mảnh mai (adj): Slender, delicate, graceful (often for a person's figure).

    • Cây hoa với thân mảnh mai. (A flower with a delicate stem.)
  • Mảnh vỡ (n): A fragment, a piece of debris (from something broken).

    • Công nhân dọn dẹp mảnh vỡ sau vụ nổ. (Workers cleaned up the debris after the explosion.)
  • Mảnh đất (n): A plot of land, a parcel of land.

    • Họ mua một mảnh đất để xây nhà. (They bought a plot of land to build a house.)
Synonyms
  • Fragment, piece, shard: For a broken part.
  • Plot, parcel, section: For a part of land.
  • Slender, slim, thin: For physical build.
  • Fine, delicate: For texture or line.
Related Idioms
  • Mảnh tình: A fragment of love; often used poetically to imply a broken or incomplete love.
    • Chia tay, anh để lại cho ấy chỉ một mảnh tình tan vỡ. (Breaking up, he left her with only a fragment of shattered love.)