Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fat; stout; plump: Describes a person, animal, or thing that has a large, round, or full body shape due to excess flesh or body fat.
   • Well-fed; fleshy: Indicates a healthy, substantial amount of body weight, often with a positive or neutral connotation of being well-nourished.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy trông hơi mập. (He looks a bit fat / plump.)
  • Con mèo nhà tôi rất mập và đáng yêu. (My cat is very plump and cute.)
  • Sau Tết, nhiều người thường cảm thấy mình mập hơn. (After Tet, many people often feel they are fatter.)

Advanced Usage

• "mập mạp": A reduplicative form that emphasizes a pleasantly plump or chubby appearance, often used affectionately.
  • Em bé có đôi má mập mạp. (The baby has chubby cheeks.)
• "béo mập": A compound where "béo" (fatty, greasy) intensifies "mập," often used to describe significant fatness.
  • Ăn nhiều đồ chiên rán dễ dẫn đến béo mập. (Eating a lot of fried food can easily lead to obesity / being fat.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cá mập (noun): Shark. (Note: This is a compound noun where "mập" alone does not mean "shark." The full term is "cá mập.")
• Mập ú (adjective): Very fat, chubby.
  • Chú lợn này mập ú. (This pig is very chubby.)
• Béo (adjective): Fatty, greasy, fat. Often used interchangeably with "mập," but "béo" can also describe food (fatty) and sometimes carries a more negative connotation than the often more neutral "mập."

Synonyms

• Béo: Fat, fatty.
• Phì nhiêu (for land): Fertile, rich. (Note: This is not a direct synonym for body shape but shares the concept of "plumpness" when describing soil.)
• Đầy đặn: Plump, full-figured (often used in a positive way).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Mập như heo / lợn: As fat as a pig. (An idiom to describe someone very fat.)
  • Ăn xong rồi ngủ, mập như heo là phải. (Just eat and sleep, no wonder you're as fat as a pig.)
• Mập mờ (adjective): Ambiguous, vague, unclear. (This is a homophone; "mập" here is part of a different word with a distinct meaning.)
  • Lời giải thích của anh ta rất mập mờ. (His explanation is very ambiguous.)

adj

1. fat;stout; plump
   • mập như heo
     as fat as a pig