mặt
- Noun:
- Face: The front part of a person's head, from the forehead to the chin. It can also refer to the front part of an animal's head.
- Surface: The top or outer layer of something, often a flat or relatively flat area.
- Side: One of the flat or relatively flat sides of an object, or one aspect of a situation or issue.
- Right (side): The right-hand side (a less common, dialectal usage).
Noun (Face):
- Anh ấy có một khuôn mặt rất phúc hậu. (He has a very kind face.)
- Đứa trẻ rửa mặt mỗi sáng. (The child washes his face every morning.)
Noun (Surface):
- Chiếc lá nổi trên mặt nước. (The leaf is floating on the water's surface.)
- Mặt bàn được lau sạch sẽ. (The table surface is wiped clean.)
Noun (Side/Aspect):
- Chúng ta cần xem xét vấn đề từ mọi mặt. (We need to consider the problem from all sides/aspects.)
- Viết chữ chỉ ở một mặt của tờ giấy. (Write only on one side of the paper.)
Noun (Right side):
- Rẽ tay mặt ở ngã tư. (Turn right at the intersection.)
"mặt đối mặt": Face to face; in direct confrontation or meeting.
- Hai nhà lãnh đạo đã gặp nhau mặt đối mặt. (The two leaders met face to face.)
"trông mặt mà bắt hình dong": (Idiom) Literally "look at the face to capture the likeness"; to judge someone's character or background by their appearance.
- Đừng trông mặt mà bắt hình dong. (Don't judge a book by its cover.)
"xa mặt cách lòng": (Idiom) Literally "far from face, distant from heart"; out of sight, out of mind.
- Họ đã xa nhau lâu, đúng là xa mặt cách lòng. (They have been apart for a long time; truly, out of sight, out of mind.)
Mặt nạ (noun): Mask.
- Diễn viên đeo mặt nạ. (The actor wears a mask.)
Bề mặt (noun): Surface (often more technical or formal than "mặt" alone).
- Bề mặt của hành tinh này rất gồ ghề. (The surface of this planet is very rugged.)
Mặt hàng (noun): Commodity, product line.
- Cửa hàng này có nhiều mặt hàng mới. (This store has many new products.)
- Gương mặt (noun): Face (often with a more literary or refined connotation).
- Bề mặt (noun): Surface.
- Khía cạnh (noun): Aspect, facet.
Đối mặt (với) (verb phrase): To face, to confront.
- Chúng ta phải đối mặt với sự thật. (We must face the truth.)
Nổi mặt (verb phrase): To rise to the surface; (figuratively) to become prominent or show oneself.
- Vấn đề cũ lại nổi mặt. (The old problem has resurfaced.)
Mặt sứa gan lim: (Idiom) Literally "face of a jellyfish, liver of ironwood"; describes someone who is stubborn and difficult to teach.
- Đứa bé đó mặt sứa gan lim, chẳng nghe lời ai. (That child is stubborn as a mule and doesn't listen to anyone.)
Mặt to tai lớn: (Idiom) Literally "big face, large ears"; refers to an important or high-ranking person.
- Buổi họp có đủ các mặt to tai lớn trong công ty. (The meeting was attended by all the big shots in the company.)
- face
- giáp mặt nhauface to face
- Surface
- nổi lên mặt nướcto rise to the surface of the water. side
- viết một mặt giấywrite on one side of the paper
- right
- giữ phía tay mặtto keep to the right