Definition

1. Noun:
   • Honey: A sweet, viscous liquid food substance produced by bees and some related insects. Bees produce honey from the sugary secretions of plants (floral nectar) or from secretions of other insects (such as honeydew), by regurgitation, enzymatic activity, and water evaporation. It is stored in wax structures called honeycombs.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi thích phết mật ong lên bánh mì. (I like to spread honey on bread.)
  • Mật ong nguyên chất rất tốt cho sức khỏe. (Pure honey is very good for health.)
  • Ong thợ làm ra mật ong từ mật hoa. (Worker bees make honey from nectar.)

Advanced Usage

• "mật ong lên men": fermented honey, often used to make mead (a traditional alcoholic drink).
  • Mật ong lên men là nguyên liệu chính để làm rượu mật. (Fermented honey is the main ingredient for making mead.)
• "mật ong rừng": wild forest honey, honey harvested from beehives in the wild, often considered more natural.
  • Mật ong rừng thường có giá cao hơn mật ong nuôi. (Wild forest honey is often more expensive than farmed honey.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sáp ong (n): Beeswax - the wax from which honeycomb is made.
  • Sáp ong được dùng để làm nến và mỹ phẩm. (Beeswax is used to make candles and cosmetics.)
• Tổ ong / Bánh tổ ong (n): Honeycomb - the structure of hexagonal cells made of beeswax, containing honey and bee larvae.
  • Chúng tôi mua cả bánh tổ ong về ăn. (We bought the whole honeycomb to eat.)
• Phấn hoa ong (n): Bee pollen - pollen collected by bees, often sold as a dietary supplement.
  • Phấn hoa ong được quảng cáo là có nhiều chất dinh dưỡng. (Bee pollen is advertised as being highly nutritious.)

Synonyms

• Phong mật (n): A literary or traditional synonym for honey.
  • Phong mật là một vị thuốc quý trong Đông y. (Honey is a precious medicine in traditional Eastern medicine.)
• Bách hoa cao / Bách hoa tinh (n): Poetic names meaning "essence of a hundred flowers," referring to honey.

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Uống nước chanh mật ong: to drink honey lemon tea/water.
  • Mỗi sáng tôi uống một ly nước chanh mật ong ấm. (Every morning I drink a warm glass of honey lemon water.)
• Mặt nạ mật ong: honey face mask.
  • Cô ấy đắp mặt nạ mật ong để dưỡng da. (She applies a honey face mask to nourish her skin.)
• Mật ong nguyên chất: pure/raw honey.
  • Bạn nên tìm mua mật ong nguyên chất. (You should try to buy pure honey.)

Related Idioms

• Ngọt như mật: As sweet as honey; used to describe something very sweet or flattering speech.
  • Lời nói của anh ấy ngọt như mật. (His words are as sweet as honey.)
• Mật ngọt chết ruồi: (Literally: Sweet honey kills flies.) Similar to "flattery will get you nowhere" or warning that something attractive can be dangerous.
  • Đừng tin những lời đường mật đó, mật ngọt chết ruồi đấy. (Don't believe those sweet words, flattery is dangerous.)

noun

1. honey